Huawei has joined the Wi-Fi 6 patent pool, and the license rate is open. Users can obtain the necessary patent licenses of Wi-Fi6 standard of Huawei and other patentees through this patent pool. Huawei's Wi-Fi6 products are also authorized by the patent pool. Huawei has joined the Wi-Fi 6 patent pool, and the license rate is open.
Huawei joined the Wi-Fi 6 patent pool, and the license rate was made public as 1. On July 19, Huawei and Sisvel officially announced the establishment of the Wi-Fi 6 patent pool almost at the same time.
Huawei's official announcement focuses on becoming a founding member of SisvelWi-Fi 6 patent pool and joining the patent pool as a licensor and licensee.
Sisvel officially announced more content, and launched a dedicated page for Wi-Fi 6 license. According to Sisvel's official disclosure, the first patent licensors in the Wi-Fi 6 patent pool include Huawei, MediaTek, Philips, SK Telecom and Wilus. At the same time, it was announced that Huawei and Philips were also the first licensees of the pool.
One of the biggest features of this Wi-Fi 6 pool established by Sisvel organization is the introduction of a new structured payment plan-LIFT. Elevators are mainly provided to licensees of new swimming pools.
Mattia Fogliacco, president of Sisvel, said: "LIFT is the result of two years' efforts. It is specially designed for the shortcomings that early authorizers sometimes feel and the" I don't want to be the first "syndrome. We believe that elevators will greatly help to create a level playing field.
In other words, this official announcement has two points worthy of attention: one is Sisvel's newly launched LIFT plan, and the other is that Huawei has become a founding member. There may be some connection between these two points. The Wi-Fi 6 patent pool may be the first patent pool organization that China enterprises participate in at present, which can influence the formulation of rules.
Before paying attention to these two points, let's take a look at what other important information there is in this patent pool.
The first is the license rate and the license object.
According to the official rates disclosed by Sisvel, it is divided into two categories. As can be seen from the application fields announced by Huawei, it includes consumer electronics, smart homes, industrial enterprises and other fields.
The enterprise access point (industrial enterprise) is $3, and other products (consumer electronics, smart home) are $0.5. This is related to the fact that the number of enterprise access points is far less than that of consumer products, and the principle that the more licenses, the lower the average unit price.
Source: Sisvel official website
In addition, the scope of these two categories is further defined in Sisvel's license agreement.
Enterprise access points include the following scope (machine translation, uncertain accuracy):
Other products include the following scope (machine translation, accuracy is not guaranteed). It can be seen that the license of Wi-Fi 6 is only for end products, excluding intermediate products ("intermediate products"), such as chips, semiconductor components and modules. In other words, on the whole, this patent pool continues the authorization principle of the previous Wi-Fi and mobile phone industries and adopts "terminal-level" charging.
However, it is worth noting that there are special regulations for cars.
Excluding it from the intermediate products of the agreement, that is, "In-dash Products" (the machine in the above picture translates as "In-dash Products") should not be charged according to the whole vehicle, but according to the supplier of "In-dash Products", which is equivalent to the "component level" charge in the automobile field.
Secondly, the list of standard essential patents about this patent pool.
Sisvel's website says:
All patent series contained in Sisvel's Wi-Fi 6 pool are evaluated by certified independent appraisers. With the emergence of new patents assessed as necessary for the IEEE 802. 1 1ax standard, the list of assessed patents will be updated regularly. At present, most patents are undergoing importance assessment, and we expect to publish a list before the end of 2022.
This may also mean that when Sisvel's patent list is ready, it is time to vigorously promote Wi-Fi 6. Visually, in the second half of this year, some domestic enterprises using Wi Fi 6 may receive greetings from Sisvel one after another. In fact, Sisvel has included the license of Wi-Fi 6 in some recent license agreements, such as the 2G/3G/4G license with vivo.
Judging from the technical development of Wi-Fi6, many enterprises have adopted this technology, which means that the establishment of this patent pool is later than industrial application. The actual situation is that after 20 19, products supporting Wi-Fi 6 gradually increased, and mobile phones such as Apple, Samsung, Huawei and Xiaomi, as well as chips above 865 of Qualcomm Snapdragon, have already supported this technology.
Therefore, charging for these mature applications may be the focus of Sisvel in the next stage.
Huawei joins the Wi-Fi 6 patent pool, and the license rate is open. Huawei official website announced today that it has joined the patent pool of Sisvel Wi-Fi6 as a founding member. Users can obtain the necessary patent license of Wi-Fi6 standard from Huawei and other patentees who enter the patent pool through this patent pool. Huawei's Wi-Fi6 products are also authorized by the patent pool.
"Huawei hopes and is willing to share our innovative technology in the field of Wi-Fi with the industry," said Fan Zhiyong, director of Huawei's intellectual property department. "Wi-Fi technology is widely used in consumer electronics, smart homes, industrial enterprises and other fields. Patent pool can improve the transparency of patent licensing and reduce licensing disputes. Users can obtain licenses for all patents in the patent pool at one time, improving licensing efficiency and reducing licensing costs. "
At the same time, Fan Zhiyong said that Huawei has always advocated that innovators should get reasonable returns. Patent pool can help enterprises license patents and invest licensing income in innovation, which is particularly important for small and medium-sized enterprises. Huawei expects that the successful operation of the patent pool will attract more enterprises to invest in the research of the next generation of Wi-Fi technology.
Mattia Fogliacco, president of Sisvel, said: "We are very happy that Huawei has joined our new patent pool as a patentee. Under the impetus of the past two years, we have established a framework scheme that is beneficial to the technology market, which can reduce friction and balance the interests of innovators and users.
Huawei agreed to join the patent pool as a founding member and as a licensor and licensee, which verified the feasibility of this approach. We believe that based on the high-quality intellectual property rights contributed by Huawei and other patentees, the patent pool will soon attract more licensees and patentees. "
Huawei is still open to companies wishing to obtain direct licenses through bilateral negotiations. Users can choose to obtain the license of Huawei Wi-Fi6 patents through the patent pool of Sisvel Wi-Fi6 or by reaching a direct license with Huawei.
Huawei has joined the Wi-Fi 6 patent pool, and the license rate is open. 3 SIVEL recently announced the launch of the Wi-Fi 6 patent pool. The first patent licensors include Huawei, MediaTek, Philips, SK Telecom and Wilus, and Huawei and Philips are also the first licensees in the patent pool. At the same time, Sisvel has launched a new structured payment plan-Technology License Incentive Framework (LIFT), which is only applicable to licensees who fully abide by the license agreement.
The license rate disclosed by Sisvel shows that the compliance rate of enterprise access points (industrial enterprises) is US$ 3 (about RMB 20.22), and the compliance rate of other products such as consumer electronics and smart homes is US$ 0.5 (about RMB 3.37).
Sisvel pointed out that all patent families included in Sisvel's Wi-Fi 6 patent pool have been evaluated by independent evaluators. With the emergence of new patents that are crucial to the IEEE 802. 1 1ax standard, the patent list will be updated regularly. Most patents are currently undergoing a necessity assessment, and we expect to publish a list before the end of 2022.
Jako Eleveld, head of Philips intellectual property licensing, pointed out that patent pool is the most effective and transparent way to obtain standard necessary patent licensing, which can reduce transaction costs and promote fair competition.