On December 9, Verizon Wireless (Verizon) and General Access Solutions (GAS) have agreed to settle a lawsuit involving 5G wireless patent infringement. Previously, the case was tried in the District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, where a jury had awarded Verizon $847 million in damages.

In a joint document filed on Sunday, Verizon and GAS, the patent owner, said they had resolved the dispute. However, the settlement terms were not proposed in the document, which was filed two days after the court decided to retry the case.

GAS sued Verizon in 2022, arguing that the company's 5G wireless base stations, cellular phones, wireless hotspots and wireless routers infringed on Verizon's patents on wireless communications technology that was developed by startup WestEnd Broadband in the early 21st century.

In June, a jury in Marshall, Texas, ruled that Verizon had infringed two of GAS's patents, awarding $847 million in damages. But in September, U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap threw out the verdict and ordered a new trial, finding that the original judgment was “against the weight of the evidence.”

The retrial began last Friday. On Sunday, the companies had asked the court for a 30-day stay so they could finalize a settlement.

The case, titled General Access Solutions Ltd v. Verizon Wireless, Case No. 22-cv-00394, is pending in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.