Nokia has already reached licensing agreement on the patents in question with 40 other companies, including "most of the major device makers," according to Nokia spokesman Mark Durrant.

Rasmussen said NATO had struck an agreement with Moscow to allow shipments of non-lethal supplies on Russian railways into and out of Afghanistan - including, for the first time, of armored vehicles.

Article 49 a party may choose the laws applicable to the assignment and licensed use of intellectual property right by agreement.