Netgear, Inc. v. Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.

  1. January 03, 2025

    Netgear, Huawei Settle Calif. RICO Suit Over Wi-Fi SEPs

    Netgear and Huawei informed a California federal judge Friday that they have resolved their racketeering dispute and asked for a 30-day stay to finalize their deal, weeks after Netgear sought to block Huawei from seeking injunctions through patent actions pending in foreign courts and a German court found Netgear infringed Huawei's Wi-Fi patents.

  2. December 05, 2024

    Netgear Seeks Anti-Suit Injunction Over Huawei's Wi-Fi SEPs

    Netgear is urging a California federal judge to block Chinese router-maker Huawei Technologies from seeking injunctions through Wi-Fi patent infringement actions the company pursued in foreign courts, arguing that Huawei is trying to impose excessive royalty rates and is avoiding its commitment to license its patents on reasonable terms.

  3. November 18, 2024

    Netgear Says Huawei Engaging In Global Patent 'Warfare'

    Router maker Netgear urged a California federal judge Monday to hold a mini-trial to determine a reasonable royalty rate for licensing Wi-Fi technology patents from Huawei, which Netgear claims is engaging in anticompetitive behavior and a "scorched earth worldwide litigation campaign" to extract excessive royalties.

  4. October 11, 2024

    Huawei Judge Asks If Netgear Suit Stretches Antitrust Law

    A California federal judge expressed some skepticism Friday about allowing router maker Netgear Inc. to proceed with monopolization claims over Huawei Technologies Co.'s patents, wondering aloud whether this would amount to "saying any breach of contract claim can be turned into an antitrust case."

  5. July 15, 2024

    Netgear Defends RICO, Antitrust Case Against Huawei

    Router maker Netgear is coming out in defense of its suit accusing the Chinese government-affiliated Huawei of racketeering and antitrust violations, saying that the tech company has attacked its claims by "overstating the pleading requirements and ignoring the law."

  6. June 17, 2024

    Huawei Slams Netgear's 'Tenuous' RICO Case

    Huawei has responded to a racketeering and antitrust case from a major U.S. maker of Wi-Fi routers by calling it "rife with tenuous legal and factual claims" and comparing its reworking of patent infringement allegations to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's failed antitrust case against Qualcomm.

  7. January 31, 2024

    Huawei Faces Civil RICO Suit From Netgear

    A major U.S. company is suing Huawei in California federal court under racketeering laws, arguing that the Chinese Communist Party-affiliated telecom giant is using infringement suits in Germany and China to demand "excessive and discriminatory royalties."

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