“The fact that Amazon, a company with vast legal and financial resources, chose to settle rather than litigate suggests Nokia’s claims had merit. If Amazon thought it could win, it likely would have tried.” – Jan Ozer, The Streaming Learning Center
Nokia announced today that it has signed a deal with Amazon to end all patent litigation between the two companies, the terms of which are confidential.
In 2023, Nokia filed patent infringement suits against Amazon in multiple jurisdictions, including the United States, Germany, India, the UK, and at the Unified Patent Court, and against and HP in the United States, accusing the companies of infringing on multiple Nokia video streaming patents. The suit accused Amazon Prime Video and Amazon’s streaming devices of infringing “a mix of Nokia’s multimedia patents covering multiple technologies including video compression, content delivery, content recommendation and aspects related to hardware.”
At the time, Nokia said the two companies were using the patented technology without a license and that it hoped the lawsuit would result in the companies negotiating a licensing agreement. “We’ve been in discussions with each of Amazon and HP for a number of years, but sometimes litigation is the only way to respond to companies who choose not to play by the rules followed and respected by others,” said Nokia in a 2023 statement.
Today’s announcement said the agreement covers “the use of Nokia’s video technologies in Amazon’s streaming services and streaming devices” and that the deal resolves all litigation in all jurisdictions.
Amazon had already lost cases in Germany and at the International Trade Commission (ITC), with judges finding Amazon had infringed Nokia’s patents. In February 2025, a Düsseldorf court granted Nokia an injunction on one patent but dismissed its infringement claim on another.
According to Jan Ozer of the Streaming Learning Center, Amazon likely would have held out if it thought it could win overall. “This is the first time Nokia has publicly named a licensee tied to content distribution,” Ozer wrote. “Two prior deals were mentioned on LinkedIn but without naming names. The fact that Amazon, a company with vast legal and financial resources, chose to settle rather than litigate suggests Nokia’s claims had merit. If Amazon thought it could win, it likely would have tried.”
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