Japanese media reports, Chinese communications giant Huawei is in the appointmentThe license fee of 30 small and medium -sized enterprises in Japan, indicating that under the sanctions of the United States, Huawei is increasingly relying on patent fees to ease the impact of sanctions.
According to the Nikkei Asia Sunday (June 18), a source who worked in Huawei Japan Branch revealed that Huawei is currently on patent permit fees related to about 30 Japanese telecommunications enterprises on patent permit fees.negotiation.
Sources revealed that the enterprises involved regardless of scale, from startups with a number of employees of about 150 to small enterprises with only a few employees, were required to pay patent fees.These companies include manufacturers engaged in manufacturing wireless communication module components.
The level of patent fee required by Huawei is less than 50 yen (about S $ 0.47) from each set of communication equipment, and less than 0.1%of the system price.Er and Junwen, a visiting researcher at the University of Tokyo, who are familiar with intellectual property rights, believes that this is a reasonable level internationally.
Huawei is one of the world's largest patent rights.According to Huawei's 2022 financial report, as of the end of 2022, Huawei has a total of more than 120,000 patents in the world.Huawei claims that the company has a leading position in multiple mainstream standard patent fields such as mobile communications, short -range communication, and codecs. Hundreds of companies have obtained Huawei's patent permits through bilateral agreements or patent pools.
It is reported that a large manufacturer directly requires that small customers to pay patent fees are extremely unusual.However, after the US sacrifice against Huawei on the grounds of national security, many products in Huawei cannot be sold smoothly in overseas markets, and they are facing an increasingly serious business environment. Patent fees are not affected by sanctions, which has become Huawei's main source of revenue sources.one.
It is reported that Huawei has stepped up patent fees in the US and Southeast Asian markets.
