Patent case: Samsung units ordered to pay 80m yuan to Huawei in China

Hong Kong

A CHINESE court has ordered Samsung Electronics's mainland subsidiaries to pay 80 million yuan (S$16.25 million) to Huawei Technologies for patent infringement, the China firm's first victory against Samsung on its legal challenges over intellectual property.

Three units of Samsung have been ordered by the Quanzhou Intermediary Court to pay the sum for infringing a patent held by Huawei Device Co Limited, the handset unit of Huawei, the Quanzhou Evening News, a government-run newspaper, said on its website on Thursday.