Nokia Pay InterDigital In Patent Suit

Written by Adam Gosling

Wednesday, 03 May 2006

Nokia has agreed to pay wireless technology company InterDigital US$253 million to resolve a dispute over 2G royalties. In exchange for the dollars Nokia will get access to a patent license covering sales of 2G TDMA-based products, which consist mainly of GSM/GPRS/EDGE terminal units and infrastructure. The agreement will terminate a previous patent license agreement originally signed in 1999 and scheduled to terminate at the end of 2006. The deal doesn't get Nokia off the hook. The US$253 million only covers Nokia for sales of devices up until April 26 this year, anything sold after that date is unlicensed with a deal yet to be negotiated. Related news items Nokia E51: Smarter Than It Looks -19/09/2007 Nokia: Smooth, Black, Curvey & 3G -21/08/2007 Nokia Prism Has Mad Mod Look -07/08/2007 Nokia To Release In-Car Speakerphone -05/07/2007 Nokia 3109: The Mobile Phone Refined -23/05/2007 Newer news items iBurst Plans To Offer Wireless VoIP -11/09/2006 RIM Countersues Visto -04/05/2006 Tag This Now: