secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP (ZBRA)
CIK:        0000877212
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-06-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000877212-22-000101
Event type: litigation
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 8.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/877212/000087721222000101/0000877212-22-000101-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/877212/000087721222000101/zbra-20220628.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000877212-22-000101

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