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Swedish telecom gear group Ericsson stated on Friday it had agreed to a multi-year world patent license settlement with Apple.

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“The settlement ends all ongoing patent-related legal disputes between the parties,” Ericsson stated in an announcement.

“Including effects of the settlement, and including ongoing IPR business with all other licensees, Ericsson estimates fourth-quarter 2022 IPR licensing revenues will be 5.5 billion-5.0 billion crowns $530.3-$578.5 million).”

The deal consists of world cross-license for patented mobile standard-essential applied sciences and grants sure different patent rights, Ericsson stated.

In January 2022, Ericsson sued Apple for patent infringement of 5G wi-fi patents in iPhones.

The transfer got here after negotiations failed over the renewal of a seven-year licensing contract for telecom patents first struck in 2015.

Patent lawsuits are fairly frequent amongst expertise corporations as each greenback saved may quantity to important quantities over the length of the settlement as corporations comparable to Ericsson prices between $2.5 to $5 for each 5G handset.

In 2021, Ericsson settled patent lawsuits with Samsung after a number of months of courtroom battles that briefly hit its quarterly earnings.

(With Reuters inputs)