LONDON (Reuters) – Lenovo stated on Thursday it and Ericsson had reached an settlement on a world patent cross-licence and to settle all pending litigation, ending a worldwide authorized battle.
Lenovo sued Ericsson in London in 2023, one in every of a lot of circumstances introduced by one or different of the 2 firms world wide over 4G and 5G wi-fi know-how.
The pair had additionally sued each other in Brazil, Colombia and the USA, each in North Carolina and on the U.S. Worldwide Commerce Fee.
Their dispute centred on the truthful, affordable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) phrases for a licence to make use of Lenovo and Ericsson’s patents.
Lenovo stated on Thursday that it had reached an settlement with Ericsson, with the events coming into into binding arbitration to find out the ultimate phrases.
Ericsson didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Thursday’s announcement is available in the identical week that Amazon and Nokia stated they’d settled their world patent dispute.
(Reporting by Sam Tobin; enhancing by David Evans)
