Oppo, Nokia seek withdrawal of patent infringement case from Delhi High Court
Nokia Technologies and Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corp on Tuesday informed the Delhi High Court that they want to withdraw their suits including the patent infringement filed by the former, as they have resolved their disputes and reached a confidential litigation settlement last month.
Dismissing the suits as withdrawn, Justice Pratibha M Singh said that the parties would be bound by the terms and conditions of the global settlement.
The HC also allowed refund of pro-tem security with interest deposited by Oppo during the proceedings within two weeks. It also directed that the confidential documents furnished by the companies in sealed covers or otherwise shall be returned to them and even ordered deletion of their electronic records in the HC.
The move comes pursuant to a global patent cross-license agreement between the two covering standard-essential patents in 5G and other cellular communication technologies. Following the agreement, both parties agreed to resolve all pending litigation in all jurisdictions. The specific terms of the agreement have been kept confidential.
The infringement suits in the HC involved a total of seven patents in the field of telecommunications. At the interlocutory stage, Nokia had asserted seven patents, of which four were claimed to be standard essential patents (SEPs) and the remaining three were asserted as implementation patents.
Oppo was accused of using the three SEPs, which were stated to be necessary to make cellular systems 2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G compliant,
