Nokia settles with Lenovo in its patent legal battle
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Thursday, April 8, 2021 10:16 AM UTC
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Nokia finally settled with Lenovo after two years of legal battle over patents. It was reported that Finland’s smartphone maker decided to resolve all pending litigation across all jurisdictions.
As per Reuters, Nokia and Lenovo ended their court battle by negotiating and coming up with a cross-license agreement. However, the exact terms that the two companies signed in the deal were not released and will remain confidential according to sources.
Nokia’s lawsuit against China’s Lenovo
Media outlets attempted to obtain details about the financial aspect of the cross license agreement but Nokia’s spokesman refused to divulge the details. In any case, the legal battle with Lenovo began in 2019 after the Finnish tech company filed an infringement case over its 20 video-compression technology patents against China’s leading manufacturer of laptops and mobile phones.