Intellectual Property and Trade Secret Protection

Respecting and protecting intellectual property: Huawei is dedicated to its long-term investments into R&D and continuously enriching its intellectual property portfolio. Huawei is one of the world's largest patent holders, and the company believes that respecting and protecting intellectual property is the bedrock of innovation. As a follower, practitioner, and contributor of intellectual property rules, as well as an innovator, Huawei invests heavily into intellectual property protection and respects the intellectual property of others. Huawei has reached cross-license agreements with major ICT companies around the world, and works tirelessly to cultivate an industry environment that protects innovation and intellectual property across countries and regions.

Respecting and protecting the trade secrets of others: Huawei is committed to protecting its own intellectual property and trade secrets, while respecting those of others. We explicitly prohibit our employees from improperly acquiring, disclosing, using, or disposing of the trade secrets of others. The key measures Huawei has taken to protect the trade secrets of others include:

• Issuing our Regulations on Respecting and Protecting Third Party Trade Secrets, which set out clear rules that employees must follow to respect and protect the trade secrets of others during business activities and ensure that employees carry out business activities legally and in accordance with our contracts
• Embedding trade secret protection requirements into business processes such as R&D, sales, procurement, and human resources, conducting regular reviews, and continuously improving management mechanisms by taking away lessons and case studies from day-to-day operations
• Organizing publicity, training, and exams on trade secret protection for all employees, so that they are fully aware of their obligations and responsibilities regarding trade secret protection compliance
• Conducting supervision, including checks and audits, to examine efforts aimed at protecting the trade secrets of others and thus ensure effective implementation of our policies, rules, and processes
• Establishing an accountability system based on official corporate policies such as the Accountability Protocol for Infringements of Other Parties' Trade Secrets and the Accountability Rating Criteria for Information Security Violations to hold violators accountable for any trade secret violations