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Decisions strengthen ZTE’s defence against Huawei’s patent claims

SHENZHEN, China - Saturday, March 23rd 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ZTE Corporation (ZTE) welcomes two decisions made by the Düsseldorf district court in Germany on 21 March, 2013 in favor of the company, strengthening the company’s defense against claims by Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. over some patents related to LTE technology.

The court dismissed all of Huawei’s claims in the litigation over European patent EP 2 033 335 (EP’335) related to both base stations and mobile terminals. In the litigation over European patent EP 2 090 050 (EP ‘050), the court decided to stay the case and refer to the European Court of Justice (EJC) several questions concerning the application of the European Union competition law.

ZTE regards intellectual property as central to the company’s business, and is committed to increasing its competitiveness in patent assets. ZTE was ranked No. 1 in internationa ... Read more »

Shenzhen, China - Friday, March 22nd 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--ZTE Corporation ("ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment, network solutions and mobile devices, was ranked first in international patent applications by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in 2012, the second consecutive year the company achieved top position in the annual gauge of the world’s most prolific innovators.

According to WIPO’s data, ZTE filed applications for 3,906 patents under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) in 2012, 37 percent more than a year earlier, making it the first company from China to top the tables for two successive years. ZTE’s patent applications in 2012 were more than double the total of Huawei Technologies(1801), and greatly exceeded other companies in the telecommunications equipment industry such as Ericsson(1197), Nokia Siemens(326) and Alcatel-Lucent(346). ... Read more »