It is reported that the "grievances" between Huawei and Verizon began in 2002. At that time, Verizon used 12 related patents in the fields of computer network, software download and video communication without Huawei's authorization. Until 20 19, Huawei discovered that Verizon infringed more than 200 patents.
According to the analysis report of whether there is a network or not, Huawei and Verizon also cooperated in equipment supply 20 19 years ago, especially in 20 18, Verizon also signed a mobile phone sales agreement with Huawei. However, after 20 19, the cooperation between Verizon and Huawei stopped, which means that the American company can no longer enjoy Huawei-related equipment patents.
After years of fruitless negotiations, in February, 2020, Huawei formally went to the local court in Texas, accusing Verizon, an American company, of infringing about 230 patents and demanding Verizon to compensate for the patent fees of more than US$ 6,543.8 billion (equivalent to RMB 6.5 billion). As for why it reached a settlement with Verizon this time, Huawei did not disclose the relevant settlement agreement.
You know, Huawei is recognized as a major R&D expenditure in the industry. In 2020 alone, it invested 1, 41.90 billion yuan in R&D. In the past ten years, the total investment of R&D has exceeded 720 billion yuan. Therefore, Huawei has also become the enterprise with the largest number of 5G patents in the world.
According to Huawei's official data, from 20 15 to February 2020, Huawei obtained more than1400 million US dollars (equivalent to 9.05 billion yuan) in economic income from intellectual property rights, and spent more than 6 billion US dollars in patent fees, of which 80% of patent royalties were paid to American enterprises. Up to now, Huawei has signed more than 100 patent licensing agreements with enterprises in the United States, Europe, Japan and South Korea.
With the acceleration of the global 5G commercialization process, Huawei is also mulling the issue of 5G patent fees. Just in mid-March this year, Huawei officially announced that it would charge 5G patent fees in the next step. The initial price is no more than $2.5 per 5G mobile phone (contract 16 yuan/set). It is estimated that this move will increase Huawei's revenue by at least 654.38+02 billion USD (equivalent to 7.8 billion RMB) before the end of 2026.5438+0.
According to public information, Huawei has applied for 3007 5G patents, ranking first in the world, followed by Samsung, LG Electronics, Nokia, Ericsson, Qualcomm and other communication equipment suppliers. Among the 5G patents used by Huawei, nearly one-fifth (18.3%) is the essential patent sep of the 5G standard, accounting for about 15.4% of the total number of patents in the world, still leading the world.
However, although Huawei leads the world in the number of 5G patents, the pricing of 5G patents is really not expensive. According to the published information, Nokia's pricing does not exceed $3.58 per unit; Ericsson will set the price range at $2.5-$5; The worst is American giant Qualcomm, whose unit price of 5G patent is three times that of Huawei, and the price is as high as 7.50 USD/set.
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