Technology giant Huawei misappropriated the trade secrets of a former employee’s startup, a Texas federal jury found Wednesday, declining to award any damages but putting to rest the two-and-a-half-year battle over who stole trade secrets from whom.

Huawei Technologies Co. was the first to point the finger at former employee Yiren “Ronnie” Huang in late 2017, but Huang had fired back with counterclaims accusing the smartphone maker of using its case against his startup, CNEX Labs Inc., to steal intellectual property.

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Jeffrey Fisher, counsel for CNEX, told Law360 on Wednesday, “It has been an honor to represent the innovative team at CNEX against Huawei’s baseless claims of trade secret misappropriation.”

“We are thrilled we were able to demonstrate that Huawei was the real thief here,” he said.

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CNEX is represented by Christopher J. Schwegmann of Lynn Pinker Cox & Hurst LLP, Michael J. Sacksteder and Bryan A. Kohm of Fenwick & West LLP, Deron Dacus of The Dacus Firm PC, and Stephanie Skaff and Jeffrey Fisher of Farella Braun & Martel LLP.