STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Finland’s Nokia has resolved a multi-year patent dispute with Chinese group Lenovo Group, the world’s largest PC maker, which resolves all pending litigation in all jurisdictions, the companies said on Wednesday.
While the terms of the cross-license agreement remain confidential, Lenovo will make a net payment to Nokia, said the Finnish telecommunications equipment maker.
A Nokia spokesman declined to disclose the financial details.
Nokia began its legal battle against Lenovo in 2019 for the 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 Munich court ruled here in September that Lenovo infringed one of Nokia’s patents and ordered a court order and the withdrawal of products from retailers. The order was suspended here in November by a German court of appeals.
“The global agreement reached will allow for future collaboration between our companies for the benefit of customers around the world,” said John Mulgrew, head of intellectual property at Lenovo.
Nokia’s patent portfolio is comprised of nearly 20,000 patent families, including more than 3,500 patent families declared essential to the 5G technology standard.
Last month Nokia signed an agreement here with Samsung to license patents covering its innovations in video standards.
Its Scandinavian rival, Ericsson, also has ongoing patent disputes with Samsung and KPN NV, the largest Dutch telecommunications company.
Reports from Supantha Mukherjee to Stockholm; Edited by Matthew Lewis