Fast Technology reported on March 5 that today, Huawei and vivo announced that they have signed a global patent cross-licensing agreement, which covers the basic patents of cellular communication standards, including 5G standards.
Shen Hongfei, Vice President of Huawei's Legal Department, said that in 2023, there will be more than 4500 million 5G mobile phones have been licensed by Huawei.
Huawei and vivo have signed a patent cross-licensing agreement through friendly negotiations, recognizing the value of intellectual property (IP) and demonstrating that the industry is investing in basic research together and is committed to standardizing basic research technologies to share innovation results."
It is understood that Huawei currently owns about 10% of the world's 4G patents, and about 20% of 5G, Wi-Fi 6 and H266 patents, about 30% of OTN and 10G PON patents, and about 20% of IETF patents.
Over the past year, Huawei has signed or renewed patent cross-licensing agreements with major manufacturers in the industry, such as Samsung, OPPO, Nokia, Ericsson, Xiaomi, Sharp, Amazon, and vivo.
As for vivo, two licensing agreements have been signed this year, and in February, vivo announced that it had reached a global patent cross-licensing agreement with Nokia, and the patent disputes between the two sides were all settled.
In addition, today Huawei also signed a patent cross-licensing agreement with Amazon, after several lawsuits in the Wi-Fi space.