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Motorola and Huawei Drop Outstanding Lawsuits Against Each Other
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Motorola Solutions and Huawei have settled the outstanding patent litigations between the two companies. The move is one step towards the sale of Motorola's wireless network assets to Nokia Siemens Networks, which is now just waiting for Chinese regulatory authorisation.
For its part, Motorola Solutions has agreed to withdraw its claims and dismiss, with prejudice, Huawei as a defendant in the Motorola v. Lemko, litigation pending in the Chicago federal district court. This is the lawsuit against Lemko which is alleging that former Motorola employees stole trade secrets, and though the Lemko front company sold them to Huawei.
Meanwhile, Huawei has agreed to withdraw its claims and dismiss, with prejudice, its lawsuit against Motorola Solutions and Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) in the Chicago federal district court and to resolve its claims against Motorola Solutions and NSN by entering into an agreement that allows Motorola Solutions to transfer its commercial agreements with Huawei to NSN for a fee, and allows NSN to receive and use Huawei confidential information to service the networks Motorola deployed worldwide using Huawei's products and technologies.
In 2000, Motorola and Huawei entered into a relationship during which Motorola resold certain Huawei products under the Motorola name. Over the next ten years, Motorola purchased $880 million in technology from Huawei that covered core networks and radio access networks.
"We regret that these disputes have occurred between our two companies. Motorola Solutions values the long-standing relationship we have had with Huawei. After reviewing the facts, we decided to resolve these matters and return to our traditional relationship of confidence and trust. I am pleased that we can again focus on having a cooperative and productive relationship," said Greg Brown, President & CEO of Motorola Solutions.
Tags: [motorola solutions] [huawei] [lemko] [nokia siemens networks] [court]
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