Hell has frozen over. The Chinese are starting patent wars
China is starting an offensive on several fronts. Fortunately, it wasn’t the military that was involved, but… the letter of the law. The Chinese claim that the US and Taiwan are violating their patents.
By many people China are still associated as “the world’s cheapest assembly plant”. However, in recent years, labor costs there have risen significantly, and production is now moving to cheaper countries such as India Whether Vietnam. More importantly, the Middle Kingdom has strong aspirations to become a global power.
YMTC fights with Micron, and Huawei with MediaTek
Of course, for this purpose, you need new technologiesand China unfortunately lacks these. Especially after the numerous sanctions imposed by the West. That is why we have recently witnessed many bribing specialists from foreign companies and regular theft of industrial property.
This time, China is trying to reverse the role and claiming that their technologies were stolen. Chinese YMTC accuses Micron of infringing as many as 11 different patents. The lawsuit has been filed in the Northern District of California, and one of the requests is to order Micron to stop selling the memory in the United States.
The memories infringing YMTC’s intellectual property include 96-, 128-, 176- and 232-layer memories. 3D NAND and selected SDRAM chips in DDR5 standard. However, the patents themselves cover general aspects of how these technologies work, suggesting that The Chinese are trying to make life difficult for Americans..
However, this is not the end of the Chinese offensive. Nikkei Asia reports that Huawei files lawsuit against Taiwan’s MediaTekthis time in a Chinese court. However, there is no detail about which patents are at issue. The Taiwanese confirmed the lawsuit, but claimed that it would not significantly affect the company.
Experts point out that the lawsuit aims to obtain license fees that the Chinese could then use for their own R&D. Huawei holds a number of fairly general patents, especially in the case of 5G technology, which allow it to file claims in favorable courts.
Although not all companies are giving in, entities that want to be present on the huge Chinese market are making compromises. Huawei has already entered into licensing agreements with various European car manufacturers in the past, such as BMW, Mercedes Benz and VAG (Volkswagen Audi Group).
