Huawei and Qualcomm sign multi-year patent cross-licensing deal for 5G and AI

The agreement covers 5G, AI, compute, and networking technologies, and is expected to push the total value of Huawei's patent deals past $6.9 billion

Huawei and Qualcomm just signed a broad, multi-year cross-licensing agreement that covers 5G, compute, AI and networking technologies developed by the two companies. This is the first 5G licensing agreement between the two. As part of the deal, Qualcomm will buy several US patents from Huawei – they cover developments in compute, AI, networking and other technologies. This deal is subject to regulatory approval and Huawei has been subject to trade restrictions by the US since 2019, so we’ll see how the US Commerce Department feels about this. The two companies came out with a shared...

Huawei and Qualcomm have agreed to a multi-year patent licensing deal covering 5G, AI, computing and networking, and announced the agreement today.  “This agreement not only demonstrates the value of Huawei’s innovations, but also recognizes Qualcomm’s foundational contributions to modern communication technologies,” said Alan Fan, Huawei’s Chief Intellectual Property Officer.  Under the deal, each company […] This story continues at The Next Web

Huawei Technologies has entered into a comprehensive, multi-year patent licensing agreement with Qualcomm, signaling a strategic truce between two of the world's most influential players in telecommunications infrastructure and semiconductor design. The broad agreement covers critical intellectual property across several high-growth sectors, specifically artificial intelligence (AI), 5G connectivity, computing, and networking technologies. For the industry, this deal resolves long-standing legal frictions over standard-essential patents (SEPs), which often lead to costly litigation and operational bottlenecks for hardware manufacturers. From an economic standpoint, this partnership ensures a predictable flow of royalty payments and legal certainty for both firms. By securing these licenses, both companies mitigate the risk of injunctions and court-ordered sales bans, allowing them to focus on scaling their respective AI and 5G portfolios without the overhang of intellectual property disputes.

Huawei and Qualcomm announced a new multi-year patent licensing agreement on Monday, subject to the necessary regulatory approvals. The partnership covers several technology areas, including 5G, computing, artificial intelligence (AI), and networking. Following the agreement, the companies will take advantage of cross-licensing of Huawei and Qualcomm’s respective patent portfolios. Further, the US-based chipmaker will also acquire certain Huawei patents registered in the US. Huawei highlighted its contributions to 4G and 5G standards, while Qualcomm pointed to its foundational wireless technologies and 5G licensing programme.

US chip giant Qualcomm has agreed to pay to licence and acquire patents from China’s Huawei Technologies for the first time as part of a “multi-year, broad patent licence agreement” covering 5G, computing and artificial intelligence. The deal involved cross-licensing between both firms’ patent portfolios, the Shenzhen-based firm said in a statement on Monday, adding that it included Qualcomm’s purchase of specific Huawei US patents across compute, AI, networking and other technologies. The...