In less than a week after Nokia filed several patent infringement lawsuits against Apple, the Cupertino-based tech giant promptly removed all Withings products on its stores. Withings, a company known for making Wi-Fi scales, digital health devices, and fitness hears, was acquired by Nokia earlier this year.

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As of this writing, doing a Google search for Withings products will still give out a listing that has a link directly towards Apple's online store. However, clicking the link will lead to an error message on Apple's website informing the customer that the product is no longer available.

In a statement acquired by Recode, Apple said, "We respect intellectual property and we've always been willing to pay a fair price to secure the rights of patents covering technology in our products."

Apple added that Nokia has been reluctant to offer a new license for some of its patents on a fair price. Apple said that Nokia is using a dirty business tactics called "patent troll" in order to extort money through unfair means.

For its part, Nokia said that the company decided to bring the issue into federal courts as Apple did not agree to the terms the company set in order to acquire a new license.

Earlier this week, Nokia sued Apple in courts all over the world for issues regarding patent infringement. Nokia filed cases in courts of Finland, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Japan, Hong Kong, France, Spain, Sweden, and the United States. According to Mashable, Nokia filed 40 patent lawsuits in issues covering display technology and user interface, among others.

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