Huawei Technologies, the Chinese telecommunications giant, and Amazon have reached a new patent licensing agreement.
The multi-year deal with the U.S. tech company covers pending litigation involving Huawei’s patented wifi and video playback technologies. However, specific terms of the agreement, for obvious reasons, were not disclosed by any of the companies.
Alan Fan, who heads Huawei’s intellectual property rights department, however, said that “American and Chinese companies and companies from other regions are cooperating without limitations in standards and patent licensing,” even amidst existing geopolitical tensions.
As is widely known, Huawei is facing restrictions within the U.S. market due to data security concerns, and ongoing measures prevent U.S. firms from supplying Huawei with vital components. These restrictions have had a significant negative impact on Huawei’s smartphone business.
Nevertheless, Huawei is striving to regain its pre-ban status. The Mate 60 series smartphones marked a hopeful turning point as the company’s first 5G-supported models in years.
Subsequently, Huawei released the Nova 12 series smartphones featuring 5G capabilities and introduced a laptop equipped with an in-house chipset.
Regardless, in addition to the Amazon agreement, Huawei has also entered a cross-licensing patent agreement with Vivo, a domestic smartphone maker. The agreement specifically focuses on cellular standards essential patents, including those for 5G.
As of December 31, 2023, Vivo has patent applications in more than 70 countries and regions, possessing a robust patent portfolio of 25,000 families.
Among these, over 6,000 families pertain to essential patents for the 5G standard, with over 2,500 families declared to ETSI and approximately 13,500 standard document submissions to 3GPP.
To note, Huawei holds similar licensing arrangements with fellow Chinese smartphone companies Xiaomi and Oppo.
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