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1. Apple hides evidence of adverse Qualcomm fined 25,000 US dollars a day to pay a fine;
On December 24, according to Engadget, Apple and Qualcomm were not the best friends, so it was amazing to hear that Apple was fined for failing to come up with evidence of the chip maker's suit.
According to Bloomberg, the San Jose, CA, court has ordered Apple to pay $ 25,000 a day (from December 16 onwards) for failing to produce the documents required for the FTC proceedings earlier this year on the anti-competitive Qualcomm sued Qualcomm Inc. For example, Qualcomm offers Apple the option to reduce royalties if Apple uses only its baseband chip on an iPhone.
Apple spokesman Josh Rosenstock denied that the company had concealed the relevant documents and told Bloomberg: 'We have produced millions of documents for this case and are working hard to step up our efforts in a very short period of time Provide more requested information documents and we plan to appeal the decision.
It is unclear why Apple can not quickly prepare the information as the court requires, as the delay in submitting the court's decision would be good for Qualcomm unless the decision is revoked, otherwise Apple will have to file it by December 29, otherwise Will face more serious fines.
However, regardless of the amount of the fine, it has little effect on Apple's financial position because Apple can make a profit of 25,000 U.S. dollars in a matter of seconds.
Although Apple is not directly involved in the lawsuit, but the two companies are some legal contest.
In January of this year, Apple launched the war, using the Federal Trade Commission lawsuit to sue Qualcomm for $ 1 billion.
Last November, the chip maker countered its lawsuit by accusing Apple of failing to comply with its software licensing terms and sharing proprietary information with its rivals.
Apple sued Qualcomm again in late November, claiming that the old snapdragon chip infringed at least eight patents.
Of course, Qualcomm also responded in its own lawsuit claiming that all iPhones infringed at least 16 patents from the iPhone 7 to the iPhone X. (compiled / open air) TechWeb
2. R & D investment intensity shoulder Korea, Shenzhen rise 'patent high ground';
At the 19th China Patent Awards Ceremony not long ago, Shenzhen enterprises received another bumper harvest. There are 25 gold medals in the country and 5 solely in Shenzhen, ranking the first among major cities in China.
The Chinese Patent Award, jointly awarded by the State Intellectual Property Office and the World Intellectual Property Organization, is the highest award presented by the Chinese government in the field of patents. Starting from the 15th session, Shenzhen Enterprises has won more than 4 gold prizes for each successive session.
'A normal situation.' A Shenzhen intellectual property system to evaluate this, after all, Shenzhen is currently the domestic effective invention patents second only to Beijing, the effective invention patent for every 10 million people is 10 times the national average; PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty Patent Cooperation Agreement) is the share of international patent applications accounted for half of the country.
As the undisputed 'Patent Heights' in the whole country, Shenzhen's huge patent application and authorization amount is the guarantee of its strong technical innovation capability as well.
The artist is using virtual reality (VR) technology to paint at the 2017 Global Innovator Conference in Shenzhen. Photo credit: Xinhua News Agency
Large enterprise patent
Huawei is one of the Shenzhen enterprises that won the Gold Award of China's Patent, and its award-winning patent is "a relay method and wireless relay device for wireless relay devices." This is a large number of Internet of Things, smart home, home, enterprise WiFi, The key basic technologies of interconnection and interworking in the application scenario have been widely applied in the related products of Huawei routers and mainstream equipment vendors.
Huawei is only one of the fruits of years of research and development.As of the end of 2016, Huawei has over 62,000 patents, of which 90% are invention patents.At Shenzhen, the number of patent applications and grants, the basic By Huawei and ZTE two communications giants Zuozhuangzhuang.
According to the introduction of CBI by Huawei stakeholders, Huawei's innovation is based on innovation of both scientists and engineers and innovation based on customer needs and technology, and it creates an efficient R & D management system that integrates Western innovative ideas with China's engineering With more than 45% of its employees (about 80,000) engaged in R & D, Huawei has invested over 313 billion yuan in R & D and innovation in the past 10 years, which not only ensures Huawei's long-term commitment to R & D In mature markets, it has also laid a solid foundation for the layout of the future market. Just a few days ago, the world's first 5G (5G) standard was released and Huawei played an important role.
