STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – The Finnish Nokia has been fighting for several years with the patent with Lenovo Group of China, the world’s largest computer maker, resolving all pending disputes in all jurisdictions, the companies said on Wednesday.
While the terms of the cross-licensing agreement remain confidential, Lenovo will make a net balance payment to Nokia, said the Finnish telecommunications equipment maker.
A Nokia spokesman declined to disclose the financial details.
Nokia launched its legal battle against Lenovo in 2019 for allegedly infringing 20 patents on video compression technology and had cases in the United States, Brazil and India, in addition to six cases in Germany.
Lenovo has also sued Nokia in a California court.
A court in Munich ruled in September that Lenovo had infringed one of Nokia’s patents and ordered an order and a withdrawal of the products from retailers. The order was suspended here in November by a German court of appeal.
“The global agreement will enable future collaboration between our companies for the benefit of customers around the world,” said John Mulgrew, Lenovo’s director of intellectual property.
Nokia’s patent portfolio is comprised of approximately 20,000 patent families, including more than 3,500 patent families declared essential to the 5G technology standard.
Last month, Nokia struck a deal with Samsung for licensing patents that cover its innovations in video standards.
Its Scandinavian rival, Ericsson, also has ongoing patent disputes here with Samsung and KPN NV, the largest Dutch telecommunications company.
Supantha Mukherjee’s report to Stockholm; Edited by Matthew Lewis