The International Trade Commission ruled in favour of Apple late last week, the judge presiding over the case said that Apple did not infringe five patents belonging to Nokia.
In a report from Reuters it is noted that ITC Judge James Gildea ruled that "in his initial determination Apple did not violate the Nokia patents."
Nokia had originally asked the court to ban the importation of Apple devices that infringed Nokia patents, at the time citing the iPhone 3GS and iPod nano as well as several Mac models. The complaint was originally filed in December 2009.
Both Apple and Nokia are suing each other over patent infringement issues in multiple venues in the US and Europe.
The next step for the ITC will be for the entire commission "to either uphold or throw out [Judge] Gildea's decision", the target for this decision is said to be August 1, 2011.