Huawei sues U.S. firm InterDigital in China for failing to license its SEP patenbts on "fair" terms

U.S. mobile tech firm InterDigital announced today (via Reuters) that it is the defendant in a lawsuit filed in China by Huawei. The latter...

U.S. mobile tech firm InterDigital announced today (via Reuters) that it is the defendant in a lawsuit filed in China by Huawei. The latter accuses the U.S. firm of failing to negotiate a new agreement to license its standards essential patents on a Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (FRAND) basis. Standards essential patents are those that need to be licensed by manufacturers to make sure that their product meets a technical standard. 

The lawsuit, which was filed earlier this month with the Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court, says that the patents ...

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