Nokia has settled a multi-year patent fight with Lenovo Group, resolving all pending litigation across all jurisdictions. While terms of the cross-license agreement remain confidential, Lenovo will make a net balancing payment to Nokia, as the latter said.
Nokia launched its legal battle against Lenovo in 2019 over 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 court in California. A Munich court ruled in September that Lenovo infringed one of Nokia's patents, and it ordered an injunction and a recall of products from retailers. The order was stayed in November by a German appeals court.
"The global accord struck will enable future collaboration between our companies for the benefit of customers worldwide," said John Mulgrew, Chief Intellectual Property Officer of Lenovo.
