STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Finland’s Nokia has settled a multi-year patent battle with China’s Lenovo Group, the world’s largest computer maker, to resolve all pending lawsuits in all jurisdictions, the companies said on Wednesday.
Although the terms of the cross-licensing agreement remain confidential, Lenovo will do a net balancing act on Nokia, the Finnish telecommunications equipment manufacturer said.
A Nokia spokesperson did not want to disclose the financial details.
Nokia started its legal battle against Lenovo in 2019 for alleged infringement of 20 patents for video compression technology and has 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 orders and recalled products from retailers. The order was upheld here in November by a German appellate court.
“The global agreement will enable future collaboration between our companies for the benefit of customers worldwide,” said John Mulgrew, Head of Lenovo Intellectual Property.
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 entered into an agreement with Samsung to license patents covering its innovations in video standards.
Its Scandinavian competitor, Ericsson, has also been the subject of ongoing patent disputes with Samsung and KPN NV, the largest Dutch telecommunications company.
Reporting by Supantha Mukherjee in Stockholm; Edited by Matthew Lewis