This case of Zunpai Technology's alleged theft of Huawei's chip technology has indeed attracted widespread attention. First of all, Zunpai Technology is a company focusing on WiFi chips, which was founded in March 2021. The company is small, with more than 60 employees, including some high-paid talent recruited from Huawei. This kind of talent mobility is not uncommon in the tech industry, but the key is whether these talents are acting in compliance.
According to the report, Zunpai Technology is accused of using improper means, such as excerpts and screenshots, to illegally obtain Huawei's technical information. The appraisal results show that the infringing chips of Zunpai Technology are highly similar to Huawei's technology on 40 technology nodes, reaching 90% similarity, constituting obvious infringement.
Just after the incident, Xiaomi responded urgently: Xiaomi said that they were neither the earliest nor the largest investors in Zunpai, did not participate in the management of the company, and did not have any intellectual property rights and technical cooperation. For these irresponsible and completely untrue information, Xiaomi has completed the collection of evidence and reported it to the relevant departments, and made a solemn clarification
The investor behind Zunpai Technology may involve another technology company in China. The company also has considerable influence in the router market, and recently even launched the most advanced WiFi 7 technology. This is in direct competition with Huawei's leading position in the WiFi 6 and WiFi 7 fields. Huawei's technology contribution in the WiFi 7 field surpassed Qualcomm's and became the industry leader.
As a result, netizens began to speculate about the various possibilities behind it. On the one hand, there are concerns that these technologies may flow abroad, affecting China's competitiveness in the global communications technology field. After all, Huawei's main competitors in the international market include large international companies such as Qualcomm.
In this context, the role of law is particularly important. It is not only a sanction for infringement, but also a kind of maintenance for the protection of intellectual property rights. This incident is also a reminder that technology companies must comply with laws and regulations, respect intellectual property rights, and ensure fair competition while pursuing development. At the same time, it is also a warning to all innovative enterprises that the development and application of any technology must be carried out within the framework of legal compliance. Finally: According to the information found by the editor, the Wifi protocol is not one, but jointly formulated by a bunch of top companies, wifi7 patent ranking: Huawei 22.9% Qualcomm 15.2% Intel 9.5% LG 9.4% There are still some companies left! What do you think about this?