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Huawei files lawsuits accusing Samsung of violating patents
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In this Friday, May 13, 2016 photo, a sales person chats with a customer at a Huawei retails shop with an advertisement for the P9 in Beijing, China. Chinese tech giant Huawei wants Americans to start thinking of it as a stylish smartphone brand. Huawei Technologies Ltd., which pulled out of the U.S. market for network switching gear four years ago due to security fears, became the No. 3 global smartphone seller last year and passed Apple as China’s most popular handset. This year, its 6-year-old consumer brand launched a new flagship, the P9, and is positioning it to compete with Apple and Samsung. (AP/Ng Han Guan)
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hinese tech giant Huawei says it has filed lawsuits in the United States and China accusing rival mobile phone maker Samsung of violating its patents on key technologies.
Huawei Technologies Ltd.'s announcement Wednesday highlighted the rising status of Asian competitors as technology creators in the fast-growing global mobile phone industry.
Huawei said it wants "reasonable compensation" but gave no financial figure for its claim against Samsung Electronics Ltd.
Samsung is the biggest mobile phone vendor, accounting for 24.5 percent of global sales in the first quarter of this year, according to research firm IDC. Apple was No. 2 with 15.3 percent and Huawei was in third place with 8.2 percent.
