In the news: Samsung sues Huawei, Uber investors push for Didi truce and the CAC cracks down on online news
July 26, 2016 | BY
Katherine Jo &clp articlesThis week Samsung fired back at Huawei with an IP lawsuit, Uber's investors called for wrapping up the costly fight against Didi, internet companies were ordered to stop original news reporting and MasterCard weighed its PRC market entry options
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said on July 22 it sued Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd in China for infringing six of its mobile technology patents. The South Korean firm is claiming a total of Rmb161 million ($24 million) in a Beijing IP court lawsuit, according to the court's Weibo blogpost. Samsung has demanded that Huawei, and a Beijing department store, cease production and sales of Huawei products including the Mate 8 and Honor smartphones. This comes months after the Shenzhen-based telecom equipment maker sued Samsung in the U.S. and China, when the two companies failed to strike a FRAND [fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory] licensing deal over 4G LTE technology. (A Shenzhen court is hearing this case in China.) The lawsuit and countersuit follow Huawei's increasing emergence as Samsung's main rival in the world of Android smartphones. The Beijing court is regarded as one of the most progressive courts in China in terms of handling IP cases—it's also currently reviewing the Apple iPhone 6 patent infringement case—and the ruling will have a significant impact on the smartphone business.
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