A while ago Huawei sued Xiaomi for alleged infringement of four of its patents related to wireless communication technology, smartphone photography, and screen lock technology. The two companies were locked in a patent dispute for several years, and now, the case was finally settled in 2022. As part of the settlement, Huawei and Xiaomi agreed to a global patent cross-licensing deal. Here are the details…

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Huawei and Xiaomi announced on Wednesday that they have reached a global patent cross-licensing deal. The deal covers multiple communications technologies, including 5G. The deal is a significant development for both companies. Huawei is the world’s leading telecom equipment maker and a major player in the smartphone market. And as you know, Xiaomi is the world’s third-largest smartphone maker.

The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but it is likely that both companies will benefit from the agreement. Huawei will gain access to Xiaomi’s patents, which will help it to develop new products and services. Xiaomi will also benefit from the deal, as it will no longer have to pay patent licensing fees to Huawei.

The deal is also will help both companies to develop 5G products and services. The deal is expected to take effect in early 2024. This means that the deal will not be finalized until then. However, it is likely that the deal will be finalized as planned, as both companies have expressed their commitment to the agreement. The agreement will be in effect for 10 years. After that, the two companies may choose to renew the agreement or negotiate a new one.

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A couple of months ago, in July this year, Nokia had filed a few patent-related lawsuits against OPPO. Now, as a retaliation, the Chinese company has filed several patents infringement lawsuits against Nokia in China and Europe.

The patents involved in the lawsuit are all 5G standard essential patents. With the commercialization of 5G technology, the essential patent licensing rates between patent owners and smartphone makers have been rising.

Nokia, the Finnish company that just settled the patent dispute with Daimler, is pushing ahead to enter the 5G field. It intends to take advantage of the patent war with OPPO to lay the groundwork for 5G standard-essential patent fees.

Over the last ten years, Nokia has sued several different companies but this is likely the first time in the last decade to file a counter sued for patent infringement. This is due to a lack of high-quality assets or the lack of courage to confront Nokia head-on.

In July this year, Nokia filed dozens of patent infringement lawsuits against OPPO in about nine countries, including India, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom. While the reason behind this move hasn’t been announced, it’s likely that the companies failed to reach an agreement for the 5G patent license.

Ever since Nokia stopped making mobile phones (HMD Global has licensed Nokia brand for smartphones), the patent license fees play an important role for the Finland-based company. It is trying to find a foothold in the telecom equipment market and with Huawei facing several issues, there’s a greater chance for Nokia to get a majority of contracts.

Nokia has adopted the strategy of aggressive litigation to collect the licensing fees. Before OPPO, the company had filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Lenovo in the US, Brazil, India, Germany, and others. It lasted for more than a year and was settled by the companies earlier this year in April.

It will be interesting to see how this legal dispute ends. While there’s a high possibility of both the companies reached an agreement, the battle between the patent holder and license holder for using it could form new rules for the companies.

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InterDigital, which develops digital mobile and video technology, has announced that the company has settled all litigation against Huawei and both of them have entered into a worldwide patent licensing agreement.

This new non-exclusive licensing agreement is a multi-year one and is set to run through 2023. It covers royalties from the sale of some of Huawei’s 3G, 4G and 5G wireless telecommunications products.

While the issue between both the companies seem to have been resolved, terms for the same have not been disclosed yet. In a statement, William J. Merritt, InterDigital‘s president and CEO, said: “This agreement, reached amid challenging circumstances given the current economic downturn, highlights the strength of our business and the value of InterDigital’s contributions to multiple generations of wireless and video standards.”

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For the uninitiated, Huawei had sued InterDigital in January 2019 in China, claiming unfair terms for the licensing its patents. Then in December last year, InterDigital sued Huawei accusing the company of infringing five patents related to industry standards for 3G, 4G and 5G telecommunications.

Patent infringement suits are very common in the technology industry. Early this year, filing lawsuit against Verizon, Huawei said in a statement that it has paid out more than $6 billion for use of patented technologies, with 80 percent of those license fees going to US-based companies. It also added that since 2015, Huawei received more than $1.4 billion in license fees for its own patents.

