For example, some media said that the valuation of Xiaomi IPO will exceed 654.38+000 billion US dollars. If Xiaomi is listed successfully, Xiaomi Leijun is likely to become "China's new rich".
Others calculate "Lei Jun's worth 1.7 Bill Gates, 2 Zuckerberg, 3.2 Ma Hua Teng, 3.8 Ma Yun!" Although the authenticity of this information or the credibility of the calculation results are questionable, I am afraid that Xiaomi is actively preparing for the IPO.
The preparation period of IPO has always been the high incidence period of all kinds of lawsuits in enterprises. For example, during the preparation for listing, sogou was involved in the patent war of input method with Baidu. For example, before the listing of Yongan Bank 20 17, the IPO process was suspended due to patent litigation, and after the listing, it chose to "spend money to avoid disasters" and finally signed a patent license agreement with the patentee.
In addition, it is worth noting that domestic smartphone sales are entering the down cycle.
According to the data of the market research organization Konas, in 20 17, China's smartphone shipments ushered in an overall decline for the first time, with shipments of 459 million units, down 4% compared with 20 16; Among them, 20 17 performed the worst in the fourth quarter, and its shipments dropped by more than 14% year-on-year to only 65438+130,000 units.
Simply put, before the official commercialization of 5G, the downward trend of domestic smartphone sales will continue for some time. This "turning point" is particularly important for manufacturers who intend to initiate patent litigation. Because this is the key to calculate the illegal income of the infringer.
In fact, in addition to Coolpad, HTC, which has basically faded out of the mobile phone market, and Huawei, which is actively seeking to realize through patents, may issue a patent lawsuit "cannonball" to Xiaomi at any time. The question now is, is Xiaomi ready?