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-licences for patented 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…
