"I saw in the U.S. what a patent troll is -- a kind of blackmailer. That is not our business. IPCom is not a litigating firm. We like amicable settlements. The standard is what is fair and reasonable, no more and no less," Frohwitter says

According to Frohwitter, Nokia had been in negotiations for five years. He says litigation was originally initiated by Nokia, which sought a declaratory judgment in Mannheim and agreed to fair and reasonable licensing fees. But it balked at IPCom's definition: 5 percent of Nokia's mobile phone sales in countries covered by Bosch patents, or 600 million euros ($841 billion) a year -- totaling 12 billion euros ($16.8 billion) over 20 years. IPCom then sought the injunction. Both cases are currently ongoing

Germany, here we come?

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