In the news: ZTE and Huawei demand patent royalties, Didi Dache and Kuaidi Dache announce merger and investment banks are left out of outbound M&A deals

February 17, 2015 | BY

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This week the Qualcomm case spurred ZTE and Huawei to collect patent royalties from smaller players, China's leading taxi-hailing apps planned to merge and the diminishing role of investment banks in large outbound acquisitions was analysed

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Qualcomm deal nudges ZTE and Huawei to demand patent royalties

. With the removal of Qualcomm's influence, the rising costs of litigation, patents and research may drive many smaller phone makers out of the market. At the end of the