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Chinese Telecom Giant Huawei Sues T-Mobile For Patent Infringment (geekwire.com)

Posted by msmash on from the fair,-reasonable-and-non-discriminatory-terms dept.

Nat Levy, reporting for GeekWire: Huawei alleges that Bellevue-based T-Mobile would not make a deal to license several 4G patents from the Chinese telecom company, and is still using those technologies, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday. The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court in Eastern Texas, alleges that Huawei offered to give T-Mobile license for several 4G patents under fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms (FRAND). T-Mobile allegedly didn't take the offer and continues to use the patented technologies. According to the lawsuit, the conflict goes back to 2014, when Huawei wanted to begin a licensing discussion, but T-Mobile allegedly would not sign a non-disclosure agreement and negotiations stalled. Earlier this year, Huawei filed several patent infringement complaints, according to the Puget Sound Business Journal, which first reported on today's suit. Huawei is not looking for monetary damages, but instead wants a declaratory judgment that would help facilitate a licensing agreement.

3 of 46 comments (clear)

  1. Re:What's good for the goose by Holi · · Score: 3, Informative

    Except neither of these companies are American. T-Mobile is a German company.

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    Sorry, teleporters just kill you and then make a copy. A perfect, soul-less copy.
  2. Re:First Apple, then Disney, now T-Moblie by Austerity+Empowers · · Score: 4, Informative

    This technique needs a name, possibly the "Chinese Shakedown".

    More specifically this is Huawei, a company that is synonymous with spying and corporate espionage (http://www.networkworld.com/article/2223272/cisco-subnet/60-minutes-torpedoes-huawei-in-less-than-15-minutes.html), and that's just the 60 minutes speech. In two of my previous employers people have been arrested and thrown in jail for stealing data and sending it to the homeland, these are facts proven in court.

    They shouldn't be allowed in our country at all, or yours, if you are smart. Patent infringement is a joke, they haven't had an original idea yet.

  3. Re: Isn't that Ironic by SlaveToTheGrind · · Score: 4, Informative

    This is commonly referred to as a test case..

    Patents that are recognized in China only..

    What in the world are you talking about? From the front page of the complaint: "This is a patent case regarding Huawei’s obligation to offer a license to certain U.S. patents . . ."