InterDigital Patents Position them a threat to Chinese Companies
On Apr 28, 2020, InterDigital entered a worldwide patent licensing agreement with Huawei Technologies Ltd, and also settled all litigation against each other. The licensing agreement runs through 2023 and covers royalties from the sale of some of Huawei’s 3G, 4G, and 5G wireless telecommunications products. Huawei is a much bigger company then Interdigital yet […]
What is 5G Technology – Requirements, Initiatives, and Enabling Technologies
5G is the next-generation network technology that succeeds 4G LTE network and offers much faster download and upload speeds with low latency than 4G. The battle for 5G supremacy is in full swing. Disruptive technology holds enormous potential to add economic value to all walks of our lives. It is 5G technology that will make […]
The Schrodinger’s SEP – How to avoid hurdles in being accepted by patent pools?
The interest of the companies in having a fortified patent portfolio (SEPs) is growing at the rate of knots. The R&D-Sales and R&D-Marketing departments of various companies are making strides to hit the home run of having a strong portfolio. But, is it enough? We have constantly talked about the significance of SEP and the […]
FRAND Terms for 5G and Automotive Industry needs an update. Here’s why
Recently, it made to the headlines that Daimler had lodged a complaint with the European Commission against Nokia as Nokia refused to license mobile components and insists on indirect licensing of the entire vehicle. This reminded me of another case, where Broadcom filed a billion-dollar lawsuit against Volkswagen for infringement of their patents related to […]
Understanding the current innovation game in 5G V2X domain
With the exponential improvement in innovations in the communications domain, the cars of today are becoming increasingly connected – both with each other and the environment. V2X, which stands for ‘vehicle to everything’, is the umbrella term for a car’s communication system, where information from sensors and other sources travels via high-bandwidth, low-latency, high-reliability links, […]
Are All of your standard essential patents declared to ETSI?
Recently, we noticed that many companies, especially with big patent portfolios, may not be aware that some of the patents in their portfolio are getting delayed in being officially listed as Standard Essential. As standard-essential patents are worth a good amount of money, delaying or missing to declare these patents to ETSI might result in […]
How We Helped a Telecom PRB Director Design a Patent Organization and Analysis System Trained to Think Just Like Him
For big companies with active R&D departments, keeping track of the many thousands of individual patents that often make up their patent portfolios frequently represents a daunting task, the burden of which tends to fall on patent review boards, or PRBs. At a moment’s notice, corporate higher-ups expect PRBs to be able to provide them […]
5G Applications: A Host of Niches Ranging from Healthcare to Automotive
5G – Is it truly disruptive or just a few Mbps faster than the current network? After a while lost in bringing life to the idea that existed only in theory years ago, 5G is finally here! The inception of ubiquitous 5G, an evolution of wireless 4G LTE, has left the entire telecom world buzzing […]
How a Patent Monetization Analysis Helped a Major Asian Telecom Company Prepare to Defend Patent Infringement Lawsuits in the U.S.
In 2017, we heard from an executive who was heading up a team that specialized in mobile and augmented reality-related technology at a large Asian telecom company. She had a troublesome problem having to do with patent monetization—the process of generating revenue from patents—which she couldn’t realistically solve herself. The researchers on her team were highly […]
LiFi vs. WiFi: Why LiFi Will Not Replace Your WiFi Router Anytime Soon?
LiFi right after its public disclosure took the world by storm. The new communication method claimed to use LEDs instead of dongles or antenna devices to provide internet access and data transfer at ultrahigh speed. In 2015, after several lab tests, LiFi achieved a record-breaking data transfer speed of 224Gbps. In later “real-world” tests by the […]
How Blockchain can solve the Telecom Industry’s major challenges?
Blockchain, with its emergence, has brought companies of several domains on their doors and one of those domains is telecommunications. As communication service providers are openly accepting the disruptive power of Blockchain technology in their systems, the market of the amalgamation is increasing at a steady pace. Valued at $46.6 million in 2018, the market […]
Blockchain in Telecom: Which companies are leading the research?
There is a lot of research and implementation going on to provide solutions for the telecom industry using Blockchain technology. This study could give you an idea about the level of intensity in which the research is going on by various companies. Knowing which companies are researching and on which applications can help you anticipate […]
Top 5 Universities Leading the Research in Wireless Communication
Did you know that LiFi can transfer data at speeds up to 224 Gbps? The sad fact is, the technology is still in the development phase and it’s going to be a while before it reaches our households. While LiFi takes its own sweet time, we still have the good ol’ wireless communication standards to […]
Telecom Patent Litigation Report: Down and Down, the Numbers go
As 5G technology is approaching realization faster, a surge could be noticed in the patent filing activity by telecom companies. China is at the forefront, in terms of filing numbers, as major telecom giants like ZTE and Huawei are filing patents internationally with good momentum. Qualcomm, the top innovator in 4G LTE, is not behind […]
Find how these 3 patents are solving the call drop problem
Imagine – You are in the middle of a very important telephonic conversation – maybe with a friend, or a potential investor, or business partner – pitching your breakthrough million-dollar idea that you believe is revolutionary and could change the world for better- and between the pitch, the call drop happens. What a bummer! Unfortunately, […]
How we use 3G and GSM concepts to invalidate 4G LTE Patents?
Of late, we have been performing a lot of invalidation searches on patents of 4G LTE. And I noticed a weird pattern – call it insight if you would like to – that I didn’t discover earlier while working on patents of 4G. The technique that I used in this patent prior art search for […]
