Huawei announces suit against Verizon over multiple patent infringement issues

Verizon is the largest telecommunications operator in the United States and also has multiple media companies. Huawei previously stated that Verizon infringed on Huawei’s patents in some products.

Huawei has contacted Verizon for communication and negotiation on patent infringement issues, but in the end, the two parties did not reach an agreement, so Huawei decided to sue Verizon.

At present, Huawei has formally sued Verizon in U.S. District Court., and Huawei has stated that it will obtain patent infringement compensation by suing Verizon.

Huawei said in a press release that Huawei invests 10% to 15% of its annual revenue for research and development. In the past 10 years, Huawei has invested more than 70 billion US dollars in research and development.

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At the same time, Huawei has more than 80,000 global patents and 10,000 patents held in the United States. These patents are also the results of Huawei’s accumulated investment over the years.

Before the formal prosecution, Huawei had communicated with Verizon several times to request payment of patent fees. However, Verizon is unwilling to pay patent licensing fees when using patents held by Huawei. Obviously, for Huawei, this will seriously damage Huawei’s years of research and development results.

Huawei claims that Verizon has infringed more than 200 patents held by Huawei. Verizon has obtained a large amount of revenue from these technology patents but is unwilling to pay license fees.

Although Huawei sent a representative to the United States to communicate and negotiate with Verizon, Verizon was still unwilling to pay the corresponding patent fees and Huawei could only sue.

This lawsuit filed by Huawei in a US court in Texas involves 12 patents because these patents are the items with the clearest facts and the strongest evidence.

Subsequently, Huawei also continued to investigate and initiate litigation against other patents infringed by Verizon, requiring Verizon to purchase Huawei patents and pay infringement compensation.

Via: TechCrunch