Recently, the two major technology giants, Huawei and Xiaomi, have once again fallen into a storm of technology plagiarism, and Huawei CEO Yu Chengdong publicly accused Xiaomi of plagiarizing Huawei's keel hinge technology at the 2023 Huafan Annual Conference.
However, Xiaomi responded resolutely to this, saying that its technology was independently developed, and called on the outside world not to smear it again, so, what is the truth? We released three physical pictures for everyone to judge for themselves, at a glance.
On December 9, Yu Chengdong said that Huawei had applied for a keel shaft patent very early, which is Huawei's original technology.
However, I recently found out that Xiaomi is also using similar technology, which makes me feel very sorry, he said that Xiaomi's behavior is plagiarizing Huawei's technology, which is disrespectful to Huawei and irresponsible to consumers.
A spokesman for Xiaomi refuted overnight, saying that Yu Chengdong's technical release of the keel hinge was not a smear remark and was seriously inconsistent with the facts, and asked Dazui to follow the rules of "scientific rigor" and not to mislead the public.
Let's take a look at two pictures first, the design of Huawei's keel hinge above, and Xiaomi's below.
Judging from the design drawings, there are indeed a lot of similarities, but we can't judge from this, Xiaomi must have copied Huawei's design, and professional personnel can understand these two drawings at a glance.
For ordinary people who can't read the drawings, Fliggy will post another picture of the real thing, and you can compare it by yourself.
The picture above is a real picture of the dual-spin waterdrop hinge applied by Huawei in September 2020 and the keel hinge applied by Xiaomi in November 2021.
Although we can't say for sure whether Xiaomi refers to Huawei's patent, since the National Patent Office has approved Xiaomi's patent, it can be considered that Xiaomi's keel hinge patent is valid.
While focusing on R&D and innovation, Huawei and Tesla do not seem to pay much attention to patent protection and the creation of patent barriers, as well as the benefits of patent licensing.
Huawei and Xiaomi differ in terms of patent filing, with Huawei focusing on R&D and innovation, but not paying much attention to patent protection and setting up patent barriers, nor benefiting from patent licensing.
Xiaomi, on the other hand, applied for a patent for a keel hinge and was approved by the National Patent Office. From a structural point of view, there is no obvious conflict between Xiaomi's patent and Huawei's patent.
Although we can't say for sure whether Xiaomi refers to Huawei's patent, it can be considered that Xiaomi's patent is valid, otherwise the National Patent Office would not have passed it.
Fliggy didn't dare to comment rashly here, because the surging OS expressed its views last time, and it was directly reported by Xiaomi's public relations.
Then Fliggy will tell you something regular, there is definitely a god who understands the design drawing, and you can leave your views in the comment area for everyone to refer to.
First of all, Huawei's keel hinge patent is earlier than Xiaomi, which is beyond doubt, but in the patent application, the approval will be delayed.
Xiaomi's patent is a utility patent, which is directly used on the product, not a technology patent, in fact, it is improved on the basis of the patent, and the approval cycle of the utility patent technology patent is different.
That is to say, the approval of practical patents will be faster, and the approval of practical technology patents will be slower, after all, the reviewers will know at a glance, but this technology patent is applied for by Huawei first.
Therefore, there is a certain loophole in this, as for whether Xiaomi has exploited this loophole, Fliggy does not dare to judge, everyone can think about it for themselves.
Yu Dazui is also really big-mouthed, no wonder even Huawei's public relations department said that it is irresponsible for Mr. Yu Chengdong's words, why is it called Yu Dazui? That's how it came, there was no way to speak, you might as well save some face for your friends, your own friends are already extremely fragile psychologically, and you are adding fuel to the fire.
However, Xiaomi responded to this resolutely, Xiaomi said that they have been independently developing various technologies, including keel hinge technology, Xiaomi emphasized that their technology is the result of years of research and development and experiments, and is not copied from Huawei.
Xiaomi also said that they attach great importance to the protection of intellectual property rights and respect the patent rights of others. If Huawei believes that Xiaomi has infringed their patent rights, it can resolve it through legal means. Xiaomi believes that Huawei's accusations are groundless and irresponsible.
In fact, the technology industry is very competitive, and companies are constantly developing new technologies to improve their competitiveness. In the process, it is inevitable that some similar technological innovations will emerge. However, this does not mean that one of them is copying the other.
Historically, many great technological innovations have been done by different companies and teams. For example, the development of Internet technology is inseparable from the contributions of many companies and scientific research institutions, so we should encourage open cooperation and innovation, rather than blaming and smearing each other.
In the tech industry, the controversy between plagiarism and originality has always existed, and it is not just a technical issue, but also a moral and business ethics issue.
As a world-renowned technology company, Huawei has always attached great importance to technology research and development and intellectual property protection. Is Yu Chengdong's accusation reasonable? Did Xiaomi really copy Huawei's technology?
First of all, we want to be clear that technical plagiarism is not a simple matter of right or wrong, and sometimes, the innovation and development of technology is based on existing technology. However, if a company directly copies another company's technology without making any improvements or innovations, then there is a problem of plagiarism.
For the controversy between Huawei and Xiaomi, we can look at it from the following aspects:
Patent application time: Yu Chengdong said that Huawei applied for a keel shaft patent very early. If this is true, then Xiaomi does have a certain amount of controversy over the timing of the patent application, however, this does not mean that Xiaomi necessarily copied Huawei's technology.
Source of technology: Xiaomi said that its technology is independently developed, and if this is true, then Xiaomi has not copied Huawei's technology.
However, if Xiaomi's technology is based on the technology of other companies to improve or innovate, then this is a matter of patent rights.
Business ethics: In business competition, companies should abide by business ethics and moral norms.
If Xiaomi does copy Huawei's technology, then it is disrespectful to Huawei and irresponsible to consumers.
However, if Xiaomi's technology is self-developed, then Huawei's accusations are baseless smears.
Speaking of this, Fliggy looks down on himself a little, hahaha, I'm still afraid of Xiaomi, after all, we are also a small Internet celebrity, I still want to be faced, right and wrong or you judge for yourself.
In this dispute, we need more information and evidence to make a judgment, and the timing of the patent application, the source of the technology, and the business ethics are all factors that need to be considered.
Fliggy also hopes that the two companies can solve this problem through legal channels, but can Xiaomi's make-up patents such as the three-head card pick-up needle be less, and can there be more technology patents for 5G like Huawei's Xi?
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