Qualcomm mainly put forward three demands in the complaint: First, he asked the court to decide that the patent licensing conditions provided by Qualcomm to Meizu were in line with the provisions of the Anti-Monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China and Qualcomm's fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory licensing obligations; The second is to ask the court to decide the patent licensing conditions provided by Qualcomm to Meizu, which constitutes the main terms of the patent licensing agreement between Qualcomm and Meizu on the essential patents of wireless standards; The third is to ask the court to order Meizu to compensate for its losses of more than 520 million yuan.
As a giant in the communication industry, Qualcomm holds a large number of necessary patents for 3G and 4G standards. The so-called standard essential patent refers to the patented technology that must be used when implementing a technical standard. That is to say, as long as Meizu's mobile phone supports China's 3G and 4G networks, whether it uses Qualcomm's chips or not, it will definitely use Qualcomm's patents.
Top mobile phone manufacturers including Huawei, Xiaomi, ZTE and Lenovo have signed patent licensing agreements with Qualcomm. However, only OPPO, Vivo and Meizu have not signed a patent licensing agreement with Qualcomm. Among the three, Meizu has the smallest market share, but the growth momentum is rapid, with an annual growth rate of 350% and a shipment of 20 million units in 20 15.
Qualcomm hopes to set a precedent through this lawsuit, so as to shake the mountain and tiger for other mobile phone manufacturers. At the same time, Qualcomm also tried to test the attitude of Beijing Intellectual Property Court to the current patent licensing agreement and patent licensing rate.