Ericsson, Samsung do deal

Ericcson disclosed on July 9 that it had signed a worldwide royalty bearing agreement with Samsung, in which Ericsson has granted Samsung a non-exclusive license under Ericsson's patent portfolio for the 2G and 3G mobile telephony standards, to develop, manufacture and sell 2G and 3G subscriber and infrastructure equipment.
In return, Samsung provides a royalty payment and a reciprocal license under Samsung's valuable patent portfolio to Ericsson. Patent litigation stops. [from MarketWatch]

See also IPBiz posts:
http://ipbiz.blogspot.com/2005/03/sendo-ericsson-in-patent-fight-over.html
http://ipbiz.blogspot.com/2006/04/geoff-goodfellow-prior-art-that-didnt.html

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Separately, 3M and batteries.com did a deal on lithium ion battery technology.

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