Ashford Apple Vs Nokia 2017 Patents Courtroom Fight Comparative Essay

On May 2017, the global technology giant Apple Inc. and Nokia, a Finnish communications technology company with heavy stake in France, that were involved in a patents related courtroom fight, entered into an agreement that brings them together as collaborators. This agreement turned them from foes to partners.

Go on the Internet and read up on their agreement from at least two sources. Get the different angles of this agreement, consider this in light of what we have learned about collaborating in Session 7L4, and make your expert assessment of this collaboration.

We have completed three years since this collaboration; find out what benefit this collaboration has given to Nokia. In addition, what benefit has Apple gotten from this?

Did Nokia protect the interests of its stakeholders in best way possible?

For 20 Bonus Points:

Quantify the benefit/loss to each party for the last three years and find its NPV.

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