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accession: "0000877212-22-000101"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ZBRA"
cik: "0000877212"
company_name: "ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP"
filed_at: "2022-06-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T22:14:04.313269+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "negative"
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Zebra settles patent litigation with Honeywell; to pay $360M in quarterly installments

## Summary
- Agreed to pay Honeywell $360M for past damages, charged in Q2 2022, paid in 8 equal quarterly installments.
- Entered royalty-free cross-license covering each party's existing patent portfolios for life of patents.
- Both parties deny liability and mutually release all past claims; dismiss all pending IP litigation in US and abroad.
- Settlement removes patent litigation overhang but results in $360M charge.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000877212-22-000101
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ZBRA
- cik: 0000877212
- company_name: ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP
- filed_at: 2022-06-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/877212/000087721222000101/0000877212-22-000101-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/877212/000087721222000101/zbra-20220628.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000877212-22-000101.txt

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