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Apple to Pay Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Patent Royalties to Huawei Every Year

https://www.yicaiglobal.com/news/apple-pay-hundreds-millions-dollars-patent-royalties-huawei-every-year

China's Huawei leads international patent filings: WIPO

https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN0MF17820150319

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL] became the world's No. 1 applicant for international patents in 2014, a United Nations agency said Thursday, underscoring the innovative strides made by Chinese technology companies.

Huawei was followed by San Diego-based chipmaker Qualcomm Inc while Huawei's crosstown rival ZTE Corp, which was the world's leading applicant in 2012, took third place in its number of filings, according to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

WIPO's report, which is sometimes viewed as a rough barometer of a country's technological progress, noted that China was the only country to see double-digit growth in its filings, although U.S. companies led by far. High-tech and automotive powerhouse Japan, home to last year's leading applicant Panasonic Corp, saw its total filings slide.

Huawei has touted its yearly research and development budget - equal to 10 percent of its revenue - as proportionally higher than many of its peers in industry. Chief Executive Ken Hu told reporters in Barcelona this month Huawei will spend $600 million on 5G wireless research and development from 2013 to 2018.

SpamSandwich said:

Dude, that’s China in a nutshell. Their entire economy is one built on theft.