According to the latest registration information released by China National Intellectual Property Administration, Apple began to pay patent fees to Huawei in 20 15. CCTV reported that an Apple company paid hundreds of millions of dollars in patent fees to Huawei every year.
Huawei and Apple have reached a series of patent licensing agreements covering wireless communication technologies such as GSM, UMTS and LTE. In the communication industry, when two companies sign patent licenses, the one with more patent licenses will charge the one with less patent fees.
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Huawei's R&D expenses and patents in 20 15 years;
In 20 15, Huawei invested $9.2 billion in the research and development of new technologies and new products, accounting for 15% of its sales, which has exceeded Apple's investment of 8.5 billion in research and development, accounting for 3.5% of its sales.
Huawei applied for 52,550 patents in China, and Huawei consumer BG applied for 9,000 patents last year, including 6,200 in China and 2,800 overseas.
The number of patent applications does not represent an enterprise's accumulation and advantages in patents, and only authorized patents can have the real right to speak. By the end of 20 15, Huawei had authorized 30,924 patents. There are 5,052 patents granted in the United States, of which 20 15 was newly granted 1268; European countries granted 1 1474 patents, of which 2247 were granted in 20 15 years.
People's Daily Online-Apple began to pay patent fees to Huawei? Or hundreds of millions of dollars a year.