Maxell claims that since 2013, Maxell has been trying to negotiate with ZTE on patent licensing. However, although ZTE has admitted to using some of Maxell's technology, it refuses to purchase authorization. Therefore, Maxell believes that ZTE has intentional infringement. Behavior, need to compensate for three times the loss.
In the end, the court jury stood on the side of Maxell, and the $43 million claim was fully approved.
Maxell is a Japanese multinational electronics company founded in 1960 and headquartered in Tokyo, with approximately 5,300 patent portfolios, many of which were purchased from Hitachi Optical Electronics in 2013.
It is understood that the relevant patents in this case involve image stability, video sampling, audio decoding, power management, pedestrian navigation optimization.
However, the foreign media particularly stressed that although ZTE was violently punished by the US government, only two of the 42 members of the jury in this case knew about the incident, suggesting that the judgment was not intended to target ZTE.
In addition, Maxell also holds 47 other patents in charge of BlackBerry, Olympus, Huawei, Asus and other companies.