Huawei warned in a white paper that 'political use of intellectual property destroys innovation'
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In May 2019, President Trump of the United States signed a presidential decree to 'prohibit the trade of foreign products that have risk of information communication', and the move to exclude Huawei, a Chinese electronic equipment maker, is intensifying. Under such circumstances, Huawei published a white paper (white paper) on intellectual property and innovation on June 27, 2019, and expressed concern over the movement to use intellectual property rights politically.
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Huawei Launches White Paper on Intellectual Property Rights
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The senior vice president and chief legal officer of Huawei, Mr. Yu Yanagi, held a press conference on June 27 at Huawei's headquarters on the same day as the white paper was published. At a press conference, Mr. Liu pointed out that intellectual property is the foundation of innovation, and making a political issue impedes innovation.
'If politicization uses intellectual property right as a political tool, it will destroy the trust of the patent protection system. Exclusion from the protection system would break the foundation of global innovation, 'said Liu, saying that intellectual property disputes among companies should be disputed in the judicial field.
In the white paper, Huawei says that protection of intellectual property rights has led to Huawei's success. Huawei had nearly 87,000 patents by the end of 2018, of which more than 11,000 were registered in the United States. In addition, while receiving patent licensing income of $ 1.4 billion (approximately 150 billion yen) since 2015, while paying $ 6 billion (approximately 650 billion yen) as a royalty, it protects the intellectual property rights of other companies. Claim to be. It is said that 80% of this royalty is paid to US companies.
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Mr. Liu stated that “Huawei's cooperation in respecting the intellectual property rights of others is clear also from the fact that the technical invention developed by Huawei is incorporated in other manufacturers' smartphones etc.” You Huawei will not use intellectual property rights as 'weapons' and will maintain an open and coordinated attitude towards intellectual property rights.
At the time of writing, Huawei had a dispute with US companies concerning intellectual property rights, and in January 2019, it was criminally prosecuted for allegedly stealing confidential information from T-Mobile , a leading US communications company . , Huawei has also demanded a patent royalty of over $ 1 billion (about ¥ 108 billion) to Verizon, a leading US communications company.
Under these circumstances, Senator Marco Rubio of the United States Republican Party, in June 2019, prohibits companies under surveillance by the U.S. government, including Huawei, from seeking remedies such as patent infringement claims under U.S. law. Submit a bill to The Huawei white paper and the press conference of Mr. Liu respond to Senator Rubio's move, and it resists political intervention in intellectual property disputes among companies.
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