Samsung and Sweden-based Ericsson have settled all ongoing legal feuds and entered into a global patent license agreement. According to the press release by Ericsson, this is a multi-year agreement and includes cellular-related patents as well as sales of network infrastructure and handsets from January 1, 2021. More than the two companies settling, the good […]
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Samsung and Nokia expand their patent cross license agreement
Samsung and Nokia have announced the expansion of their patent cross-licensing agreement. The new agreement now covers additional patent portfolios between both the companies. Neither Nokia nor Samsung has specified which patents the agreement covers but Nokia reckons the licensing will have a positive impact on their financials. Earlier this year, Samsung and Nokia reached […]
Rovi and Samsung renew patent license agreement
Samsung and Rovi have confirmed to extend and renew their patent license agreement. The monetary compensation is under wraps but the multi-year license agreement will enable Samsung to use Rovi’s video discovery patents and technologies across Samsung’s TV and related products. The agreement will also add metadata in new regions where Samsung sells TVs. Samsung […]
Samsung and Cisco sign patent license agreement
After Google and Ericsson, Samsung has entered into a cross-licensing patent agreement with Cisco. The monetary exchange, if any, is unknown but both companies will get access to each other’s patent portfolio for a period of 10 years. Both companies believe that such an agreement “reduces the risk of potential litigation” and works for the […]
Samsung and Google enter global patent licensing agreement
Samsung and Google have cemented their relationship with a new cross patent licensing agreement. On their official blog, Samsung announced that both companies entered in a “long-term cooperative partnership with a global patent cross-license agreement covering a broad range of technologies and business areas.” While there’s no mention of any monetary consideration, the blog post […]