Under the U.S. export restrictions, Huawei actively expanded patent authorization to make up for losses caused by U.S. sanctions.

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[Financial Channel/Comprehensive Report] Huawei will earn more revenue from patent licensing for the second consecutive year in 2022. Under the US export restrictions, Huawei is actively expanding patent licensing to make up for losses caused by US sanctions.

Reuters reported that Huawei announced a number of licensing deals on Thursday (22nd), including Mercedes-Benz (Mercedes-Benz), Audi (Audi) and Porsche (Porsche), as these carmakers want to add more communication in vehicles. technology.

According to Steven Geiszler, Huawei's US chief intellectual property consultant, Huawei has signed or renewed more than 20 patent licensing agreements this year.

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Steven Geiszler said: "With the return on investment in R&D, we can reinvest and reinvent."

Audi respects the intellectual property rights of third parties and is willing to obtain licenses if such licenses are necessary and available for compliance with the law.

Other automakers did not respond.

Huawei also said it had extended a patent agreement with Finnish telecom equipment maker Nokia.

In the three years to 2021, Huawei's patent licensing has earned approximately US$1.2 billion (approximately NT$36.9 billion) globally. The sales data for the whole year of 2022 will not be completed until 2023, and the performance of the licensing department will not be calculated separately.

In the past two years, Huawei has actively expanded its patent licensing customers to make up for the losses caused by the US ban.

Steven Geiszler said that these patents are publicly disclosed technologies and are not affected by the US ban.

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