Huawei held its sixth Innovation and Intellectual Property (IP) Forum, where the company announced the winners of its biannual “Top Ten Inventions” award. The event gathered experts in innovation and intellectual property from around the world to explore the importance of openness and IP protection in driving innovation and social progress.
“Open innovation drives society and technology forward, and it’s in our DNA. We are committed to an open approach to innovation,” said the company’s Chief Legal Officer Liuping Song. “Huawei respects the IP of others, and protects our own, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets.”
In 2024, Huawei’s patent licensing revenue was approximately US$630 million. The patent royalties that Huawei has paid over the years are nearly three times the amount of royalties it has received.
Marco Alemán, Assistant Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), noted that “Huawei is a leading global user of WIPO’s Global IP Services and a strong driver of innovation. Huawei had 6,600 published Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications in 2024, and has been the top user of the PCT system since 2014.”
Etienne Sanz de Acedo, CEO of the International Trademark Association, emphasized, “As an intangible asset, IP is a universal language that translates innovation and creativity into quantifiable value.”
Ningling Wang, President-elect of the Licensing Executives Society International, said that she encourages “industry leaders, policymakers, researchers, and entrepreneurs to foster collaboration, to share knowledge, to reduce barriers, and to practice responsible licensing.”
At the forum, Huawei unveiled the innovations that won its sixth Top Ten Inventions award, spanning a range of business domains that are key to future development, including computing, the HarmonyOS operating system, and storage.
Alan Fan, Vice President and Head of the Intellectual Property Rights Department at Huawei, emphasized that, as a leading contributor to technology in the ICT sector, Huawei shares its technologies through open-source software, open hardware, patent filings, standard contributions, and academic papers.
