Nokia threatened to violate the principles of standards-based patents on Wednesday in a statement declaring its intentions. The company argued to The Verge that, since Apple's nano-SIM prototype was allegedly not meeting ETSI's guidelines for the next-generation SIM standard, Nokia would refuse to license any patents it might have related to Apple's format. The approach could almost immediately result in lawsuits or high royalty demands against anyone using Apple's nano-SIM format, blockading it from use.
