Last year an ITC Judge ruled that HTC infringed on two essential patents owned by Nokia. The patents covered ways to remove error from signals as well as a process to deal with different radio frequencies. Today, Nokia announced that the two companies have entered into a patent and technology licensing agreement wherein the Taiwanese company will pay royalties to Nokia to end the dispute.
“Nokia has one of the most preeminent patent portfolios in the industry,” said Grace Lei, General Counsel of HTC. “As an industry pioneer in smartphones with a strong patent portfolio, HTC is pleased to come to this agreement, which will enable us to stay focused on innovation for consumers.”
The financial terms of the settlement remain under the wraps but HTC will be licensing this technology and will also work together on future collaboration opportunities. As Nokia moves towards completing the sale of its Device & Services division to Microsoft, Patents will become an integral focus of what’ll remain of the company. While reinforcing its position in the mapping vertical through its HERE Maps division, Nokia also plans to enforce its strong technology patents portfolio that broadly covers the telecom industry. Nokia will also have a separate division that will work on future technologies, further license it.