Huawei, which is the world’s leader which it comes to telecom equipment, has been caught in the middle of the US-China trade war and has been put on trade blacklist by the US government since last year. This is severely impacted the Chinese giant’s ability to buy hardware, software and services from American companies.

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Apple Inc, the Cupertino based company known for the iPhone, has been accused by Masimo Corp. for stealing its technology. The claims are against the Apple Watch and its health monitoring systems.

Masimo is known for developing signal processing technology for health related monitors. Recently, the company and it’s subsidiary Cercacor Laboratories have claimed in a lawsuit that Apple stole secret trademark information. Reportedly, the popular smartphone maker approached as a business partner but then proceeded to hire key employees from Masimo. This includes Michael O’Reilly, the Vice President of Apple’s health technology department.

Both health care related companies, Masimo and Cercacor, claimed that its non-invasive monitoring system which operated with light had been stolen by Apple. Apparently, the smartphone manufacturer used this technology to overcome performance issues with its Watch offerings. The US based OEM is being accused of multiple counts of infringement among 10 different patents.

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Apple Watch’s blood oxygen monitoring system and heart rate detection through the light emitters have come under scrutiny. Masimo wishes to prevent any further usage of its patented inventions and wishes for orders that help achieve this. In the accusation, Apple Watch 4 and Watch 5 have been pointed out to be the main culprits.

Unfortunately, finer details and specifics regarding the accusation are still at large. Furthermore, the specified amount in damages faced by Masimo and Cercacor is also currently unknown. As of right now, no official announcement or statements have been made by Apple regarding the serious accusation. Notably, the company has been reached out for queries so stay tuned for more details that should arrive soon.

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Xiaomi has a ¥50 million ($7.5 million) lawsuit filed against it by a Chinese company called Yuan Gongyi. The lawsuit is for infringing on a patented 3GPP standard which Xiaomi used in a number of its devices.

The patent which is named “Common Packet Channel” with Chinese patent number ZL00800381.5 originally belonged to Jinqiao Technology Co. Ltd (New Jersey, USA). It was then transferred to the plaintiff – Yuan Gongyi on December 8, 2016.

According to the patent description, the technology can be applied to WCDMA, TD-SCDMA, HSPA, & LTE. Xiaomi is said to have used the technology in the Mi 5X, Mi Max 2, and Mi Note 3 phones sold in China without getting permission. The plaintiff has therefore filed a lawsuit against Xiaomi technology Co. Ltd and Xiaomi Communication Technology Co. Ltd.

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The plaintiff is asking the court to order Xiaomi to stop the infringement and pay the above-mentioned fee for damages. Xiaomi has not yet responded to the lawsuit.

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U.S Tech giants Qualcomm and Apple have been enmeshed in legal battles for several reasons bothering on patent rights. There have been lawsuits and countersuits, from both ends and it still looks like the friction is picking up steam in the last few days. Apple is now reportedly alleging that Qualcomm infringed on eight Apple patents bothering on power efficiency. Qualcomm, on its part, has now filed a fresh lawsuit and asserts that the smartphone maker was rummaging through the closet where it keeps its intellectual property. 

In the lawsuit filed, Wednesday, with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, Qualcomm’s complaint claims Apple is in infringement of five patents relating to radio frequency transceivers, power efficiency in mobile CPUs, device power management and image enhancement using depth-based data (3D imagery).

Qualcomm is thus praying for an injunction from the court that would bar Apple from selling the GSM version of 2017 iPhone models; iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X because they do not feature the Qualcomm -made modem chip inside. It must be noted that AT&T and T-Mobile are the companies who stock the GSM version of the 2017 iPhones in the U.S. Thus, those are the ones the lawsuit is targeting. In addition, Qualcomm is also seeking unspecified damages and court costs.

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The persistent lawsuit is already affecting the business relationship between both companies. There are reports that Apple is planning for the 2018 iPhone models without Qualcomm’s modem chips. Instead, the leading smartphone manufacturer is said to be turning to Qualcomm’s rival Intel and MediaTek. Intel currently supplies the part for the GSM versions of the latest iPhones. At this time, the best bet would be an out of court settlement as the suits are getting too many. We’d continue to keep an eye on this to see how it pans out eventually.

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