Huawei Files to Trademark Mobile OS

Despite a ban in the U.S., Chinese Huawei Technologies Co Ltd has applied to trademark a mobile OS in various countries.

According to an executive, the company is currently in the process of potentially launching its “Hongmeng” operating system (OS) to replace the U.S. Android OS.

Data from a U.N. body has found that the company is wanting to trademark the OS in at least nine countries and Europe.

The company, which is the second-largest maker of smartphones in the world, had been banned last month from doing business with U.S. tech companies.

Andrew Williamson, vice president of Huawei’s public affairs and communications, said Hongmeng was moving forward and remarked, “Huawei is in the process of potentially launching a replacement. Presumably we’ll be trying to put trademarks.”

“It is a fair question to ask if one decides to go with Huawei and Huawei continues to be on our entity list, will Huawei be able to actually deliver what it promises any particular client,” Jonathan Fritz, the U.S. State Department’s director for international communications policy, said to reporters in Brussels.