Vanessa Blum is a reporter for The Recorder, an American Lawyer affiliate.

Pressure is mounting on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to weigh in on Apple’s failed bid for a sales ban against Samsung and to clarify the rules for injunctions in patent cases.

The latest entreaty for appellate review comes from an unlikely party — Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia Corp., which fought its own patent battle with Apple from 2009 to 2011 when the companies settled.