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HUAWEI files lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Commerce
June 22, 2025
The back and forth betweenHuaweiand the U.S. government continues with the former suing the U.S. Department of Commerce,Bloombergreported today. The company is suing the agency over telecommunications equipment seized by American officials.
According to the lawsuit, HUAWEI sent the equipment to a California lab in July 2017. American officials then seized the equipment in Alaska to see whether an export license was required. The equipment was on its way back to China, the lawsuit stated.
HUAWEI reportedly provided officials with all requested information. The lawsuit alleged there was no export license requirement at the time of the equipment seizure.
“Defendants have neither made a licensing determination for the equipment nor even indicated” when the decision will be made. The lawsuit also claimed American officials “simply left the equipment in limbo.”
Filed today in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., the lawsuit also names the Bureau of Industry and the Office of Export Enforcement. HUAWEI already has anongoing lawsuitagainst the U.S. government over claims of the company being a security risk.
Since HUAWEI’splacement on the Entity List, things have been tumultuous for the company, to say the least. Even though the Department of Commerce granted HUAWEI a90-day reprieve, companies and organizations distanced themselves from HUAWEI. Unfortunately for the company, it’s expecting asharp drop in international salesdue to the ban.
In response, HUAWEI is reportedly working on an Android alternative calledOak OS. The company is also reportedly looking into aRussian fork of Sailfish OSfor its Android alternative. Regardless of the software choice, HUAWEI reportedly plans to releaseAndroid Qandits next flagship smartphonelater this year.
Android Authorityreached out to HUAWEI for clarification, but didn’t receive a response by press time.
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