The seesaw court battle between Huawei and Samsung continues across the US and China. Huawei gained favorable ruling against the tech giant Samsung in an IP infringement case filed in China. The court also orders Samsung to pay $11.6 million in damages.
Huawei Technologies and Samsung Electronics have been tangling with each other across two countries. The first move came from Huawei when it filed lawsuits in the US and China for allegations of smartphone patent infringements in May last year. Samsung responded by taking their case in a Chinese court and sued Huawei for IP infringement.
The Huawei case specifically enumerated 20 different models and derivatives of Samsung smartphones that allegedly breached IP. Among the accessories to the case are two Chinese companies. Huawei alleged that these companies sold Samsung products, according to a Reuters report. After a grueling and legally grinding proceedings, the Quanzhou Intermediary Court orders the five respondents, including Samsung, to pay Huawei of the IP damage.
Meanwhile, sources revealed that part of the case is iconic Samsung products and recent hit products like the Samsung Galaxy S7. Huawei sought compensation from a total of 30 million Samsung products. Come to think of it, the $11.6 million compensation is just a tip of the iceberg since Samsung allegedly raked $12.7 billion from its sales. The bulk of this sales came from the Galaxy S7.
In a related development, Huawei took a hit in the UK after a separate case was filed by Unwired Planet. Ironically, the case stemmed from accusations that Huawei stepped into a global license of Unwired Planet. The company claims that this license was bought from Ericsson in 2013, according to the Global Telecoms Business.
Huawei was ordered to pay up to a maximum of 0.6 percent of its handset sales to Unwired Planet. Huawei refused to comment on details until they can evaluate the court decision. However, the company assured that they will submit to the court rulings.
