Global patent war seems ready to start.

The reporter learns early on May 25, the company in the United States and China to samsung company's intellectual property litigation, including California north district court and the shenzhen intermediate people's court.

Huawei in the lawsuit request samsung with respect to its intellectual property rights infringement in China for the purpose of compensation, the intellectual property rights include involving high values of communication technology patents and samsung mobile phone software.

But so far, huawei did not disclose specific claim amount to samsung.

As the main mobile communication standard necessary to the patentee, huawei said he is committed to the principle of "fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory licensing, on the basis of the from huawei thinks it has the right to use its technology but did not obtain a reasonable licensing company for compensation.

"Huawei think industry between friends, should be through open innovation, joint innovation, to promote industrial progress, in respect of intellectual property rights of others at the same time, also protect their own intellectual property rights. The smartphone industry is the basis of the healthy development of industry has a large number of patent cross-licensing agreement to protect legitimate technology sharing. In line with this idea, huawei for years actively negotiate with other patent holders in the industry and cross licensing, has signed a license agreement with dozens of friends in the industry business." Intellectual property rights minister jian-xin ding said, "huawei hope samsung respect huawei's research and development and achievements of intellectual property rights, stop in without permission of the patent infringement, with a positive, cooperative attitude with huawei to promote industrial progress."

As the communication and intelligent terminal manufacturers and intellectual property owner, huawei has been sticking to high investment for r&d, only in 2015, the company to new technology, new products and research and development of wireless communication standard investment reached 59.6 billion yuan ($9.2 billion), 15% of sales revenue. The r&d of high value of patents.

According to the world intellectual property organization (WIPO) in 2015 released by the international PCT patent application number statistics, huawei technologies co., LTD., applied for 3898 patents, an increase of 456 from a year earlier, the second year in a row in the world than any other company. By the end of 2015, huawei has worldwide authorized 50377 patents, the patent including for smart phones has the very high value of LTE communication, smart phone operating system, user interface such as patent.

Huawei patent related questions and answers are as follows:

Simple 1. Q: can you describe the lawsuit of patent covers what fields, worth?

Huawei: the lawsuit involving 4 g standard patent and smartphone function related patents (patent prosecution in China including smartphone functions related patents), and contains 4 g standard patent in China and smartphone function related patents. The patents of intelligent terminal products user experience and connectivity is very important, has a high value of samsung products.

2. Q: what is the purpose of huawei the lawsuit? Licensing fees? Or promotional purposes? Or with the aid of the lawsuit against samsung this competition?

Huawei, huawei the lawsuit's purpose is to make samsung respect huawei's research and development and achievements of intellectual property rights, to stop without permission of the patent infringement. From huawei has the right to use its technology but did not obtain a reasonable licensing company for compensation. Lawsuit is to solve legal relief means of intellectual property disputes, we expect to find better solution and samsung. Huawei believes that only respect for and protection of each other's intellectual property rights, let the r&d returns, to promote the industry innovation, promote the sustained and healthy development of the industry of communication service and let people enjoy a better experience.

3. Q: whether the intellectual property litigation is global action? Or only involves the parts? Why do you choose in the United States and China, rather than Europe?

Huawei, samsung worldwide use of huawei's intellectual property rights. Because samsung selling its products in many countries and related patent number, huawei can't be in all places for all the patent infringement litigation, but huawei is willing to solve disputes on a global scale.

4. Q: whether huawei start negotiations with samsung for related intellectual property rights? Why didn't reach agreement?

Huawei: because the two sides signed NDA, we is not convenient to answer about this issue. Huawei think the obligation of all criteria necessary to the patentee has, and we are committed to "fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory" conditions permit these patents. To the company without permission to use the patent, huawei shall be entitled to reasonable compensation.

5. Q: in the past, whether between huawei and samsung had crossed the license agreement? Involved in what areas?

Huawei, huawei and samsung history without a cross-licensing agreement, although we have been hoping to sign such an agreement, in order to protect the patent can be legitimate use.

6. Q: in addition to samsung, whether huawei in the future will continue to maintain the intellectual property rights by means of litigation?

Huawei, huawei between friends in the ICT industry each business should through the way of open innovation, joint innovation to promote industrial progress. The industry is the best way to solve the problem of intellectual property rights through negotiations after the patent cross-licensing agreement legally use each other's development technology and intellectual property. Litigation is the last way to settle the dispute, in some cases, is also a kind of common way.

7. Q: samsung is one of the most patent in the United States. Whether huawei also has use samsung's intellectual property?

Huawei, huawei company respect intellectual property rights of other firms, if it is to use the samsung's patent, huawei was willing to cross license on reasonable terms in the license agreement.

8 Q: is this a huawei claims their intellectual property for the first time? Huawei worldwide experience of many successful claim their intellectual property.

In the United States, huawei, huawei has on MOTOROLA and t-mobile lawsuit to exercise their own intellectual property rights.

9. Q: what is huawei's current license income is how many? Are there any licensing revenue target?

Huawei, huawei's patent portfolio in rapid growth, the current year licensing revenues in excess of $200 million. Huawei seek fair compensation for the r&d of history, no specific license revenue targets.

10. Q: huawei pay others' patent licensing fees each year?

Huawei: now we don't know the specific number. A few years ago pay about $300 million a year.

11. Q: samsung is also one of the suppliers of huawei? What huawei from samsung purchase? This action will affect both sides of the cooperation relationship?

Huawei: intellectual property litigation and there is no direct relationship between purchasing cooperation relations.

12. Q: what do you think the lawsuit will last long?

Huawei: litigation is one of the ways in which solve ipr dispute, we can't anticipate litigation of duration, but huawei is open to to settle the dispute through negotiations.

13. Q: can you decide the action to the next step?

How to respond to huawei, samsung will take? The next move in we can't anticipate litigation, but we hope that samsung can respect huawei's research and development and achievements of intellectual property rights, with a positive attitude to resolve the dispute.

14. Q: it is said that a year will pay the huawei's hundreds of millions of dollars in royalties, is that right?

Huawei, huawei and apple is signed a patent cross-licensing agreement, but we can't disclose more information according to the agreement.