08 FEBRUARY 2023
Chief IP strategy officer sheds light on ZTE’s SEP portfolio management strategy
In an exclusive interview with Tim Pohlmann, Mang Zhu offers some insights into how she built one of the world’s largest 5G portfolios and, in the process, married key R&D goals with critical standards development work.
Authors:
Tim Pohlmann
25 JANUARY 2023
Auto industry demands a fresh SEP/FRAND focus in 2023
Power in the OEM space is shifting, while 2023 promises even greater numbers of standards implemented in vehicles. IP professionals, as well as directors in standards development, should bear several key considerations in mind as we settle into the new year.
Authors:
Tim Pohlmann
18 JANUARY 2023
A year in review: key SEP/FRAND discussions in 2022
SEP/FRAND discussions dominated conferences, webinars and symposiums over 2022. This two-part review examines the key takeaways from these conversations, with a special focus on industries where standards subject to SEPs are implemented.
Authors:
Tim Pohlmann
09 NOVEMBER 2022
Race to the top: the key contenders in the IoT SEP space
The number of declared patents in the IoT SEP space is increasing annually as the demand for smart technology accelerates. Licensing of SEPs in IoT – especially those related to NB-IoT and LTE-M – will be a major challenge for industries looking to adapt connectivity technologies.
Authors:
Tim Pohlmann
01 JUNE 2022
Who is leading the 5G patent race?
Licensing of 5G SEPs promises to become a highly lucrative market, making the 5G patent race more competitive than ever before – although the latest 5G patent data shows that the question of who is currently winning it remains unclear.
Authors:
Tim Pohlmann and
Magnus Buggenhagen
06 APRIL 2022
How standards and SEPs can help the move to a post-carbon economy
The advances of the latest technology standards can be leveraged to help mitigate the pressing issue of climate change. Standards generations such as 5G and WiFi 6 can help to track and identify our carbon footprint and help us lower energy usage and emissions.
Authors:
Tim Pohlmann and
Andrew Garrett
16 MARCH 2022
Analysis of patents, SEPs and standards in the smart healthcare sector
Smart healthcare is set to inaugurate radical changes in the diagnosis and treatment of patients. A deep dive into patent filings, SEP declarations and standards contributions that describe a smart healthcare application provides a compelling snapshot of this growing area
Authors:
Tim Pohlmann
03 NOVEMBER 2021
Who leads the 5G patent race as 2021 draws to the end?
The very latest figures on 5G declared patent families provides a crucial snapshot of a fast-evolving space and reveals which companies are pulling ahead.
Authors:
Tim Pohlmann
20 OCTOBER 2021
Who’s ahead in the WiFi 6 patent race
WiFi 6 offers the potential to exceed earlier generations of WiFi, especially in terms of wider implementation beyond routers and phones or personal computers. However, it is essential for IP professionals to fully understand the landscape of WiFi 6 patents, especially when it comes to SEPs.
Authors:
Tim Pohlmann
06 OCTOBER 2021
What to watch out for in the SEP landscape
As the number of SEPs continues to rise, IPlytics delves into the data to find out which companies are making the figures soar.
Authors:
Tim Pohlmann
04 AUGUST 2021
The biggest owners of patents, SEPs and standard contributions for smart energy technology
A wave of oncoming smart energy technology could be about to make the worlds electricity infrastructure more efficient, however it relies on standardised technology such as 4G, 5G or Wi-Fi, which are subject to thousands of SEPs. This has wide-reaching implications for the energy industry, which implements these standards as well as for the standards developers and owners of relevant patents and SEPs.
Authors:
Tim Pohlmann
21 JULY 2021
AI may be the solution to skyrocketing numbers of SEP declarations
The number of patents declared per years has almost tripled over the past 5 years. The volume of data is impossible for humans to analyse in a short time frame, but AI presents an exciting and affordable answer to this issue.
Authors:
Tim Pohlmann
14 APRIL 2021
Who are SEP leaders and standards developers for smart factory technologies?
IPlytics takes a deep dive into the companies with declared patents that have contributed to the standards development of the three smart factory application 5G technologies.
Authors:
Tim Pohlmann and
Magnus Buggenhagen
24 MARCH 2021
How much 5G is needed in cars?
As the automotive industry plays catch-up with the telecoms and other SEP-relevant sectors, it is crucial to reflect on where standards such as 4G and 5G will actually fit into the space.
Authors:
Tim Pohlmann
17 MARCH 2021
How to use standards contribution data to understand SEP portfolios
IPlytics takes a deep dive into standards contribution data and explains how this provides key insights into the SEP portfolios of major companies in the tech space.
Authors:
Tim Pohlmann
03 MARCH 2021
Who is leading the VVC technology race?
