Huawei, for the first time, won its case against Samsung Electronics. The Chinese court has ordered the latter's mainland subsidiaries to pay the former 80 million yuan or $11.60 million for patent infringement.
Following a series of claims filed in both California and Shenzhen, China, Huawei has claimed and alleged Samsung that over 20 of its phone and tablet models have violated more than 10 of Huawei's patents. The court's verdict is the first of several lawsuits against the South Korean tech giant and this has started in May.
Don't be surprised as Samsung also has filed a case against Huawei in China for IP infringement. But first, the South Korean tech giant's mainland subsidiaries must first comply with the court's verdict.
In fact, both parties involved have been notified of this. According to Samsung's spokesman, they will "thoroughly review the court's decision and determine appropriate responses."
Samsung's 3 units have been ordered to pay under orders from the Quanzhou Intermediary Court the earlier-mentioned sum for infringing a patent held by Huawei. It, in fact, sought compensation for more than 30 million products which were sold for $12.7 billion inclusive of the Samsung Galaxy S7.
Meanwhile, in other news, and in a separate case, Huawei has been warned to pay a global license fee for patents from Unwired Planet. The warning came from the UK High Court. This is so that the company avoid intellectual property infringement in the UK or worse be barred from selling its devices in the country.
Despite facing a number of lawsuits from various phone companies, Samsung still is the biggest smartphone maker worldwide, next to Apple and then you have Huawei. Well, this is despite the Note 7 disaster and that cost the company a significant amount of money and consumers
On April 21, the South Korean tech giant will finally launch the highly anticipated Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus. Both flagship devices are expected to help restore the company's image. Also, Huawei P10 has recently released its successor to the iconic P9.
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