Syed Waqar Hussain

Finish mobile phone maker Nokia Corp. (NOK) has won a patent case in a U.K. court against German patent licensing firm IPCom, press spokesman Mark Durrant said Monday.

The case follows on a long-running dispute under which IPCom has tried to charge Nokia for using the patents, but the U.K. court ruling shows that the claims were unreasonable, Durrant told Dow Jones Newswires.

A number of related patent cases are still ongoing, said Durrant, adding that Monday’s win is “very important” for Nokia. Durrant said Nokia now aims to get the majority of its related legal costs recovered, but declined to comment on how much money would be involved.

IPCom’s managing director Bernhard Frohwitter told Dow Jones Newswires Monday that his company will appeal the U.K. court ruling, adding that his company is convinced the involved patents are valid.

The ruling only affects the validity of the patents in the U.K., he added, and that related ongoing legal suits in Germany remain unaffected.

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