Nokia sues Warner Bros. in Delaware federal court

Nokia sues Warner Bros. in Delaware federal court

In the complaint, Nokia said in the complaint that its patented technology enables the compression of raw video files for high-definition streaming.

Finnish technology company Nokia is expanding its U.S. patent litigation over video-streaming technology with a new lawsuit against Warner Bros. Discovery in a Delaware federal court.

Made public on Monday, the lawsuit said Warner's streaming services violate Nokia's patent rights in technology for encoding and decoding video. The new suit follows other patent infringement suits brought by Nokia against Paramount, Acer and others over their video-streaming capabilities.

Warner spokespersons did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the complaint. Nokia reportedly stated that it hopes Warner will "engage with Nokia to reach an agreement to pay for the use of Nokia’s technologies in their streaming services."

In the complaint, Nokia said that its patented technology enables compression of raw video files for high-definition streaming. Nokia alleged that Warner's streaming technology infringes 13 of its patents. Per the lawsuit, Nokia has told Warner since 2023 that it needs a license to use the technology, but the companies have not been able to agree on licensing terms. The Finnish mobile technology company has requested an unspecified amount of monetary damages for Warner’s alleged infringement.

The case is Nokia Technologies Oy v. Warner Bros Entertainment Inc, U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, No. 1:25-cv-01337. Nokia is being represented by Warren Lipschitz, Erik Fountain, Mitch Verboncoeur and Joshua Budwin of McKool Smith