With the boom in video sharing due to the covid-19 pandemic, software companies have been updating their SEP portfolios for video codec patents, with the next-generation video codec Versatile Video Coding (VVC) being the most advanced video codec out there. IPlytics examines the companies paving the way for this tech.
Authors:
Tim Pohlmann
17 FEBRUARY 2021
Who is leading the 5G patent race? A patent landscape analysis on declared SEPs and standards contributions
With more and more companies declaring ownership of SEPs with 5G standards, it is crucial to keep up with the filing numbers of the leaders in connectivity.
Authors:
Tim Pohlmann
25 NOVEMBER 2020
What the numbers tell us about the growing market of wireless charging technology
The IPlytics Platform takes a deep dive into the most recent data to reveal patents and SEP trends for wireless charging standards.
Authors:
Tim Pohlmann
05 AUGUST 2020
Who is leading the WiFi 6 patent race?
As WiFi 6 applications hit the stores, experts at IPlytics reveal the top filers in the field and discuss why WiFi has not become obsolete despite the rollout of the 5G standard.
Authors:
Tim Pohlmann
22 JULY 2020
Who owns patents, SEPs and develops standards for smart home technologies?
The use of interconnected devices in the home is growing at a rapid rate, which has led to a rise in the number of connectivity standards related to smart homes. The IPlytics platform was used to examine standards contribution, SEPs and patent data to explore the latest technology trends and identify the most important players in smart home technology.
Authors:
Tim Pohlmann and
Magnus Buggenhagen
27 MAY 2020
Rise in extended reality technology patents suggests market revival
In-depth analysis of global patent filing levels reveals a number of brands across industries ranging from videoconferencing to automotives renewing their investments in this cutting-edge technology, with LG and Sony among those leading the way.
Authors:
Tim Pohlmann and
Prajay Raghu
19 FEBRUARY 2020
Landscape analysis reveals who is leading the tech race for cybersecurity
A detailed examination of the development of innovations and standards in the field of cybersecurity provide an overview of the security landscape in the digital age.
Authors:
Tim Pohlmann and
Hans Magnus Joachim Buggenhagen
12 FEBRUARY 2020
The future of 5G patent licensing
As the application of 5G will differ from industry to industry, licensing mechanisms will need to be more flexible. SEP owners will have to strike a balance between offering different pricing structures for different use cases and providing frictionless mechanisms.
Authors:
Tim Pohlmann
20 NOVEMBER 2019
Who is leading the 5G patent race?
Here is the IPlytics Platform's November update for leaders in the 5G patent race – some firms move up, while others drop off the list of the most influential innovators in this sphere.
Authors:
Tim Pohlmann
16 OCTOBER 2019
Patent and SEP trends in autonomous driving technologies
Autonomous driving technology promises to disrupt and transform the automotive space as we know it, spurring a race between giants for the biggest breakthrough in human transportation since the airplane. This technology landscape is now two-pronged, with software and communications companies working on vehicles and automobile companies working on complex software concepts and sensors. This article analyses patent documents as well as standards contributions and SEPs declared to 5G, V2X and 802.11.
Authors:
Tim Pohlmann
25 SEPTEMBER 2019
Patent trends in truck platooning
The Internet of Things (IoT) has taken the world by storm over the last decade. One interesting development in the logistics sector has been the increased use of IoT in connected vehicles to enable cruise control, also known as platooning or road-trains. This article focuses on the growth of patent filings in the global truck-platooning market.
Authors:
Tim Pohlmann
06 AUGUST 2019
The patent race for fuel cell vehicles
In the past few years, e-vehicle sales have greatly risen. While the global market share is still small, forecasts predict that sales will grow by around 40% in 2019. While patents for fuel cell batteries are increasing in number, some major automotive companies have not yet taken the plunge to develop this technology.
Authors:
Tim Pohlmann
31 JULY 2019
Who is leading the 5G patent race? July 2019 update – part two
In the second part of a two-part series, IPlytics looks at what the leaders in the 5G patent race are doing to stay at the top, and the indicators that other companies will move up in the future.
Authors:
Tim Pohlmann
24 JULY 2019
Who is leading the 5G patent race? July 2019 update – part one
In a two-part series, the IPlytics Platform was used to determine the leaders in the 5G patent race. Owners of 5G SEPs will likely become technology and market leaders, thus enabling 5G connectivity in various markets. Further, companies will have to use SEPs when implementing standardised 5G technology.
Authors:
Tim Pohlmann
12 JUNE 2019
Who are the patent leaders in blockchain?
There are new uses for the underlying technology in cryptocurrency – blockchain – emerging almost every day. While we are yet to see where this technology will be applied in the commercial sector, data from the IPlytics Platform shows that large corporations are starting to build blockchain IP portfolios.
Authors:
Tim Pohlmann