Skyworth Group is also the current China Patent Award winner, in January of this year, it also won the National Science and Technology Progress Award 1, becoming the only award since the establishment of the highest award-winning appliance business.The company's annual investment in research and development accounted for The proportion of sales revenue is close to 3%, which belongs to the higher level of the home appliances industry. As of June this year, it has applied for more than 5,100 patents in China and abroad and obtained over 3,000 licenses.
Patented technology to Skyworth tasted the sweetness, only the aforementioned access to the National Science and Technology Award for the patent application, it has created enormous economic benefits, '3 years added 31.1 billion yuan in total sales, new profit 1.21 billion yuan, 4.42 new tax revenue 100 million yuan. "Skyworth Group Chairman Lai Weide told the first financial reporter.
CGNPC is a large-scale central government-owned company headquartered in Shenzhen. In the past two years, it has become a famous nuclear power company because of its research and development of the third-generation nuclear power technology, 'Hualong I.' The birth of Hualong No.1 marks that China has moved from nuclear power The big country has stepped into a nuclear power country. "CGN Hualong No.1 Chief Designer Wang Xin told CBI reporter that" its technical safety has reached the highest standard in the world and can withstand disasters like the Fukushima nuclear accident. "
Behind this single product is the accumulation of numerous patent achievements. During the 12th FYP period, China Guangdong Nuclear Power Research and Development has spent a total of nearly 10 billion yuan on research and development, applied for more than 1.5 billion yuan in science and technology funds, and financed science and technology activities accounting for 5% of the Group's revenue. %, And further increased during the 13th Five-Year Plan period.Under such input, CGNPC has applied for more than 2,700 patents and won 2 gold medals in China.
At present, Shenzhen's R & D investment in the whole society accounts for about 4.1% of GDP, which is the same as that of Korea. According to the statistical report released by Shenzhen Intellectual Property Office, as of the end of 2016, the city's cumulative invention patent Applied for a total of 337,122 pieces and accumulated a total of 95,369 valid domestic invention patents, ranking the second among all major cities in China, second only to Beijing; the invention patent density reached 80.09 pieces / ten thousand pieces and the national average (7.98 pieces / ten thousand pieces) As the national demonstration area for independent innovation, the density of invention patents of national IPR demonstration cities and Shenzhen plays an exemplary lead role across the country, laying a solid foundation for building an international science and technology and industrial innovation center.
Of particular note is the indicator of the effective maintenance of the patent for a period of 20. The duration of the protection of invention patents in China is 20 years, the longer the maintenance period, the higher the annual fee is maintained, and only the patent with real market value can the enterprise be motivated to maintain its effectiveness. As of 2016, among the valid invention patents in Shenzhen, the share of maintenance patents in more than 6 years was 73.84%, with Beijing and Shanghai accounting for more than 50%; Shenzhen with a maintenance period of 3 to 10 years accounting for 82.29% and the proportion of more than 10 years There are 17.2% from the distribution of maintenance can be seen, the overall quality of domestic effective invention in Shenzhen domestic forefront of the 'patent bubble' phenomenon does not exist in Shenzhen.
At the same time, we can see from the aforesaid statistical report that enterprises, especially large and medium-sized enterprises, are the subject of patent application and authorization in Shenzhen City.At present, there are more than 30,000 science and technology enterprises in Shenzhen and about one-third of high-tech enterprises in the country , Forming a powerful group of echelon-type innovative enterprises.As of the end of 2016, enterprises as the patentee's patent (service invention) accounted for 95.2% of the total applications, the proportion far higher than the national average.But Huawei, ZTE, BYD, Tencent, Huaxing Optoelectronics and other famous enterprises, patent applications and authorized the top ten regulars .This phenomenon, in the PCT international patent also presented.
Through statistical analysis, since 2001, the correlation between the number of patent applications and GDP in Shenzhen reached as high as 0.9799, ranking the first among the major cities in China, indicating that patent applications in Shenzhen are closely related to economic development and patent applications support the economy Development, economic development and promote the patent application.
New R & D institutions
If the enterprise is a huge mountain in the 'Patent Heights' in Shenzhen, the new R & D institute closely related to the enterprises and the government is a mountainous peak in the highlands. They are located in different places and in different poses, A Common Feature: Stand at the forefront of scientific research in the world and explore the best of the best.
