• Licence covers the use of Nokia’s video technologies in Hisense’s televisions.
• Nokia to receive royalty payments. 

Nokia today announced it has signed a multi-year patent licence agreement with Hisense covering the use of Nokia’s video technologies in the consumer electronics maker’s televisions. Under the agreement, Hisense will make royalty payments to Nokia. The agreement resolves all patent-related litigation between the parties in all jurisdictions. This is Nokia’s first patent licence agreement with Hisense. The terms of the agreement are confidential, as agreed between the parties. 

"Nokia enables other companies to build on our innovation by licensing the use of our patented technologies and we are delighted to have reached an agreement with Hisense which recognises Nokia’s leadership in video and multimedia research and standardisation," said Susanna Martikainen, Chief Licensing Officer Wireless Technologies, Nokia.

Nokia is a leader in the development of video and multimedia technologies, including video compression, content delivery, content recommendation and aspects related to hardware. In the past 25 years, Nokia has created 5,000+ inventions that enable multimedia products and services and continues to play a leading role in multimedia research and standardisation. Nokia’s expertise in multimedia and video research is built on continuous investment to advance the industry.