Huawei sues PanOptis with 99 million Yuan claim for breaching patent right

The patent dispute between Huawei Technology and PanOptis Patent Management (hereinafter PanOptis) has come to light recently. Huawei filed the case as the plaintiff, while PanOptis defendant their rights.

The Story: 

As per the information, this patent dispute involved the global purchase and patent right for the 2G, 3G, and 4G network for the defendant. The court has to see if the defendant has violated the FRAND (Fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory) policies and disrespects its position as market dominant. Furthermore, it also imputed the Chinese administration to have no jurisdiction.

On this matter, the court observed that both parties previously conducted long-term discussion and licensing terms in including Shenzhen, China. However, no firm reach an official agreement. In the meantime, the defendant also applied to the US Court, German Court, and other countries claiming that plaintiff invaded its patent rights.

On the other hand, the plaintiff stated that the defendant has a dominant civil tort lawsuit. Thus the defendant needs to carry legal responsibility. Furthermore, the plaintiff claimed RMB 99 million respecting the level of jurisdiction. Also, the court can take action in the case by the law. Besides, the lawsuit legal dispute between the plaintiff and the defendant in a foreign country does not authorize a repeated trial.

The Result:

The decision rejected all the objections imported by the defendant and its related subsidiaries for the patent dispute between Huawei Technology and PanOptis.

About PanOptis:

The US Texas-based PanOptis is an intellectual property management and finance company that works in the telecommunication technology and smartphone manufacturing field. Its subsidiaries include-

• PanOptis Patent Management
• Optis Wireless Technology
• Unwired Planet International
• Unwired Planet and Optis Cellular Technology

Although the working scope of the company is defined as the finance and technology field, it depends on the other company that uses its patent and makes benefits. In industry, the PanOptis is the so-called “patent hooligans” who don’t manufacture their own patented products.

Previous Story:

It’s not the first time when we are seeing the tech company’s disputing over patents with PanOptis. Before, both Huawei and PanOptis fought in the Texas court, where Huawei lost 10.5 million USD for encroaching the LTE technology patent of the American subsidiary of PanOptis.

Afterward, the US-based Apple encounter the same situation and end up paying about 300 million USD to the Unwired Planet and Optis Cellular Technology- the branch of PanOptis in August 2021. The PanOptis accuse Apple to use its patent in the past and future as well.

On this matter, the iPhone producers once stated that PanOptis doesn’t make money by manufacturing the patented products. It’s only interested in making money by seeing other firms that produce the products. However, Apple won’t remain silent and pay any irrational patent charge.