Huawei's 5G patent fees have not yet been negotiated with Xiaomi and others

Date：2021/3/18

On March 16, Huawei announced for the first time that it would charge a patent license fee for 5G mobile phones. Although the details have not been announced, the license fee for each mobile phone is limited to 2.5 US dollars.

After the brief announcement, the industry still has many doubts about Huawei's patent fees. Someone asked in the comment section of the AI Finance and Economics Agency: “Who does the patent license fee be charged? Is it a domestic enterprise?” Someone bluntly said, “Huawei should not collect money from domestic companies and pass the patent fee on to consumers”. There are also comments, "Why is it 2.5 US dollars, it's too cheap?" Regarding the above questions, AI Finance and Economics has interviewed professionals.

No agreement with domestic companies, first accept Apple and Samsung

To whom does Huawei receive patents? After Huawei announced that it would charge patent fees for 5G mobile phones, Zou Yang, the person in charge of intellectual property rights at a major mobile phone manufacturer, told AI Finance and Economics that Huawei has always wanted to charge domestic mobile phone companies, but no company has heard of any patent fees paid to Huawei.

The reason is that everyone has not talked about it. "The burden on domestic mobile phone manufacturers is already very heavy. In the past, Qualcomm was a major patent holder in the mobile phone industry, and its family of patent fees accounted for the bulk. Under this pressure, the average profit margin of domestic mobile phone manufacturers was suppressed to a very low level. % Can’t be reached.” Zou Yang revealed that due to the above-mentioned reasons, mobile phone manufacturers have not been flexible in recent years and have never been able to negotiate with Huawei.

Senior intellectual property lawyer Xing Lu believes that Huawei will adopt a phased charging rhythm in this regard, first charging several overseas mobile phone manufacturers, such as Apple and Samsung; after a period of time, it will gradually advance to domestic mobile phone manufacturers.