STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Finnish Nokia has settled a multi-year patent battle with China’s Lenovo Group, the world’s largest PC maker, resolving all pending disputes in all jurisdictions, the companies said Wednesday.
While the terms of the cross-licensing agreement remain confidential, Lenovo will make a net payment to Nokia, the Finnish telecom equipment manufacturer said.
A Nokia spokesperson declined to disclose the financial details.
Nokia started its legal battle against Lenovo in 2019 for alleged infringement of 20 video compression technology patents and had cases in the United States, Brazil and India, in addition to six cases in Germany.
Lenovo had also sued Nokia in a California court.
A court in Munich ruled here in September that Lenovo had infringed one of Nokia’s patents, and ordered an injunction and a recall of products from retailers. The warrant was left here in November by a German appeals court.
“The global agreement reached will enable future partnerships between our companies for the benefit of customers around the world,” said John Mulgrew, Lenovo’s Chief Intellectual Property Officer.
Nokia’s patent portfolio consists of approximately 20,000 patent families, including more than 3,500 patent families declared essential to the 5G technology standard.
Last month, Nokia signed a deal here with Samsung to license patents for its innovations in video standards.
Its Scandinavian rival, Ericsson, also has pending patent disputes here with Samsung and KPN NV, the largest Dutch telecommunications company.
Reporting by Supantha Mukherjee in Stockholm; Editing by Matthew Lewis