Apple HAD been paying the Nokia Standard Essential Patents (SEP) under Fair, Reasonable, and Non-Discriminatory (FRAND) licensing royalties . . . but Nokia is trying to increase them beyond the FRAND rates, or is demanding cross licensing. That is outside the FRAND rules. When they upped their demands, Apple had no choice except to refuse. Once that happens, it has to go to court for the court to settle the amount under the FRAND contractual rules. Nokia has done this every time the licensing comes due. Apple will win under the FRAND rules and will continue the SEP licenses under FRAND again.
Talk about a Freudian slip. . . or slop. Nokia did this back when the iPhone first came out. I of course meant Ericsson. Sorry about that.