Huawei Technologies and U.S. PC maker HP Inc. have finalized a multi-year cross-licensing agreement covering patents essential to Wi-Fi technology, including the latest Wi-Fi 7 standard.
The deal grants HP access to Huawei’s patent portfolio while providing Huawei with access to HP’s patents. Neither company disclosed the financial terms of the agreement. HP characterized the pact as a routine licensing arrangement for standard-essential patents widely used across the industry, emphasizing it does not imply a broader commercial or collaborative relationship with Huawei.
The agreement follows a legal dispute between the two companies. In August 2025, Huawei filed a lawsuit at Europe’s Unified Patent Court, alleging HP had infringed on a Wi-Fi 6 patent without authorization. The litigation was resolved in November 2025 when HP joined the Sisvel Wi-Fi 6 patent pool, which aggregates roughly 2,000 patents required for Wi-Fi 6 compliance. This move also ended legal actions initiated by Huawei and Philips against HP.
Huawei has previously set licensing fees for its Wi-Fi 6 patents at 50 cents per consumer device. By the end of 2025, more than 1.6 billion consumer electronic devices—excluding mobile phones—had incorporated Huawei’s Wi-Fi-related inventions, according to internal data cited in the agreement.
HP’s participation in the Wi-Fi 6 patent pool aligns with its position as the world’s second-largest PC manufacturer, trailing Lenovo with a 21.3% market share, per Gartner estimates. The cross-licensing deal does not alter Huawei’s ongoing restrictions under a 2019 U.S. trade blacklist, which limits its access to advanced semiconductors and certain software but does not prohibit patent-licensing agreements.
