Nokia and Kyocera sign a patent license agreement

Nokia, Inc. and Kyocera Wireless, Inc. announced that they have signed a patent license agreement, according to which Kyocera is licensed under Nokia's essential and additional patents, relating to CDMA, PHS and PDC standards and will have to pay to Nokia for all its CDMA mobile phone and module products. Nokia, on the other hand, is licensed under all of Kyocera's essential and additional patents, relating to all standards as well as patents, covering all Nokia mobile phone, module and infrastructure products. This agreement resolves all the on-going patent disputes between the two companies, which started back in February 2004.

Source: Nokia