still remember that when and Huawei were "stuck", some netizens once questioned why Huawei couldn't charge patent fees and fight back against foreign companies' patent "stuck" since Huawei holds so many 5G patents? At that time, and Ren Zhengfei also responded to . In the past few years, Huawei has been in a period of rapid development and has no time. But when Huawei is free, it may have to consider charging patent fees.
I thought this was a joke, but to my surprise, Ren Zhengfei was serious. In the past three years, Huawei has been sanctioned repeatedly by the United States. The development of its mobile phone business, chip business, and 5G business have all encountered great obstacles. Huawei has indeed been "free" and has time to focus on the issue of patent authorization and .
According to the data, the total number of patent applications filed by China in 2021 reached 69,540, ranking first in the world, 10,000 more than the second-ranked United States. In the ranking of companies that have applied for patents, Huawei ranks first in the world with 6,952, followed by and Qualcomm , known as the "patent troll". However, compared with Huawei, the number of patents it has applied for is more than 3,000 fewer, and the gap is still quite large.
Although Huawei holds the largest number of patented technologies in the world, Huawei is not interested in collecting patent fees. In Huawei's view, if it has time to make this money, it is better to spend more energy and time on scientific research. Comparing Qualcomm and Huawei, Huawei is far ahead in terms of number of patents and investment in scientific research. But in terms of patent fee income, Qualcomm’s cumulative income in the past three years has been more than 10 times that of Huawei.
Huawei, now "free", has gradually begun to deal with patent licensing issues. Verizon was sued by Huawei and faced US$1 billion in infringement compensation. Recently, Huawei has begun to stir up trouble again. Huawei has reached a patent cross-licensing agreement with Samsung and OPPO . In other words, Huawei has chosen technology exchange rather than a simple sale. To be honest, this kind of behavior is a win-win for the company.
When Huawei began to deal with patent licensing issues, Ren Zhengfei said that it would charge what was due, and the price would not be too low, but it would not be too high. After all, Huawei does not expect to rely on patented technology to make a living. The implication is that Huawei looks down upon Qualcomm’s “rogue” behavior.
all know that most domestic smartphone manufacturers will use Qualcomm’s patented technology, so every time a mobile phone is sold, Qualcomm needs to pay patent fees. Qualcomm's charging standards are quite high. Before the anti-monopoly, Qualcomm charged a patent fee of up to 6% of the selling price of a mobile phone. For a mobile phone worth 5,000 yuan, Qualcomm would have to pay Qualcomm a patent fee of 300 yuan. After the anti-monopoly, Qualcomm adjusted its patent fee charging standard. The patent fee is 65% of the price of the whole machine and then 6%. For a 5,000 yuan mobile phone, the patent fee is 78 yuan.
The annual shipment volume of domestic mobile phones is measured in hundreds of millions. I believe everyone can understand how much money Qualcomm can make. For comparison, the upper limit of Huawei's patent licensing fee for a single mobile phone is US$2.5, which is about 15-18 yuan. The gap is quite large.
Therefore, Huawei began to conduct a large number of cross-authorizations, which was suspected of disrupting the situation and posing a threat to Qualcomm's authorization behavior. Foreign media also said that this is a "side effect" of cutting off supply to Huawei. Huawei has begun to make strange moves. As the saying goes, "knock down the old master with random punches." Perhaps Huawei can open up a new way out and change the chaos in the patent licensing market. What do you think about this? Welcome to leave comments and messages!
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