That is exactly what some analyst says, Nokia wants Apple's multi-touch IP, and knowing Apple will sue them once Nokia debut with their own multi-touch phones, so they might as well sue Apple first.
The likely outcome will be both companies settling out of court and they can use each other's technology.
我覺得問題關鍵是在於 Apple 是否真的有偷用 Nokia 的專利, 如果有 nokia 去告他是十分合當, 不過問題在於 apple fans 覺得 nokia 是眼紅 iphone 賣得好吧, 這點我也可以理解.
apple 那邊到現在還未有任何聲明發表, 不過按照 nokia 的聲明, 似乎 nokia 已有跟 apple 討論付專利權費用的問題, nokia 很早就應發現 apple 有偷用自家的專利, 未必全心等待時機才告 apple, 加上 nokia 碰不是一間索取專利權費用為主要收入來源的公司, 所以我相信 nokia 聲稱 apple 侵犯其10項專利是可信的.