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They note that Huawei's patent contained Quintel's name in the documents. How are those accusations weak? Seems like impressively strong evidence. Between T-mo

by sigmar 7y ago

They note that Huawei's patent contained Quintel's name in the documents. How are those accusations weak? Seems like impressively strong evidence. Between T-mobile's tappy (resulted in indictment), Quintel's antennas, CNEX Labs, Tekelec Inc, motorola, cisco source, and Akhan Semiconductor's Diamond Glass[1](unmentioned in this piece) seems like there is quite a bit of evidence that Huawei has a company wide directive to steal IP. [1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-02-04/huawei-sting-offers-rare-glimpse-of-u-s-targeting-chinese-giant https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-02-04/huawei-st...

wyxuan 7y ago
I talked to a senior Huawei exec and he said that tappy is not a good example of IP theft. The tester literally attempted to walk out with the machine. You can't get any more sloppy then that. Instead he said that the worker was really pressured by his bosses into delivering results. That's not to say that there are broader problems with IP theft at Huawei though.
- gabaix 7y ago
  Trying to confirm your point: because the company was careless in letting an employee walk out, this was a lesser theft? I haven’t heard a case where a burglar gets a reduced sentence because the house was left unlocked. The fact that this comes from a Huawei senior exec speaks a lot about their company culture.
snowwindwaves 7y ago
Don't forget nortel who used to employ 140,000 people including myself. Now the goverment occupies their offices. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/former-nortel-exec-warns-against-working-with-huawei-1.1137006 https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/former-nortel-exec-warns-ag...
agent00f 7y ago
Huawei is a massive org which does tons of technical work, and beyond a handful of things it's already down to ring tones, which only shows how desperate the accusers are. You might as accuse Google of ip theft due to that Oracle/Java thing. Or Americans of it since I'm sure it's happening at some level, eg Uber from waymo lawsuit.

by sigmar 7y ago

wyxuan 7y ago

I talked to a senior Huawei exec and he said that tappy is not a good example of IP theft. The tester literally attempted to walk out with the machine. You can't get any more sloppy then that. Instead he said that the worker was really pressured by his bosses into delivering results. That's not to say that there are broader problems with IP theft at Huawei though.

gabaix 7y ago
Trying to confirm your point: because the company was careless in letting an employee walk out, this was a lesser theft? I haven’t heard a case where a burglar gets a reduced sentence because the house was left unlocked. The fact that this comes from a Huawei senior exec speaks a lot about their company culture.

snowwindwaves 7y ago

Don't forget nortel who used to employ 140,000 people including myself. Now the goverment occupies their offices. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/former-nortel-exec-warns-against-working-with-huawei-1.1137006 https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/former-nortel-exec-warns-ag...

agent00f 7y ago

Huawei is a massive org which does tons of technical work, and beyond a handful of things it's already down to ring tones, which only shows how desperate the accusers are. You might as accuse Google of ip theft due to that Oracle/Java thing. Or Americans of it since I'm sure it's happening at some level, eg Uber from waymo lawsuit.