[apexalpha]

Keep in mind that a lot of network equipment for 4G network (eg.) requires US patents, Qualcomm chips. So even if you build 99% of the equipment yourself if you use a single transistor that requires a US patent of is manufactured in the US the US will upkeep it's sanctions.

[azernik]

This case is much more straightforward - it involves a company she chaired, which used Huawei slides and so was probably a Huawei front, offering to be a straw purchaser for HP hardware (buy it and immediately resell it to Iran).

[bagacrap]

I didn't know patents crossed international borders.

[jmalicki]

China is a member of the World Intellectual Property Organization, which exists to ensure that patents cross international borders.

https://www.wipo.int/members/en/contact.jsp?country_id=38