HUAWEI Technologies said it has received more than US$1.4 billion in licensing revenue since 2015 and paid more than US$6 billion in royalties to legally implement intellectual property of other companies.

Huawei has never been asked by a court to pay intellectual infringement damages and has been granted 87,805 patents of which 11,152 are U.S. patents, Huawei’s chief legal officer, Song Liuping, said at a news conference at the company’s Shenzhen headquarters Thursday.

Huawei, which has the most 5G standard essential patents in the world according to consultancy IPlytics, is increasingly on the offensive in intellectual property right disputes.

The United States has put Huawei on an export blacklist citing national security issues, barring U.S. suppliers from selling to it, without special approval.

Huawei, which has denied its products pose a security threat, has sought to fight back in courts in the United States.

The company recently sued the U.S. Government over its defense law, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which placed a broad ban on the use of U.S. federal money to purchase products from Huawei on national security grounds.

Song said Huawei is in discussions with U.S. carrier Verizon and other U.S. firms over royalty payments for the use of its patented technology. Even though Verizon doesn’t buy products directly from Huawei, its other vendors are using Huawei-patented technology. (SD-Agencies)