Visitors gather outside the Nokia booth at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 26, 2019. REUTERS/Sergio Perez
BRUSSELS: Rival proposals for European patent guidelines covering technology vital for building self-driving cars and Internet-linked vehicles have set tech firms and carmakers on a collision course.
The differences between firms such as Qualcomm and Nokia and vehicle manufacturers like BMW and Daimler over patent terms raises the prospect of legal challenges and antitrust suits, which have emerged in other industries that depend on access to technology.
