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STOCKHOLM: Ericsson said on Friday it had struck a global patent licence agreement with Apple, ending a row over royalty payments for the use of 5G wireless patents in iPhones. The Swedish telecoms equipment maker said the multi-year deal included global cross- licence s for patent ed cellular standard-essential technologies, and granted certain other patent rights. "The settlement ends all ongoing patent-related legal disputes between the parties," it said in a statement. The deal comes after Ericsson in January filed a second set of patent infringement lawsuits against the US maker of iPhones. Both companies had already sued each other in the United States as negotiations failed over the renewal of a seven-year licensing contract for telecoms patents first struck in 2015. Ericsson sued first in October 2021, claiming that Apple was trying to improperly cut down the royalty rates. The iPhone maker then filed a lawsuit in December 2021, accusing the ...

OSLO: Nokia said on Monday it has signed a new cross-license patent agreement with Samsung following the expiry of a previous agreement at the end of 2022. "Under the agreement, which covers Nokia's fundamental inventions in 5G and other technologies, Samsung will make payments to Nokia for a multi-year period beginning 1 January 2023," the Finnish company said. The terms of the agreement remain confidential, it added. The agreement is consistent with Nokia's previous long-term outlook disclosure, the company said.     Source: https://thefoxposts.com/nokia-signs-new-5g-patent-deal-with-samsung-TheFOXposts-11206.html?utm_source=blogger_source&utm_medium=blogger_medium&utm_campaign=blogger_cam Category: Technology Post by: TheFOXposts.Com