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Telecom-equipment maker Huawei Technologies has been awarded an injunction against its Chinese rival, ZTE Technologies, the target of a flurry of patent and trademark lawsuits Huawei filed in Germany, France, and Hungary.
"Huawei has received the injunction as part of our legal claim that ZTE is infringing on our trademark," said Huawei spokesman Ross Gan in a statement. "We welcome the decision, which will protect our innovation and intellectual property."
Huawei's lawsuits – which were which were filed one day before ZTE counter-sued Huawei for patent violation in China in April – claim that ZTE is infringing on Huawei patents relating to data cards and 4G wireless LTE technologies, and that ZTE illegally used a Huawei-registered trademark on some of its data card products.
Having grown past Alcatel-Lucent and Nokia Siemens, Huawei is now reported to be the world's second-biggest telecom-network equipment provider. Further growth is assured by its recent deal with T-Mobile to deliver a Packet Switched Core Networks (PS-CN) system in Germany, the UK, Austria, the Netherlands, and the Czech Republic.
In addition to networks, Huawei is building Android-powered smartphones that it believes can snag market share from the iPhone and from Samsung's Galaxy line, according to The Guardian. ®
COMMENTS
I'm so PROUD!
We've taught the Russians capitalism, and we've taught the Chinese about IP & patents!
Sob... brings a tear to my eye, it does!
Hypocrits
"Huawei has received the injunction as part of our legal claim that ZTE is infringing on our trademark,"......how rich coming from the Reverse Engineering Masters of the Universe
The trademark is a recycling logo!
Have you looked at the "trademark" that's being infringed? It's a logo for compliance with EU hazardous chemical regulations.
It's a bit stupid of ZTE to use it, but they may well have been confused as to why Huawai even created and trademarked their own such logo and assumed it was an official EU one.
Assuming that they do actually comply with the RoHS legislation that the mark indicates then this is a bit of a legal oddity.
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