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In the United States, Germany, France sued Meizu for patent infringement

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2016-10-18 15:43

Nanjing Hua News: In June this year, Qualcomm formally sued Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Meizu in China for infringing its 3G and 4G communication technology patents. Meizu then responded that in line with the principle of respecting intellectual property rights, they are still willing to negotiate with Qualcomm, but they have encountered great difficulties.

You think this lawsuit is over? Apparently not, and now Qualcomm's latest statement says that they have taken action in the United States, Germany and France to deal with Meizu's patent infringement, such as filing a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission, suing Meizu for patent infringement in the Munich District Court, and advocating infringement seizure action in France to collect evidence of possible infringement by Meizu in France.

For this action, Qualcomm Executive Vice President and General Counsel Don Rosenberg (Don Rosenberg) said that Meizu refused to negotiate a licensing agreement with the company in good faith. The company sells and distributes infringing products around the world, which also leaves Qualcomm with no choice but to protect its patent rights through these additional legal means.

At present, Meizu officials have not responded to this matter, but anyway, it is a very difficult thing for them, either to settle the patent fee or to sell mobile phones in places where they will no longer sue.

In addition, according to the data given by Qualcomm, more than 100 Chinese companies have signed patent licensing agreements with Qualcomm, including Huawei, Lenovo, Xiaomi, Coolpad, OPPO, vivo and other companies.