Chinese telecommunications equipment and services provider Huawei Technologies Co. confirmed on Wednesday that it has filed patent infringement suits against its rival Samsung Electronics Co. in two courts in China as part of a series of intellectual property rights (IPR) disputes the company is currently dealing with, according to a report made by Caixin.com.

According to another report made by Quanzhou-based Southeast Morning Paper, Huaiwei alleges that a total of 16 Samsung products infringed on the company's patent rights. As such, Huawei is demanding 80 million yuan ($12 million) as compensation from Samsung (China) Investment Co., the Beijing-based subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, along with joint defendants Samsung Electronics Huizhou Co., Tianjin Samsung Telecom Technology Co., the telecom operator and the electric appliance firm in Quanzhou.

According to the report, the Chinese company has filed the suit with Quanzhou Intermediate People's Court in southeastern China's Fujian province and with Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court in southern China's Guangdong province.

Huawei alleges that it was granted a patent for certain technical solutions on terminal displays by China's State Intellectual Property Office on June 5, 2011, according to a report by China Business News. However, Huawei declined to comment on the details of the suit in an interview with Caixin.com as it is still ongoing.

Huawei has been actively and strategically treating IPR as a battlefield to help the company compete against global tech giants such as Apple Inc. and Samsung.

In 2015, Huawei invested 15 percent of its annual revenue, $9.2 billion, in research and development, while over the past decade the company's total investment has exceeded $37 billion, according to Huawei's 2015 financial report, published in April.

Reuters has reported that Huawei's suit against Samsung is for patent infringement related to the unlicensed use of fourth generation (4G) cellular communications technology.

In addition to the legal action against Samsung, Huawei also filed a patent suit against U.S. telecommunications operator T-Mobile U.S. Inc. with a U.S. district court in eastern Texas on Tuesday (U.S. time). That case is regarding a 4G wireless license Huawei granted to T-Mobile on terms and conditions that Huawei alleges were fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND).

T-Mobile's U.S. firm refused Huawei's FRAND offer but nevertheless continued to use its technologies, according to a legal document published on the U.S. document-sharing website scribd.com.