Patent Licensing

Nokia has signed a new royalty-bearing patent licensing agreement with Samsung. Announcing the agreement Nokia revealed that it is related to the use of Nokia’s video standards patents. However this is not the first patent deal between Nokia and Samsung. Samsung has been paying royalty...

The Regional Court Mannheim, Germany has ruled in favor of Nokia in a patent licensing case. It has issued an injunction against automotive manufacturer Daimler for using the Nokia intellectual property in an unauthorized manner. The case was file by Nokia concerning the unauthorized use...

Nokia has filed a complaint against Lenovo at the U.S. International Trade Commission alleging patent infringement by Lenovo's laptop, tablet and desktop computers. Nokia wants US imports of these Lenovo products to be banned. Nokia claims that Lenovo's ThinkPad, IdeaPad and Flex branded computers are...

We know that HMD is one of the Android manufacturers supposed to bring a 5G smartphone in 2019. Now, HMD has entered into a patent-licensing agreement with Qualcomm that will allow it to bring its 5G smartphone to the market. Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) and...

OPPO has become the latest in the the long list of Smartphone manufacturers to pay royalties Nokia for its patent might. Nokia has today announced this new patent deal with OPPO in a press release. Espoo, Finland - Nokia announced that it has signed a patent...

Nokia and Samsung join hands yet again. Nokia today confirms that both the companies have given their nod to extend patent license agreement for another multi-year time period. This is not for the first time the duo is agreeing to extend their partnership, we...

Nokia has added yet another big smartphone manufacturer to its growing list of Patent Licensees. Huawei has agreed to enter into a multi-year patent licensing agreement with Nokia. This agreement will result in a non-recurring catch-up payment, with steady royalty payments expected during the term...

Nokia has won an arbitration against BlackBerry by the ruling of International Chamber of Commerce International Court of Arbitration. In a royalty payment dispute between Nokia and BlackBerry, the International Court has ordered BlackBerry to pay $137 million to Nokia. The Court found that BlackBerry hadn't made certain...

Nokia has landed up with one more licensing agreement decision favoring it. The International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce has given its decision for arbitration between Nokia and LG Electronics. This decision is binding on both parties and Nokia will...

Nokia has revealed during its Earnings Call that the patent and business collaboration deal with Apple has provided it with many reasons to be pleased. Not only Apple made an upfront cash payment of €1.7 billion for settling this patent litigation with Nokia, there will...

Nokia has moved away from the traditional solo patent licensing agreements model towards the patent licesning + Business collaboration model. After signing agreements with Apple that involved patent licensing and business collaboration, Nokia has signed similar agreements with Xiaomi now. As per the press release,...

Nokia last sued Apple in Germany and the US for infringement of a number of its patents. Apple had already been a Nokia Patents licensee since 2011 and this patent licensing agreement ended December 31 2016. Nokia took this step when Apple declined subsequent...