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Chinese tech giant Huawei has filed a motion in a US court challenging the constitutionality of a law that limits its sales of telecoms equipment, the latest action in an ongoing clash with Washington.
Huawei's chief legal officer Song Liuping said the firm had filed a motion for summary judgment asking the court to rule on whether it is constitutional for the US to implement a military spending provision that bars the government and its contractors from using its equipment.
Mr Song said the "state-sanctioned campaign" against the company will not improve cybersecurity.
"Politicians in the US are using the strength of an entire nation to come after a private company," he said. "This is not normal."
Source: https://techerati.com/news-hub/huawei-takes-us-to-court-over-security-law/
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(Score: 2) by Freeman on Wednesday May 29 2019, @04:54PM (4 children)
I've heard about Chinese tech spies for years, if not decades. The fact that it took us this long to respond, is disheartening. "This is not normal." perhaps, in some places in the world and has been protected against in the US. The fact of the matter is that China has been stealing technology for decades and they aren't going to stop, if no one stands up to them. Sure, the USA may not have the cleanest hands, but we're not disappearing US citizens. There's a whole different power dynamic in a totalitarian regime vs a democracy.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 29 2019, @05:49PM
Yes, China has a different approach to "Intellectual Property". To China you can't be a selfish person and keep progress to yourself for capital gains. Commons is greater. That being said I was under the impression that the boycott was based on security considerations, which is not yet based on evidence. Having a boycott on Chinese companies (in general) for fear of "theft" of knowledge would make more sense.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 29 2019, @07:36PM
Or American tech spies during our developing years.
It is far more common than most countries would like to admit. the difference is, most countries aren't big enough to do it on the scale China can. The last one that could was the US and it was directly responsible for many advances in American technology and economic prosperity before we started our own IP laws... Just like China is doing now.
If you don't learn from history you will never understand how much IP laws stifle innovation while not providing nearly the benefits claimed.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 30 2019, @05:52AM
Uh huh, keep telling yourself that.
https://www.denverpost.com/2014/03/27/former-qwest-ceo-nacchio-claims-on-tv-his-jail-time-was-nsa-payback/ [denverpost.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 30 2019, @10:21AM
I've been hearing about little green men since the 50s. What's your point?
IP shouldn't be a right in the first place. As far as I'm concerned, corporations been stealing knowledge from the public for centuries and its only the Communists and the Chinese that are standing up to them.
US citizens been disappeared without lawyer counsel or due process for at-least a good decade since the patriot act.
Indeed there most certainly is. In a totalitarian regime the industrial-military complex does at it likes. In a democracy the people do as they like. Which one do you think you're living in exactly?