On July 7th, Huawei announced that it had reached a patent licensing agreement with a supplier of Volkswagen. The agreement includes the license of Huawei’s 4G standard essential patents (SEP) for Volkswagen cars with wireless connectivity. This is the largest licensing agreement Huawei has achieved in the automotive industry so far.
Huawei expects that, based on all the automotive patent licensing agreements signed so far, its patents will be licensed to more than 30 million cars.
“We are delighted to see mainstream manufacturers in the automotive industry recognize the value of our patents,” said Song Liuping, Huawei’s Chief Legal Officer. “As an innovative company, Huawei has a leading wireless technology patent portfolio, which has created significant value for the automotive industry. Through this license, we believe that consumers worldwide will benefit from our advanced technology.”
However, Huawei and Volkswagen did not disclose the identity of this supplier, which led some netizens on Weibo to make bold speculations.
Source: Huawei Official
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