From a relatively unknown mobile phone brand, Huawei has grown into a tech giant in a few years, defying the market slowdown in 2015 when it shipped more than 100 million units.
For the second time in about two months, Huawei took to court its South Korean competitor, another smartphone giant, by filing a similar patent lawsuit against Samsung on Thursday, reported Reuters. The second lawsuit was filed with the Quanzhou Intermediate People’s Court which accepted the case, according to court spokesman Wang Zhiwei.
The lawsuit was for the same case as the one that Huawei filed in May in the U.S. and Shenzhen, said the Chinese company’s spokeswoman. She explained that technical filings with two courts in the same country are required by the nature of the case which is about fourth-generation cellular communications technology, operating systems and user interface that the Seoul-based phonemaker allegedly uses also.
Huawei’s growth into a telecommunications giant meant it does the suing, a big change in the past when it was the one being sued. Another Chinese telco, Xiaomi, was at the receiving end of a lawsuit in 2015 when Ericsson filed a patent infringement lawsuit, resulting in a temporary ban in Xiaomi-made mobile phones to India.
Besides Samsung, Huawei also filed a separate lawsuit against T-Mobile in the U.S. on Tuesday covering 14 patents, including GPRS and security standards which Huawei is accusing T-Mobile of using throughout its 4G data network in the U.S., reported PCMag.
According to Puget Sound Business Journal, the lawsuit could have stemmed from T-Mobile’s refusal to discuss entering into an agreement, which Huawei proposed, because of its perception that the licensing terms offered by the Chinese technology company were allegedly not fair and reasonable.