Xiaomi mobile phone is the younger generation in the mobile phone industry. Enterprises need to maintain a certain total number of patents, and then work hard on patent quality. Xiaomi's solution to patent quality is through acquisition.
Some analysts in the industry said that Xiaomi acquired patents in order to enter the United States. This statement has some truth, but it is not the main reason. Xiaomi will definitely face patent problems when entering the United States, but the potential patent claims are more from non-mobile phone manufacturers, such as Ericsson, Nokia and Interdigital. Whether Xiaomi has a patent is not directly related to these patentees. Just as Ericsson sued Xiaomi in India, even if Xiaomi has more patents, it will not help the court. For a company committed to global business, a perfect patent strategy, professional operation team and patent reserve are prerequisites and universal industry rules.
Patent wars generally occur between competitors. As mentioned above, apart from Apple and Samsung, ZTE Huawei is definitely the real patent threat of Xiaomi. If Xiaomi doesn't want to sit still, it is inevitable to enhance the high-quality patent reserve by acquiring patents.