Defendant

Huawei Technologies Co.

2 cases as defendant.

Cases
2
Active
0
2 closed
Filed
2012–2015
Top venue
ITC
1 case
Also appears as a plaintiff in 2 cases → View as plaintiff

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Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. — commonly "Huawei" — is a Chinese multinational telecommunications equipment and consumer electronics company founded in 1987 and headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong. It is privately held and employee-owned: ownership sits with Huawei Investment & Holding Co., of which the employee trade union committee holds roughly 99% and founder Ren Zhengfei the remainder. It is not publicly traded. Huawei's 2024 annual report reported revenue of CNY 862.1 billion (about US$118 billion) and net profit of CNY 62.6 billion, with roughly 208,000 employees; R&D spending was CNY 179.7 billion, about 20.8% of revenue.

Huawei's operations span three main segments: carrier/telecom network infrastructure (5G radio access, core network, optical transport, and related software and services); enterprise and cloud computing (servers, storage, cloud services, and AI infrastructure); and consumer devices (smartphones, tablets, wearables, and smart-home products). It also designs semiconductors through its HiSilicon subsidiary. The company sold its Honor handset brand in 2020. It operates in over 170 countries and regions.

Litigation posture. The tracked case data contain one PTAB matter with Huawei as petitioner and no defendant-side entries — but this understates its activity. Huawei is an operating company and a very frequent patent litigant on both sides, asserting its own portfolio and defending against third-party suits. The single tracked appearance, Huawei Device Co., Ltd. et al. v. Maxell, Ltd. (filed November 20, 2017, at the USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board), was not a standalone action but part of a broader dispute: Maxell, Ltd. had sued Huawei Device USA and Huawei Device Co., Ltd. for infringement in the Eastern District of Texas, Texarkana Division (No. 5:18-cv-00033), and Huawei responded with a series of inter partes reviews.

Context. The Maxell IPRs (e.g., IPR2018-00209, -00210, -00251, IPR2019-00192, -00462) challenged patents covering base-station selection, roaming in wireless LAN systems, mobile handsets with position calculation, and touch/display sensing — technology areas reflecting Huawei's core handset and network business. The parties settled in 2019, and the PTAB terminated the reviews as settled; no merits ruling issued. Note that this database captures only one Huawei appearance, so other litigation is not reflected here.

Technology Properties Limited LLC et al. v. Huawei Technologies Co.

remanded
Docket:
16-1306
Filed:
2015-12-13
Patents:5809336

Consolidated appeal from the N.D. Cal. cases against Huawei, ZTE, Samsung, LG, and Nintendo. The Federal Circuit affirmed in part and vacated in part the district court's claim construction, upholding prosecution-history disclaimer requiring an oscillator whose frequency is not fixed by any external crystal, but rejecting the requirement that the oscillator not require a control signal; remanded. Companion docket numbers: 16-1307, 16-1309, 16-1310, 16-1311.

Technology Properties Limited LLC et al. v. Acer Inc. et al.

no violation; investigation terminated
Docket:
337-TA-853
Filed:
2012-07-24
Terminated:
2014-02-19
Patents:5809336

ITC investigation asserting claims 1, 6, 7, 9–11 and 13–16 of the '336 patent. ALJ found no violation of Section 337; Commission affirmed no-infringement findings and terminated the investigation. Several respondents settled earlier.