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1.Boton still did not give up the acquisition of Qualcomm, if the two sides merger will happen?
According to the comprehensive report of micro network, the most concern in the industry recently is that Broadcom submitted more than 130 billion U.S. dollars to Qualcomm, although Broadcom has explicitly rejected the tender offer, Broadcom still insists on acquiring Qualcomm, Hock Tan, CEO, said in a statement that the merger will create a strong global company. The existing takeover offer is attractive to Qualcomm shareholders. "Their response encourages us."
As we all know, patent licensing business is an important source of Qualcomm revenue.It was even reported that if Broadcom successfully acquired Qualcomm, Broadcom will be through the adjustment of licensing and chip sales between the price system, and strive to maintain authorized business economic indicators.
According to the IP data and analysis platform ktMINE survey, Qualcomm holds about 64,100 patents worldwide and Broadcom also has about 34,400 patents.At the same time, according to IAM reports, although the number of patents held by Qualcomm worldwide is nearly twice that of Broadcom However, if we look at the number of patents made in the United States alone, Broadcom will use about 23,400 more Qualcomm received about 20,000 patents.
Digitimes pointed out that although both parties overlap each other in some patent projects, if Broadcom can really buy Qualcomm in future, based on the patent basis of both parties, it will create a huge patent combination effect.It is reported that the patents obtained by Qualcomm and Broadcom In terms of classification, both have partially overlapping patents, especially the H04L project, so if Broadcom really acquired Qualcomm in the future, this overlapping area will be an enhancement to the newly merged company, of course It may also be a part of the deal that is of particular concern to the antitrust regulators.
In addition, a survey conducted by TechInsights, a patented service and technology intelligence company, shows that Qualcomm and Broadcom each have their respective strengths in different patented technologies. According to the survey results of TechInsights, Broadcom and Qualcomm are well matched. Qualcomm has a long history in the transport layer ) And imaging innovation, Broadcom is a dazzling performer on the physical layer and in the film and television patents. If the two sides merge, the complementarities between them will be quite good. Therefore, there will be Help provide a complete solution for networking technology devices.In terms of brand value, according to the British professional brand value research institutes brand financial survey of the '17 Global 500 'report shows that in 2017 Qualcomm ranked the world's top brand value of about 6.8 billion US dollars 221, ranking 371st over the brand value of about $ 4.1 billion in 2016 and up 150 places in the past year. Similarly, Broadcom ranked 349th in the world with about $ 4.8 billion in brand value in 2017, while Broadcom in 2016 Not ranked into the list. Can be seen Qualcomm's brand value higher than the section of Broadcom.
2. Qualcomm to ITC to submit an application: I hope to prohibit the use of Intel's Modem iPhone imported to the United States;
Set the micro-channel news, following Qualcomm filed a new lawsuit against Apple in Southern District District Court on Wednesday, the United States has another source pointed out that Qualcomm has submitted an application to the US International Trade Commission (ITC), hoping to prohibit the use of Intel modems iPhone imports to the United States The affected phones include iPhone X, 8/8 Plus, 7/7 Plus.
It is reported that these phones support AT & T and T-Mobile network, while Verizon and Sprint use Qualcomm modems, so will not be affected.
It is noteworthy that, on Wednesday, Apple just filed a counterclaim against Qualcomm, accusing Qualcomm's Snapdragon cell phone chip infringes on eight of Apple's patents, and later, Qualcomm fought back and accused Apple iPhone X, iPhone 8 and iPhone 7 of infringing 5 patents covering the power of RF transceivers, mobile processors, device power management, and image enhancement based on depth of field data.
Qualcomm, meanwhile, again in a filing with ITC claiming that Apple can import iPhones (no matter who is using the modem) as long as they do not infringe the patents involved in the application, but Apple has no right to infringe the Qualcomm Non-standard element patent. "The original intention of the design of the patented system was to stop such infringement and thus reward innovation.
Apple has yet to comment, but the company said in a Wednesday document: 'The Apple iPhone is why consumers love smartphones, and it continues to drive products and technologies that Apple creates and innovates, such as the iPhone X Face ID Qualcomm 's paid commercial fruit powder boast about their role in smartphone development, but in fact it is Apple, not Qualcomm, that puts an easy - to - use, computer - based phone in the hands of people.
After Apple sued Qualcomm in January this year, claiming about $ 1 billion from it, up till now, the patent war between Qualcomm and Apple did not end yet.
3. The court ruled that BlackBerry paid Nokia 137 million patent fee;
Sina Technology News Beijing December 1 evening news, the International Court of Arbitration (ICA) today ruled that BlackBerry need to pay 137 million US dollars Nokia patent royalties.
Blackberry said that affected, the company will be included in the future quarterly earnings of this fee, but did not say when included.
