Olivia Sophie Rafferty contributed to this article.
Context: Two months ago, video patent litigation between Nokia and ASUS was settled (June 25, 2026 ip fray article). But Celerity, a licensing firm that works with ASUS and its Innovative Sonic affiliate, kept suing some of Nokia’s (and Ericsson’s) customers in the Eastern District of Texas.
What’s new: A jury just cleared AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile of three patents partly over invalidity and over non-infringement. Nokia and Ericsson both intervened in the case to defend their mobile infrastructure products.
The patents-in-suit included:
- United States Patent No. 9,560,559 (“Method and apparatus for implementing small cell enhancements in a wireless communication system”)
- United States Patent No. 10,951,359 (“Method and apparatus for providing control resource set configuration in a wireless communication system”)
- United States Patent No. 10,798,754 (“Method and apparatus for serving quality of service (QOS) flow in a wireless communication system”)
Nokia just issued the following statement:
“Nokia is a major contributor to cellular standards, an innovator in critical network technology, and holds one of the world’s strongest portfolios of connectivity patents. We respect the intellectual property rights of others and will vigorously defend our products against unfounded accusations. We welcome the verdict issued in the Eastern District of Texas.”
Four in a row
Nokia has successfully defended itself and its customers in several recent jury trials in the Eastern District of Texas, including the following, where the jury has ruled in its favor:
- Smart Path Connections v. Nokia (2024)
- Correct Transmission v. Nokia (2024)
- Daingean Technologies v. T-Mobile/Nokia/Ericsson (2025)
In 2023, a jury in the Eastern District of Texas found against Nokia and awarded the defendant $166.3 million in damages. However, in 2025, the Federal Circuit overturned that decision and found no infringement (September 24, 2025 ip fray article). Then, in June, the U.S. Supreme Court denied Finesse’s request to have the decision reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court (June 29, 2026 ip fray article).