"rcrwireless" : T-Mobile US wins 'Tappy' testing robot lawsuit against Huawei

collected by :Andro Alex T-Mobile US accused Huawei of stealing information about its "Tappy" device testing robotA jury has awarded T-Mobile US $4.8 million in a lawsuit against Huawei Devices that accused the Huawei subsidiary of stealing information about a device testing robot which T-Mobile US had developed in order to improve handset quality. The trade secrets conflict over the robot ultimately led to T-Mobile US dismantling its device supplier relationship with Huawei. T-Mobile US said it had developed a device testing robot that was "easily adaptable to test any handset at minimal cost and with little training or labor needed". Since implementing testing using the robot, phone returns for T-Mobile have declined significantly and testing time has decreased dramatically," T-Mobile US said in its original filing. T-Mobile US said that Huawei's actions cost T-Mobile tens of millions of dollars because it scuttled the supplier agreement, and hat Huawei was going to reap hundreds of millions of dollars in benefit from having a testing robot comparable to Tappy.


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T-Mobile wins 'Tappy' lawsuit against Huawei

Back in September 2014, T-Mobile sued Huawei for allegedly stealing technology related to Tappy, a robot that T-Mobile used to simulate the touch of a human finger while testing devices. Remember when T-Mobile sued Huawei for allegedly stealing T-Mo's phone-testing robot tech? The jury awarded T-Mobile $4.8 million, which is quite a bit less than the $500 million that T-Mo was seeking. Although the jury awarded damages under the breach of contract allegation, the amount was a small fraction of what T-Mobile requested. Specifically, T-Mo says that a Huawei engineer traveled to T-Mobile headquarters to take photos and get other information on Tappy.