As the leader of reform and opening up, Shenzhen's economic development has always been at the forefront of the country. However, from the perspective of technological innovation and support, due to lack of source and basic research, there are few technologies that have major strategic breakthroughs and disruptive technologies, which will constrain technology Innovative level and economic development potential.Shenzhen realized this problem, innovative research and development institutions have emerged.This research and development institutions set science discovery, technological invention, industrial development 'three hair' in one, pay more attention to forward-looking Basic research and creative product development to build a sound basic innovation system.At the same time, we also pay more attention to direct market-oriented and industry-oriented needs. Through deep cooperation with enterprises, we can promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements and enhance their scientific research motivation and scientific research personnel's enthusiasm.
The Shenzhen municipal government has adopted tailor-made policies and measures and has cultivated hundreds of these institutions. They are mainly divided into two types: one is the introduction of a new state-owned system mode in which social subjects and the government are involved in common construction, such as the Shenzhen Advanced Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences Technology Research Institute (hereinafter referred to as 'Advanced Institute') and Shenzhen Institute of Tsinghua University, etc .; the other is dominated by social subjects, to take 'private officials help' model, such as the Institute of Polytechnic Guangqi, terahertz Technology Innovation Research Hospital and so on.
Founded in 2006 by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Shenzhen Municipal Government and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Advanced Institute was established in 2006. It is the first scientific research institution in Mainland China that focuses on integrated technologies and is mainly engaged in independent innovation of modern manufacturing industry. Under the leadership of the Council Dean's responsibility system.
Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shenzhen have many years of cooperation between the hospital and the city .In 1985, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shenzhen co-founded China's first high-tech industrial park - Shenzhen Science and Technology Industrial Park .After that, the two sides around the development of high-tech industries and scientific and technological achievements And continued to enhance cooperation in January 2006. The National Science and Technology Conference was held in January 2006 and formally proposed the strategic goal of building an innovative country. At this moment, the Chinese Academy of Sciences implemented the second major layout adjustment since the founding of People's Republic of China. One of the important layouts is to prepare At the same time, Shenzhen promulgated the "Decision on Implementing Independent Innovation Strategy to Build a National Innovative City," emphasizing that it will make every effort to improve the source of innovation capability and vigorously build innovation Based on the previous years of cooperation, based on the respective needs of both parties jointly contributed to the advanced hospital settled in Shenzhen at this time, the Chinese University of Hong Kong is also seeking more room for future development, the three parties hit it off.
Advanced Institute draws on the development model of Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute and builds a micro-collaborative innovation ecosystem that integrates scientific research, education, industry and capital with scientific research as its mainstay, and its strong scientific research strength and flexible institutional mechanism in Shenzhen The market for patents and papers per capita output advanced several times more than the entire Chinese Academy of Sciences system, as of 2016, a total of nearly 5,000 patent applications, authorized nearly 2000. On the basis of rich academic achievements, the advanced institute also actively carry out production, research and research cooperation, as of the first half of 2016, directly involved in the company over 30, the total assets of over 2 billion yuan, under the bachelor education, Shanghai bred two core professional Incubator, hatch out of hundreds of enterprises.
Fan Jianping, an advanced academy who accepted CBI's interview, said the success of the advanced academy is due to the fact that there is no clear distinction between basic research, applied research and technological innovation, and no one has the role of limiting the role of scientists and technologists in the innovation chain. Researchers have the freedom to choose research directions and projects. Those who are absorbed in academic research can work hard in cutting-edge technologies and those who are heavily applied in scientific research can closely integrate with the industry and make rapid industrialization after making scientific research achievements.
As the core of the returnees entrepreneur Liu Ruopeng Guangqi Institute of Technology Polytechnic, initiated by its founding team and Shenzhen Institute of Tsinghua University, Mindray biological, Shenzhen-Hong Kong production and research venture jointly launched in January 2010 to private non-corporate units registered, In 2012, it was incorporated into the Shenzhen institution, which started with the research of metamaterials and has now expanded its research and market to the fields of aerospace and artificial intelligence.With the introduction of the non-profit operation mode of foreign non-profit research institutes, Help and bear their own profits and losses, which stimulated the vitality of scientific research personnel to ensure that the innovative 'firepower' so far, the agency has a total of more than 4,600 applications for patents, authorized over 2600. In recent years, Liu Ruopeng won the leaders met, Light-based listed companies have also become the darling of the capital markets.
