Caixin
Caixin Global – Latest China News & Headlines

Home >

TRENDING
Chinese Startup X Square Robot Hits 20 Billion Yuan Valuation
UBTech Launches Lifelike Humanoid Robots in Push for Consumer Market
China Mobile Sets Up Token Office to Scale AI Services
LATEST
Chinese Startup X Square Robot Hits 20 Billion Yuan Valuation
Wanda Ordered to Pay Suning 1.75 Billion Yuan Over Failed IPO
Volkswagen Urged to Build China-Developed Cars in Germany to Protect Jobs
China Mobile Sets Up Token Office to Scale AI Services
UBTech Launches Lifelike Humanoid Robots in Push for Consumer Market
Geely-Backed Polestar Forced Out of U.S. by Chinese Auto Tech Ban
DeepSeek Plans Major Hiring Spree After $7.4 Billion Funding Round
Anyverse Dynamics Raises Over $200 Million as China’s Robotics Funding Boom Accelerates
Europe Has a Lot to Learn From China About Electric Trucks, Volvo CTO Says
Embodied AI Startup Kunlunxing Lands Multibillion Yuan Raise
ByteDance Targets July Launch of Upgraded AI Video Model
China’s Starlink Challenger Seeks Up to $2.2 Billion for Satellite Network Push
New Model Propels Zhipu AI’s Market Value to Record HK$1 Trillion
In AI Pitch, Alibaba Chairman Urges Europe to Look Beyond U.S. Tech
Cover Story: China’s AI Boom Is Rewiring Its Power Grid
In Depth: How AI Is Rewiring White-Collar Work in China
Chipmaker YMTC Cedes Control of Foundry Unit Ahead of Mega IPO
Chinese Startup Manifold AI Raises Fresh Funding as Investors Bet on ‘World Models’
Crealights Takes Step Closer to Hong Kong IPO as Data Center Boom Fuels Growth Prospects
Tencent Lets AI Agent Make Purchases Through WeChat Pay

By Yang Ge / Feb 28, 2019 07:40 AM / Business & Tech

Picture: VCG

Picture: VCG

The cut-throat world of smartphone technology just got a little less litigious.

The industry’s top two players, South Korea’s Samsung and China’s Huawei, have decided officially to bury the hatchet after reaching a preliminary settlement to their series of suits and countersuits in the U.S. and China dating back to 2016, according to numerous media reports.

Huawei had accused Samsung of using its technology without authorization, while Samsung had accused Huawei of “grossly” inflating licensing fees, according to a Reuters report on the latest, and possibly final, twist in the long-running case. 

All the bickering could soon be in the past, based on a joint filing made by the pair Tuesday with a U.S. appeals court. That filing sought to put the case on hold after the two sides said they reached a preliminary settlement a day earlier. The parties moved in the filing for a 30-day stay of the case while the deal is finalized. Details of the settlement weren’t disclosed .

The settlement comes just over a year after another court in Huawei’s hometown of Shenzhen ruled in the Chinese company’s favor and banned the Korean company from selling some smartphones in China that were found to violate a Huawei patent. 

Such cases are relatively common in the lucrative and extremely competitive smartphone business. Most ultimately reach settlements like the one between Samsung and Huawei, though a major dispute between Apple and U.S. chip giant Qualcomm is still playing out in the courts. 


Share this article
Open WeChat and scan the QR code