Huawei is suing Samsung over cellphone patents. The Chinese telecom giant is suing Samsung in both the US and China claiming infringement of smartphone patents.
Huawei is seeking compensation for what it said was unlicensed use of 4G cellular communications technology, operating systems and user interface software in Samsung phones. The lawsuits in both the countries against Samsung cover four patents for mobile devices and eight for networks, according to a Huawei spokesman, Joe Kelly. He said Huawei was not asking the court to restrict sales of Samsung handsets.
Ding Jianxing, the president of Huawei’s Intellectual Property Rights Department, made the following statement about the lawsuit:
Thus far, we have signed cross-licensing agreements with dozens of our competitors. We hope Samsung will respect Huawei’s R&D investment and patents, stop infringing our patents and get the necessary licence from Huawei, and work together with Huawei to jointly drive the industry forward.