XAC Ark also won 1 China Patent Gold Award and 1 Excellence Award this year. Its terahertz technology innovation research institute, as the relying party of Shenzhen terahertz manufacturing innovation center, has become one of the world leaders in terahertz research and development The vice president of Huaxun's Ark Group and executive director of Shenzhen Terahertz Institute of Technology Innovation Ding Qing told CFIUS that the possession of core patents made XAC Ark become the industry leader.At present, In the field of satellite communications, it has applied for 503 patents at home and abroad, including 228 inventions in China, 18 foreign patents, 104 international PCT patent applications and 135 granted patents. The number of patent applications is among the highest in the country and in the world.
These new R & D institutions supported the strategic emerging industries in Shenzhen with fruitful original technological achievements, and the GDP of Shenzhen increased by 8.8% in the first three quarters of 2017. Among them, the new generation of information technology, biological and life health, new materials , Emerging energy represented by new energy sources, aerospace and intelligent equipment, accounting for over 40% of GDP. The new R & D institutions in mass production are important contributors to this dazzling achievement and the key to Shenzhen's continued competitiveness in the future A financial network
3. 'Battery door' fermented apples in the United States by the class action
Securities Times reporter Wu Jiaming
This Christmas seems not to have fared well for Apple Inc. of the United States.
According to overseas media reports, just after acknowledging that 'let the previous generation iPhone slow down,' Apple sued users and two iPhone 7 users filed a class action lawsuit against Apple in a district court in California's Central District , The two plaintiffs also said they not only represented themselves, but also all the users in the United States who own the iPhone 8 predecessors' mobile phones.
Disclosure documents show that the plaintiff pointed out that Apple deliberately slow down the operation of the phone caused the user to upgrade a new cell phone, suffered loss of use and loss of value, the purchase of new batteries and a series of consequences, so the user is entitled to compensation.
Many Apple mobile phone users may have experienced this, as Apple's mobile phones slowed down as soon as they upgraded their new system, after many questioned Apple's move to 'spontaneously' by deliberately reducing the performance of older models Replace the new model phone to get a better experience.According to rumors, Apple finally made a response.Apple confirmed that there is indeed to the old phone frequency down practice, but stressed that this is intended to prevent the accidental shutdown of the old model ' Features' .
There are comments for Apple's defense that Apple's introduction of such a battery life strategy, in fact, for those who have been using the old models do not want to change the user's sake.
Some analysts said that whether it is malicious business operations that may require government regulators to intervene, or really, as Apple said is a feature to protect the life of older models, to ensure that consumers should be transparent Apple's obligations , The incident or the company share price impact.
So far, Apple's share price soar this year has more than 50%, quite eye-catching performance, and Wall Street analysts seem, Apple's stock price will continue well next year, Morgan Stanley analysts said Apple In 2018 is still their preferred choice.
Last month, Apple's market value exceeded 900 billion U.S. dollars, mainly due to the company's rising share price. Investors can not help but question whether Apple will become the first company with a market capitalization of up to 1 trillion U.S. dollars?
Apple's stock price rise, largely depends on the iPhone series selling in the market.According to the company's current outstanding shares, if the stock reached 193.61 US dollars, its market value can exceed 1 trillion US dollars.Market research firm GBH Insights Released research report predicts that Apple will be the first one in the coming year to reach trillion US dollars in market capitalization company. Wall Street investment firm Millet Tabac analyst Mare said that from a technical point of view of Apple's stock price after a period After a strong rise in time, there will be two months of sideways consolidation, followed by a new round of rise if the market does not appear adjusted, Apple shares in January next year will rise to 190 to 200 US dollars.
Nomura analyst Geoffrey Cornel previously released a client report downgrading Apple's stock rating from 'buy' to 'neutral' and lowered its target price from $ 185 to $ 175 due to The company believes Apple's current valuation is already too high compared with the previous iPhone cycle.