Motorola, Huawei to settle pending litigations
Thursday, 14 April 2011, 08:05 IST
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New Delhi: Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei and US-based Motorola have agreed to settle all pending litigations between the two parties. In a joint statement issued today, Huawei and Motorola said they have entered into an agreement to settle all pending litigations between the two parties pending the satisfaction of certain conditions. Earlier this year, Huawei Technologies had filed a lawsuit in a US District Court, seeking preventing Motorola from illegally transferring Huawei's intellectual property (IP) to Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN). NSN, in July last year, announced the acquisition of Motorola's wireless network business for USD 1.2 billion. Interestingly, in July last year, Motorola had also sued Huawei for allegedly conspiring with its former employees for stealing trade secrets. "For its part, after further review of the matter, Motorola Solutions has agreed to withdraw its claims and dismiss, with prejudice, Huawei as a defendant in the Motorola v. Lemko, et al. litigation pending in the Chicago federal district court," the statement said. For its part, Huawei has agreed to withdraw its claims and dismiss, with prejudice, its lawsuit against Motorola Solutions and NSN in the Chicago federal district court. Huawei will also resolve its claims against Motorola Solutions and NSN by entering into an agreement which will allow Motorola to transfer its commercial agreements with Huawei to NSN for a fee and allows NSN to receive and use Huawei IP to service the networks Motorola deployed worldwide using Huawei's products and technologies, it said. "We regret that these disputes have occurred between our two companies. Motorola 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," Motorola Solutions President and CEO Greg Brown said. Huawei and Motorola have had a cooperative relationship since 2000, in which Motorola resold Huawei's products to customers under the Motorola brand name. During this period, Motorola was provided with products and confidential Huawei IP developed by the Chinese company. "Huawei provided Motorola's experts and counsel with source code and millions of documents. Huawei acted properly and above board at all times and developed its products independently and without the use of any Motorola trade secrets. "With the resolution of these cases, and the misunderstandings put to rest, Huawei is pleased to move forward with its efforts to provide innovative solutions to its customers," Huawei Vice Chairman and Executive Vice President Guo Ping said.
Source: PTI
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