Qualcomm and Nokia are making progress on consolidating their patent lawsuits and counter-suits against each other, with the goal of settling all of the cases in one courtroom in Delaware.

The history of the charges began in 2005 with various companies in addition to Nokia all accusing Qualcomm of improper competitive behavior. Since then, various related cases sprang up in several U.S. states and throughout Europe.

Both companies said they are glad to see progress on the issues, according to wire reports.

San Diego-based Qualcomm still has other hurdles.  The company is involved with similar legal action regarding Broadcom and recently shuffled several top executives.

The actions do not appear damaging to profits. Qualcomm last month said it profited by $767 million with revenue of $2.44 billion for its first quarter of 2008, while Nokia made $3.6 billion with revenue of $23 billion in Q4 2007.