April 24 (Reuters) - The California Institute of

Technology has agreed to drop its lawsuit accusing HP Inc ( HPQ )

of infringing patents related to wireless

communications, according to a filing in Texas federal court.

Caltech and HP told the U.S. District Court for the Western

District of Texas on Tuesday that they would dismiss the case

with prejudice, which means it cannot be refiled.

Representatives for the parties did not immediately respond on

Wednesday to requests for comment and more information,

including on whether a settlement had been reached.

Caltech previously won a $1.1 billion jury verdict against

Apple ( AAPL ) and Broadcom ( AVGO ) in a lawsuit over some of

the same patents, though a U.S. appeals court ordered a retrial

on the damages amount. The school has since settled that case as

well as related lawsuits against Samsung and

Microsoft ( MSFT ).

The university has also sued Dell for patent

infringement in a case that is still ongoing.

Caltech sued Palo Alto, California-based HP in 2020,

accusing several lines of HP personal computers of infringing

patents related to international Wi-Fi standards. HP has

previously denied the allegations and asked the court to dismiss

the case.

The case is California Institute of Technology v. HP Inc ( HPQ ),

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, No.

6:20-cv-01041.

For Caltech: James Asperger, Kevin Johnson, Todd Briggs and

Ray Zado of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan

For HP: Edward Reines and Anne Cappella of Weil Gotshal &

Manges; Sarah Frazier, Joseph Mueller, Richard O'Neill, Cynthia

Vreeland, James Dowd, Joseph Haag, Sonal Mehta and Mark Selwyn

of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr

Read more:

CalTech wins $1.1 billion jury verdict in patent case

against Apple ( AAPL ), Broadcom ( AVGO )

Caltech ends high-stakes US patent fight with Apple ( AAPL ) and

Broadcom ( AVGO )

Microsoft ( MSFT ) settles Caltech lawsuit over Wi-Fi technology

(Reporting by Blake Brittain in Washington)