3 December, 2015
Skadden is advising Xiaomi, a leading Chinese smartphone and consumer electronics Internet company, which, along with Qualcomm Incorporated, a leader in 3G, 4G and next-generation wireless technologies, today announced they have entered into a new 3G and 4G China patent license agreement. The royalties payable by Xiaomi are consistent with the terms of the rectification plan submitted by Qualcomm to China's National Reform and Development Commission.
The agreement grants Xiaomi a license to use Qualcomm patents to develop, manufacture and sell 3G (WCDMA and CDMA2000) and 4G, including 3-mode (LTE-TDD, TD-SCDMA and GSM), devices. Other terms were not publicly disclosed.
The Skadden team includes intellectual property of counsel James Brelsford (Palo Alto), corporate partner Julie Gao (Hong Kong), and associates William Casey (Palo Alto), Pramode Chiruvolu (Palo Alto) and Yuting Wu (Shanghai).
