Beijing April 11 (IANS) A court specialising in intellectual property (IP) here has dismissed an appeal from South Korean giant Samsung that sought invalidation of China-based Huawei Technologies patent rights on smartphones.
The Beijing IP court upheld an earlier decision by a court that banned sales of certain phone models from Samsung South China Morning Post reported on Wednesday.
The previous court "had dismissed Samsung s requests on the grounds of they lacked a factual and legal basis " according to a report by China Intellectual Property News -- a newspaper supervised by the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO).
"Huawei has already received the verdict. Huawei believes that the resection and protection on each other s intellectual property rights can make returns on the research and development (R&D) investments and promote the industry innovation and healthy and sustainable development of the industry " the company said in a statement.
According to a latest report from market research firm Strategy Analytics Samsung s smartphone share in China fell to 0.8 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2017 compared with Huawei s 20 per cent.
"The court rulings have not yet impacted Samsung s Chinese sales as its latest flagship models Galaxy S9 series and other C series and W series products are still sold through retail shops and online stores in China " the report added.
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