Ericsson and Huawei have agreed to extend their global patent license agreement. The agreement includes a cross license that covers both companies' wireless standard-essential patents covering GSM, UMTS and LTE cellular standards. As part of the renewed agreement, Huawei will be making royalty payments to Ericsson from this year onwards based on the sales made on the above technology segments.
In 2012, Ericsson has granted Huawei a global patent license for its W-CDMA/UMTS technology, allowing Huawei to develop, manufacture and sell infrastructure and subscriber equipment using its technology.
Jianxin Ding, Head of Global Intellectual Property, Huawei Technologies
This new agreement reflects the two leading companies' joint view that innovation and intellectual property rights shall be protected, and reasonable compensation for the implementation of intellectual property rights is vital to promoting technology innovation, sharing and standardizing technology, driving and accelerating industry evolution.
Kasim Alfalahi, Chief Intellectual Property Officer at Ericsson
We are happy to see an extension of the agreement. The extension shows our commitment to drive innovation and industry development.