At the same time, Blackberry stressed that the dispute stems from the issue of payment of a patent license agreement between the two parties and has nothing to do with suing Nokia for infringement of patent rights before.
In February, BlackBerry sued Nokia accused Nokia of infringing its 11 patented technologies and asked Nokia to pay a royalties, saying that the allegedly infringing Nokia products include Flexi Multiradio base stations, broadcast network controllers and Liquid Radio software, Up to 11 patents.
At present, the patent license has become an important revenue source for BlackBerry, but also the company CEO Cheng Shou-tsung to reverse the decline of life-saving straw.Because of the sluggish smartphone business, Nokia's revenue has been a continuous decline for 6 years.
Now that BlackBerry no longer makes hardware, it has just turned to software, and BlackBerry has given it all to its licensees to make and sell hardware.
The second quarter of this year, BlackBerry revenue of 249 million US dollars, down from 352 million US dollars the same period last year, but slightly higher than the 244 million US dollars in the first quarter, of which software and services revenue hit 196 million US dollars New high. (Li Ming)
4. Development and Reform Commission: 70% of the invention patents from small and medium micro-enterprises;
'Currently, small and medium-sized and micro-enterprises account for 99% of the total number of enterprises in our country, have finished more than 70% invention patents and provided more than 80% of new jobs. "Li Parkmin, secretary general of NDRC, said on the 29th.
Li Pumin made the remark on '2017 China SME Development Conference and the 11th China SME Festival' held in Shanghai Fengxian on November 29. He said that the practice of our country's economic development proves that small and medium-sized micro-enterprises in the national economy Has an irreplaceable position and role in providing more than 50% of the tax revenue and creating more than 60% of the GDP.
In recent years, in particular, a large number of small and medium-sized micro-enterprises have been spurred by the new economy, new technologies, new formats and new models in China, and Li Parkin said that the leaders in these enterprises are often in a very short period of time, It became a 'stealth champion' in the subdivision industry and a 'unicorns' enterprise with leading positions. "Small and medium-sized micro-enterprises are becoming one of the important sources of new dynamic energy for our economy and an important support for the optimization and upgrading of the economic structure. To protect and improve the livelihood of an important basis.
Li Zibin, president of China Association of Small and Medium Enterprises, believes that at present China is in the process of transforming its mode of development, optimizing its economic structure and shifting its motivation for growth. Many middle and low-end industries are increasingly fiercely competitive with many SMEs facing a rapid rise in costs , Changes in market demand, financing difficulties and financing problems, etc. In this context, vigorously promote entrepreneurship, will inspire and guide the majority of small and medium micro-enterprises to develop new technologies, create new products, create new models and promote new industries and new Fostering business growth.
At present, all over the country are setting up platforms to provide space for small and medium-sized enterprises to expand their new industries and new industries. Shanghai is speeding up the development of 'science and technology innovation and vitality zones for SMEs' in Fengxian, forming a special industrial policy system that covers the gathering of enterprises and industries and the environment , The gathering of talents, to provide public services and resources for the development of new SMEs. (Reporter Li Rong) Xinhuanet
5.iPhone with a touch pen has this technology Lu Xuan machine
iPhone future with Apple Pencil more and more foreign media reports, Apple Pencil and iPhone communication and collaboration technology surfaced, more and more diversified functional applications.
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Patently Apple reports that Apple further unveiled the communication and collaboration technology between the stylus and the Apple Pencil, which can wirelessly transmit encoded data to the iPhone via Bluetooth, WiFi or other wireless communication protocols.
In the application, the report pointed out that the iPhone's touch-sensing panel can be divided into several blocks, when the Apple Pencil nib touches the iPhone panel, the panel of the application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) with the nib trace operation touch Scan, stylus signal analysis hardware analyzes data from sensing components.
Patently Apple previously reported that Apple's patented technology shows that the iPhone can be used with Apple Pencils for word processing, spreadsheet creation, mail delivery and more.
Reported that Apple design touch screen electronic device user interface, with stylus design, the relevant technology can be widely used in the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.
Foreign media previously reported that Apple's Apple Pencil future will support iPhone's iMovie video editing software, through the Apple Pencil to edit editing video content.
PatentlyApple recently reported that Apple Pencil can sense and store the fabric or fabric images, the relevant images can be placed on the industry's Web site, consumers can use the stylus to select the images, through Haptic feedback (hapticfeedback) device, consumers can perceive the image material or fabric material.
Apple's large-size tablet iPad Pro has stylus pen ApplePencil, this Apple Pencil built-in sensor, internal drive IC components play a key role, allowing the Apple Pencil to detect the location of the pen, pressure and tilt, can be free to adjust the lines of the brush strokes Thickness, color density and angle of direction