Spherix Announces Settlement; Huawei Takes a License

Spherix provided an update on the Company's case involving the company's wholly owned subsidiary, NNPT, LLC ("NNPT"), against Huawei.


Spherix announced that Huawei and the Company have settled the litigation, and Huawei has taken a license. As of October 13, 2015, all documents necessary to resolve this matter have been executed. As part of the settlement, at the joint request of the parties, the Patent Trial and Appeals Board ("PTAB") terminated Huawei's two Inter Partes Re-examination ("IPR") petitions in IPR case no. IPR2015-01382 involving U.S. Patent No. 6,578,086 and IPR2015-01390 involving U.S. Patent No. 7,664,123. Dismissal papers requesting dismissal of the litigation will be filed in Court in due course. On October 16, 2015, the Eastern District of Texas, which presides over the case, held a status hearing at which the parties reported the execution of the settlement.


Anthony Hayes, Chief Executive Officer of Spherix, stated, "We are pleased to have settled the matter with Huawei. We continue to seek long-term, mutually beneficial license agreements which represent a positive outcome for our shareholders. Our team remains committed to diligently working each of the cases in our patent monetization program and keeping shareholders informed of our progress."