Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei) — Shenzhen, China
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. is the principal operating subsidiary of Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd., a private company headquartered at Huawei Base, Bantian, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. It was founded in 1987 by Ren Zhengfei and is not publicly listed; Huawei states the holding company is wholly owned by roughly 169,000 employees and retired beneficiaries, with Ren holding about 0.59% of share capital. Huawei reports approximately 213,000 employees in more than 170 countries and regions, 2025 revenue of CNY 880.9 billion (~$126 billion), net profit of CNY 68 billion, and R&D spending of CNY 192.3 billion (21.8% of revenue). GlobalData lists Huawei Technologies as a subsidiary of Huawei Investment & Holding.
Operations. Huawei supplies information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. Reported segments include carrier/ICT infrastructure (5G and other network equipment, optical and IP transport), consumer devices (smartphones, wearables, PCs, HarmonyOS), cloud computing (Huawei Cloud), digital power, and intelligent automotive solutions. Huawei also holds a large patent portfolio — about 165,000 active granted patents globally as of end-2025 — making it a net licensor in several technology areas as well as a frequent litigation participant.
Litigation posture. The tracked data show a single USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board matter, with Huawei as plaintiff (petitioner) and zero appearances as defendant. That pattern reflects defensive use of post-grant review rather than NPE-style assertion: Huawei petitions against patents asserted against it, while its affirmative patent assertions typically occur in district court or foreign fora.
Notable case. Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. v. Maxell, Ltd. (PTAB, docketed 2018-12-21) is an inter partes review of Maxell patents. It was one of a group of Huawei IPR petitions against Maxell, filed in parallel with Maxell's Eastern District of Texas suits against Huawei entities (e.g., Maxell Ltd. v. Huawei Device USA Inc., 5:16-cv-00178 and 5:18-cv-00033). The parties settled in February 2019, and the IPRs were terminated. Maxell is an established Japanese electronics company that has become an active patent licensor/litigant in mobile-device technologies.
Sources: Huawei corporate information and company facts; GlobalData company profile; Forbes company profile; USPTO/Unified Patents PTAB records; Law360 reporting.
Some figures above were reported by third-party profiles and could not be independently confirmed for every metric.