Huawei sues ZTE over patent infringement

News Wireless Global 28 APR 2011
Huawei sues ZTE over patent infringement
Huawei said it has filed lawsuits in Germany, France and Hungary against ZTE for patent and trademark infringement. The company accused ZTE of infringing a series of Huawei's patents relating to data card and LTE technologies and illegally used a Huawei-registered trademark on some of its data card products. ZTE failed to respond to cease and desist letters from Huawei, the company said. Huawei had also invited ZTE on numerous occasions to enter into cross-patent licensing negotiations but was equally unsuccessful. The suit from its Chinese rival is the second major patent case against ZTE, after Ericsson filed an infringement case against the company earlier this month. ZTE said in a statement that it was "astonished" by Huawei's legal action. ZTE said it "respects and adheres to international intellectual property laws and regulations without reservation, and absolutely rejects that there has been any patent and trademark infringement". The company said it will take "vigorous legal action" to protect its interests.

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Mobile

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Huawei China,  ZTE Belgium

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Global

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Consumer devices, Network equipment, Wholesale, 4G - LTE, Legislation - Lawsuits, Research and development

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