LTE: a policy of fair license management
By admin at 15 April, 2008, 8:16 pm
The multiple conflicts observed in the patents related to 3G encourage stakeholders in the development of 3G LTE to establish a management framework for harmonious this sensitive issue.
Complaints repeated in the field of patents and 3G licence fees granted, with an apogee may be represented by multiple cases opposing Qualcomm and Nokia, encourage companies responsible for development of future 3G networks LTE (Long Term Evolution) prudence.
The management of patent rights resulting from these new technologies has become a specialty for some companies, who reap substantial profits each year and fiercely defend their territory.
To avoid arrive at a deadlock, several companies, consisting of equipment and terminal manufacturers (Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, NEC, NextWave Wireless, Nokia, Nokia Siemens Networks and Sony Ericsson) announced the setting of a common framework ensuring a transparent and predictable overview of the costs of intellectual property relating to the development of technology LTE / SAE (see our record for details).
Towards harmonious management and without surprises (bad)
The group formed a framework proposes said FRAND (Fair, Reasonable And Non-Discriminatory) urging companies to claim licensing fees on patents essential adapted to the use made of the finished product and as a proportion of participation in development those patents.
Companies must accept, for example, that the rights accrued to the intellectual property rights in a mobile terminal does not exceed a certain percentage to a single digit of the selling price of products.
This framework must allow FRAND not slow down the adoption of technology LTE under the influence of the appetite of some companies succeed and its transformation into standard, which will have beneficial consequences for all.
“The market for the management of patents requires fundamental rules in order to function properly,” says Ilkka Rahnasto, vice president for intellectual property at Nokia. “The announcement today is a step towards the establishment of licensing costs more predictable and transparent in order to speed up the adoption of new technologies.”
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