On April 3, 2025, Ericsson's official website released a statement titled “Ericsson and Lenovo Settle Patent Litigation,” announcing a global patent cross-licensing agreement with Ericsson, with the related financial impact to be reflected in the second quarter 2025 financial statements. The statement mentioned that the remaining patent license disputes will be fully resolved through an arbitration process between the two parties.

The litigation process is sorted out:

(1) 2023:

On October 11, 2023, Ericsson initiated two patent lawsuits in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina against various companies of Lenovo and its subsidiary Motorola.

On October 12, 2023, Ericsson filed a petition for a 337 filing with the U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”), asserting that Lenovo's exports, imports, and sales of the relevant products in the United States violate U.S. Section 337

In December 2023, Lenovo and Motorola Mobility filed a lawsuit against Ericsson in federal court in North Carolina alleging that Ericsson refused to comply with its licensing obligations for its 5G patents and engaged in global litigation for excessive royalties.

On December 23, 2023, the Columbia court granted two preliminary injunctions. Pursuant to the two preliminary injunctions, the Colombian Superintendence of Industry and Tourism (SIC) declared a moratorium on the importation and sale of eight models of Motorola cellular phones, involving devices such as the Motorola ThinkPhone, Razr 40 and 40 Ultra.

(2) 2024:

In February 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina denied Lenovo's motion for an injunction against Ericsson.

On February 12, 2024, Lenovo filed a patent infringement action against Ericsson in the High Court of the United Kingdom, in conjunction with a motion for a temporary injunction against Ericsson.

On May 23, 2024, the U.K. High Court entered a judgment denying Lenovo's application for an interim injunction.

On August 6, 2024, the Munich District Court of the Unified Patent Court of Europe (UPC) rejected a motion filed by Motorola seeking to amend the claims to seek injunctive relief in two standard essential patent (SEP) cases, Motorola Mobility, a subsidiary of Lenovo, v. Ericsson.

On September 30, 2024, the English Court of Appeal issued a judgment dismissing Lenovo's appeal of its application for an interim injunction in its litigation dispute with Ericsson.

In November 2024, the High Court of England and Wales dismissed Lenovo's request for a declaration seeking an interim license from Ericsson.

On December 17, 2024, the U.S. International Trade Commission issued a preliminary ruling finding that Ericsson's four standard-essential patents in question were valid and infringed and rejecting Lenovo's defenses, thereby finding that Lenovo had violated Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930.

(3) 2025:

On February 28, 2025, the Court of Appeal of England and Wales upheld Lenovo's claim, declaring that Lenovo was entitled to a provisional license, while holding that Ericsson's actions in seeking an injunction against Lenovo on a worldwide basis violated the principle of good faith in its FRAND obligations.