ZTE has paid it back to  Ericsson after the later filed a legal action against ZTE for patent infringement on April 1, accusing that Ericsson has violated part of its patent rights, including core network, GSM, and the fourth generation mobile communication system. The lawsuit has been accepted by the court.

In last lawsuit, ZTE Communication brought a prior accusation against Ericsson’s subsidiary in China and, correspondingly, Ericsson filed the legal action against ZTE’s subsidiary in UK. According to relevant information, ZTE has filed an application asking the court to stop Ericsson to infringe ZTE’s relevant patents, including Ericsson’s core network, GSM and the fourth generation mobile communication system related patents. Compared with this, Ericsson’s action against ZTE is mainly on GSM related patents.
ZTE said, “The Company has been always respect the intellectual property and advocates solving the patent related right cooperation with cross authorization, package agreement and other methods. However, while the efforts of seeking friendly solution failed, it is necessary to take legal actions to protect the company’s interest. ”