Huawei, a Chinese technology company, has completed a multi-year global patent cross-licensing agreement with American firm HP Inc.
Alan Fan, Chief Intellectual Property Officer at Huawei, announced this in a statement on Wednesday, noting that the agreement covers the company’s Wi-Fi-related patents.
Patent cross-licensing is an arrangement in which companies grant each other rights to use specified patented technologies under agreed terms.
Fan said the agreement demonstrated Huawei’s commitment to independent innovation in frontier Information and Communications Technology (ICT) fields. He added that patent licensing enables Huawei to share its innovations with the industry and deliver advanced technological experiences to consumers worldwide.
“Through patent licensing, we share our innovations with the industry, delivering advanced technological experiences to consumers worldwide, particularly in standardised technologies,” Fan said.
He noted that the agreement with HP Inc further highlighted Huawei’s technological capabilities and its approach to sharing innovations through patent licensing. Huawei will continue to invest in independent innovation while making its patented technologies available to industry players through licensing arrangements, he said.
Huawei has signed more than 260 patent licensing agreements with major ICT manufacturers across the United States, Europe, Japan, South Korea and other key markets. The company also added 34 new patent licensing agreements in 2025, reflecting the continued adoption of its technologies across major global markets.
Huawei’s patent licensing revenue reached approximately $630 million in 2024, underscoring the commercial value of its intellectual property portfolio.
