Nokia Oyj sued Amazon.com Inc. in courts across three continents, alleging the e-commerce giant uses its technologies in streaming services and devices without authorization.

The suits were filed in the US, Germany, India, the UK, and the European Unified Patent Court, Arvin Patel, Nokia’s Chief Licensing Officer said in a statement on the company’s website. Separately, a suit was also filed against HP Inc. in the US over video-related technologies, he said.

“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 Patel.

Companies providing video streaming services or streaming devices enjoy “huge benefits” from Nokia’s research which in turn needs to be compensated accordingly, Patel said.

Amazon and HP didn’t immediately reply to emails seeking comment.

Nokia said litigation is never its first choice and that the vast majority of its patent licensing agreements are agreed amicably. But regulators such as the European Commission have made efforts in recent years to cut down on the number of disputes over technology such as mobile telephony that end up in court — arguing that protracted disputes can stymie innovation.
In June, Nokia announced a license agreement with Apple Inc., without disclosing the terms.

In the early hours of Tuesday, US President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order to manage the risks of artificial intelligence (AI), advance equity and civil rights, stand up for consumers and workers, and promote innovation and competition. While the Indian government hasn’t signed any such order, the US government’s move is likely to pressure India to come up with AI safety frameworks and regulations.

Jaspreet Bindra, AI thought leader and Founder of Tech Whisperer, told Business Today, “This order will put pressure on all nations, including India, to come up with their own AI safety framework and regulations. India does prefer to participate in a global framework for such technologies. India has the opportunity to take a leading position in AI safety and privacy, especially from a Global South and eastern viewpoint, and should grasp this. One option will be to expand the data protection Bill and legislation to include AI and generative AI safety principles and laws.”

Bindra also told Business Today that before issuing this executive order, the Biden administration had consulted widely on AI governance frameworks over the past several months. This included India as well, since the country was the chair of the Global Partnership on AI.

“The Indian government has been proactive in fostering AI adoption. Thanks to a robust home-grown ecosystem, India has the intent and insights to frame its own AI policies, tailoring them to address the nation’s unique challenges and opportunities,” says Prabhu Ram, Head of Industry Intelligence Group (IIG) at CyberMedia Research (CMR). Earlier this month, Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar also stated that India has created the Digital India Act, a framework for all emerging technologies, including AI, and established the principle that technology can be used for any purpose but must not cause harm.

As AI is not just any other technology but will be the overarching interface between humans and everything else, including infrastructure, it is crucial to proactively ensure it is safe, secure, and trustworthy. Faisal Kawoosa, founder and Chief Analyst at Techarc, suggests, “I think for us in India, we should also look at proactive regulatory mechanisms for AI that are not only governed by policies and guidelines. But after rigorous, preferably third-party and neutral testing of any such implementation before that can be put to use for people.” He adds that the government of India could consider setting up an autonomous body that could be entrusted with this task. This could bring in experts from defence, cyber security, and other relevant stakeholders to ensure we have safe, secure, and trustworthy AI implementations in the country, leading to responsible AI.

In India, the American Executive Order on AI is being looked upon as a key step forward, as it addresses key priorities for an AI-led future, including new standards for responsible and trustworthy AI, safety and security, privacy, and fostering AI talent across sectors. However, currently, it is a wait-and-watch situation for the implementation of the order in the coming days to see how the intent is translated into tangible action.

On October 12, in the United States of America, Arvind Krishna, CEO of IBM had met with the US President Joe Biden and his senior leadership team for establishing guidelines for deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) to boost both productivity and economic competitiveness. Just a day later, in India, seven working groups of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) submitted the first edition of IndiaAI report to Minister of state of Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar.

Looking at the developments in both the countries, Danish Faruqui, CEO of Fab Economics says, “Impeccably similar events on AI in US and India happened concurrently today for operationalizing AI deployment across respective nations truly confirming the shared vision of US and India.”

Throwing light on the interaction with President Joe Biden, IBM CEO had said “The bipartisan, pro-investment policies launched by the Administration in recent years, aimed at rejuvenating our critical infrastructure and bolstering domestic semiconductor production and R&D, are showing tangible benefits across the country.” He added, “I also applauded the Administration’s efforts to establish voluntary guidelines for the deployment of Artificial Intelligence—a transformative technology set to amplify both productivity and competitiveness. I encouraged the President to champion and promote the adoption of similar principles globally.”

On the other hand, minister Chandrasekhar believes that the IndiaAI report is set to serve as India’s guiding roadmap for the development of its AI ecosystem. “After months of dedicated research, the seven working groups that were constituted to build the core goals of the IndiaAI program, have submitted their formal report today. This comprehensive report lays out what will be the fulcrum of the IndiaAI strategy that was envisaged by PM Modi. He had talked about India for AI and AI for India. Through this roadmap IndiaAI will work to be a kinetic enabler of the 1 trillion dollar digital economy,” the Minister had said.

The Government of India’s approach to AI has been holistic and ambitious, as evidenced by the breadth and scope of government interventions under the umbrella programme – IndiaAI.

IndiaAI has a mission-centric approach which ensures a precise and cohesive strategy to bridge the gaps in existing AI ecosystem viz-a-viz Compute infrastructure, Data, AI financing, Research and Innovation, targeted Skilling and institutional capacity for Data to maximize the potential of AI for advancing India’s progress.

Faruqi of Fab Economics also added interesting to also note the diversity represented in each room and India walking the talk on Women-led-Development at the bleeding edge of technology.

A recent data by the Indian government has revealed that India exported smartphones worth USD 4.67 billion in April-July this fiscal, following the numerous shipments to the US, which emerged as the biggest destination for the country’s handmade devices.

The Commerce Ministry said the US smartphone exports stood at USD 1.67 billion during the first four months of this fiscal against USD 284.6 million a year ago. It added the US accounted for one-third of the shipments in value terms.

The government data underlined following the US the top five countries to which India exported the device include the UAE at USD 836.36 million, the Netherlands at USD 379.3 million and the UK at USD 336.27 million.

Italy and the Czech Republic exports were reported at USD 245.7 million and USD 230.25 million respectively.

Underlining India’s overall smartphone export in 2022-2023 which was at USD 10.95 billion the data said during April-July 2023-2024, the devices exports soared by 99.52 per cent over April-July 2022-2023.

The report attributed the Product Linked Incentives (PLI) scheme and the entry of Apple into domestic manufacturing as an emerging force making India a major production hub for smartphones.