Samsung Sues Huawei in China for Patent Infringement

Samsung Electronics Co. has sued China’s Huawei Technologies Co. for allegedly infringing on six patents, the latest salvo between Asia’s two dominant smartphone makers over patents and innovation. The lawsuit, filed in Beijing’s Intellectual Property Court, seeks damages of 161 million Chinese yuan ($24.1 million), alleging that some of Huawei’s smartphones, including its Mate8 smartphone and its Honor-branded lineup of handsets, infringed on Samsung’s patents.