If you grew up in the 1990s or early 2000s, Nokia probably holds a special place in your heart. The legendary Finnish brand is etched into the great halls of tech history, and in its prime, Nokia held remarkable phone brand loyalty. The Nokia branding seen on consumer phones today isn't exactly the same Nokia that's currently building global telecommunications networks. Nokia Corporation isn't owned by a tech billionaire, a single parent company, or a shadowy conglomerate. Thanks to its research division, Nokia Bell Labs, the company owns over 268,000 tech patents, and because it invented so many of the basic technologies that make cell phones work, virtually every modern phone maker, from the best down to the worst smartphone brands, has to pay Nokia a royalty fee to use them.