On January 17, The US International Trade Commission (USITC) launched Section 337 Investigation against ZTE Corp, a Chinese telecom equipment supplier and three other multinational companies, which sell products of cell phone and tablet PC in USA.

It's not the first case ever ZTE has encountered. Just 3 weeks before this one, ZTE has scored a victory in the Section 337 investigation initiated by International Data Group. A principal for law affairs from ZTE believes that USITC will make a fair decision.

According to Guo Xiaoming, ZTE's Chief Legal Officer, ZTE is responding actively to the investigation. ZTE attaches great importance to patent layout and houses patent rights in many countries and regions, and is now ranking the top on the list of international patent applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). "We have filed 50,000 patents applications worldwide, and 14,000 have been granted. All these patents have played positive role in such cases. ZTE has prevailed in three 337 investigations in last year." Guo says to CIP News.

(China IP News)