SAN DIEGO (dpa-AFX) - Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) announced Friday that it has filed a complaint against Meizu in the Beijing Intellectual Property Court. The complaint requests rulings that the terms of a patent license offered by Qualcomm to Meizu comply with China's Anti-Monopoly Law, and Qualcomm's fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory licensing obligations.
The complaint also seeks a ruling that the offered patent license terms should form the basis for a patent license with Meizu for Qualcomm's fundamental technologies patented in China for use in mobile devices, including those relating to 3G and 4G wireless communications standards.
Qualcomm said it has negotiated extensively and in good faith with Meizu to sign a patent license agreement consistent with the terms of the rectification plan submitted by Qualcomm to, and accepted by, China's National Development and Reform Commission in 2015.
Qualcomm said it would prefer to reach a resolution with Meizu without the need for litigation, but Meizu has been unwilling to negotiate in good faith and enter into a license agreement on the rectification plan terms.
Don Rosenberg, executive vice president and general counsel of Qualcomm, said, 'Qualcomm's technologies are at the heart of all mobile devices. Meizu is choosing to use these technologies without a license, which is not only unlawful, but is unfair to other licensees that are acting in good faith and respectful of patent rights, and ultimately damaging to the mobile ecosystem and consumers.'
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