Companies responsible for making wireless networking equipment such as Apple, Google, Samsung, and others often pay for core wireless network technology vendors such as Qualcomm, Nokia and Ericsson to license their chips and other patented intellectual property.
The most controversial questions lie in whether the value of important patented technology is priced on a chip (higher number) or on chips driven by phone (maybe only a few hundred dollars.) Obviously, technology giants want to be able to license The pricing is tied to the chip, so they can pay less for the patent.
Companies such as Qualcomm hope to price their products based on end-products such as cell phones or vehicles, and they believe that the demand for interconnection of devices varies widely and differences in the cost of each product patent should be highlighted by the price of the final product.
Differences between the two sides view more and more.Apple and other major US consumer brands believe that it invested tens of thousands of dollars in patented technology to produce a final product, a great contribution to product value; and the United States and Europe and other technology innovation companies They think they spend billions of dollars in R & D and have developed standards and technologies that are now bilked off.
According to the latest survey results, nearly three-fourths of wireless technology patent holders declined to promise to provide the latest technology in a specific environment, and such technologies may play a decisive role in the interconnection of devices.Apples and Qualcomm's Patent Litigation War is proof that Qualcomm has recovered some of the chip test software from Apple, and Apple declined to pay Qualcomm the cost should be paid.
The two sides each hold the word, commentators in the industry said Qualcomm has paid too much for its technology, but Apple declined to pay royalties.A San Francisco-based investment bank - Houlihan Lokey (Houlihan Lokey), general manager and intellectual property Commissioner Elvir Causevic said: 'In fact, the lawsuit hit this part of the regulatory agencies in the United States or the EU there is no action.' In fact, regulators said the two sides do not conflict with the requirements.
Of course, antitrust authorities may also wish to protect the interests of these two camps, so that they are delayed until now, and if the car becomes a "phones on wheels," then the French, German and Italian car makers will need to obtain The low-cost wireless technology, which is as appealing as Apple and Google, may put telecommunications (the current patented system) in the bus for European car makers to get into smart vehicles.
The agency is watching the U.S. move and confirms its treatment of wireless standards and patents as the 5G cyber-patent battle has just begun.