Arbitration Court Orders Blackberry to Pay Nokia $137 Million

An arbitration court ordered smartphone pioneer BlackBerry Ltd to pay $137 million to Nokia to settle a payment dispute and the Canadian company said it would pursue a separate patent infringement case against the Finnish firm. The International Court of Arbitration ruled that BlackBerry had failed to make certain payments to Nokia under a patent licence contract, BlackBerry said.

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