1. Xiaomi will create the largest IPO of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Look at Xiaomi's patent layout from the prospectus;
Gathering micro-messages, the most noteworthy news in recent days is that Xiaomi has formally submitted a listing application to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and will create the largest IPO in Hong Kong’s history. According to an open prospectus published by Xiaomi, it shows that as of 2018 On the 31st of the month, Xiaomi's patent portfolio includes more than 7,000 authorized patents and more than 16,000 pending patent applications, of which about 50% of the granted patents are obtained overseas.
Specifically, Xiaomi has obtained more than 3,600 authorized patents from the State Intellectual Property Office of China, and 10,900 patent applications are being processed. In addition, Xiaomi has been in several overseas countries and jurisdictions (mainly the United States, Europe (including Not limited to the United Kingdom, France, Germany, India, Japan and Russia) register more than 3,500 patents and there are more than 5,800 patent applications pending.
In terms of trademarks and copyrights, as of March 31, 2018, Xiaomi owned approximately 140 software copyrights and approximately 150 other copyrights, all of which were registered in the National Copyright Administration of the Mainland China and were copyrighted by themselves. At the same time, Xiaomi has been in China. The Trademark Office has registered about 1,600 different types of trademarks, and has about 3,700 registered trademarks in other countries and regions.
In terms of domain names, as of March 31, 2018, Xiaomi had over 500 registered domain names, including the official website's domain name, and renewed the domain name regularly.
According to Xiaomi, in 2015, 2016 and 2017, Xiaomi’s patent application expenses were RMB 77.9 million, RMB 1.7 billion and RMB 139 million, respectively.
Millet faces multiple intellectual property claims
It is worth mentioning that Xiaomi said in the prospectus that he had faced and may continue to face certain intellectual property rights claims (including patents, copyright and trademark disputes) related to technology or intellectual property used in products and services and alleged infringement or violation of intellectual property rights. ), may also involve new claims in the future. For example:
On December 5, 2014, Ericsson filed a civil lawsuit against the Delhi High Court in New Delhi, India. Xiaomi Technology and Xiaomi India Technology were defendants. Ericsson claimed that Xiaomi sold and promoted several models of mobile phones and other mobile phone accessories in India. Including eight patents in the communications field registered in India, Ericsson sued Xiaomi for infringing on its related patents because these eight patents were not effectively licensed by Ericsson;
On January 12, 2018, Yulong Computer Communication Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. filed a lawsuit with Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court of Guangdong Province, Xiaomi Communications, Xiaomi Technology and Xiaomizhijia Business Co., Ltd. Shenzhen Branch No. 1 as defendants. The products claimed to be produced and sold by Xiaomi include the technology covered by the three invention patents it holds and infringe the relevant patents;
On December 4, 2017, Hangzhou Lian An Security Engineering Co., Ltd. filed a lawsuit with Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court in Hangzhou, Xiaomi Communications, Xiaomi Technology and certain other persons as defendants. Hangzhou Lian An claimed that Xiaomi is in Xiaomi Mall and third-party online Some products sold by distribution partners infringe the "MIKA Mijia" trademark.
In addition, Xiaomi also had and may continue to face various types of claims for infringement or misuse of intellectual property rights. The related claims were caused by digital content and Internet services provided by Internet service providers through games, video and music provided through the Xiaomi platform.
Xiaomi has signed a global cross-license agreement with a number of companies
In addition, Xiaomi said in the prospectus that Xiaomi has entered into a global cross-licensing agreement with a number of leading global technology companies in the mobile communications market due to the use of intellectual property rights licensed from third parties in the design of many products. protocol.
Since 2010, Xiaomi has established business relationship with Qualcomm; in September 2016, Xiaomi and Qualcom have entered into the 3G and 4G Mainland China Patent License Agreements, pursuant to which Qualcomm has granted Miller China 3G and 4G complete equipment patent licenses (to be paid); In November 2017, Xiaomi further developed cooperation with Qualcomm and entered into a multi-product patent license agreement. According to the agreement, Qualcomm granted Millet with special patent licenses for 3G and 4G equipment outside China Mainland (to be paid); April 2018, Xiaomi Signed a new multi-product patent licensing agreement with Qualcomm, replacing the multi-product patent license agreement with Qualcomm in November 2017.
In May 2016, Xiaomi entered into a cooperation and license agreement with Microsoft, pursuant to which, Microsoft agreed to cooperate with Xiaomi to deploy Microsoft Office and Microsoft Xiaona apps related to Android-compatible smartphones and tablets, and in mainland China, India and several Other countries and regions sell products pre-installed with Microsoft software suites. Millet's cooperation with Microsoft includes pre-installed software, technical support, and patent licensing and trading. Xiaomi also entered into a purchase agreement with Microsoft in May 2016, pursuant to which Microsoft will patent Transferred to Xiaomi.
In December 2016, Xiaomi obtained a license to use the patented technology of Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) patent pool of Via Licensing Corporation through a patent license agreement with Via Licensing Corporation. Millet encodes or decodes data equipment according to the AAC standard. Paid).
In June 2017, Xiaomi and Nokia entered into a multi-year patent agreement. Xiaomi used mobile network standard technology to cross-license relevant mobile network standard patents and acquired several Nokia patent assets. (Proofreading/Fan Rong)
2. Cook: Apple is happy to seek alternative ways of litigation to resolve patent disputes with Qualcomm;
According to Reuters, yesterday, according to Reuters, Qualcomm had made three concessions, hoping to resolve its patent dispute with Apple. In response, Apple CEO Tim Cook accepted CNBC reporter Josh. Lipton expressed a welcome attitude during the interview and stated that Apple is happy to seek alternative ways to resolve the patent dispute with Qualcomm.
Since the beginning of 2017, Qualcomm and Apple Inc. have been caught in an ever-increasing legal battle. Apple filed a $1 billion lawsuit against Qualcomm and accused Qualcomm of collecting unfair use fees for 'unrelated technologies'. It was stated that Qualcomm's charging of royalties based on mobile phone pricing was unfair, but Qualcomm responded that their technology was 'the core of every iPhone'. Qualcomm later filed a counterclaim and accused Apple of violating the license agreement and making a false statement.
However, Qualcomm recently announced that it will adjust some of the specific practices of patent licensing, making this patent war a turn for the better. Qualcomm announced last week that it will adjust the core business patent licensing fees, set a limit of 400 US dollars, compared with the previous upper limit One-fifth of the US$500 decline, in order to activate the authorized business development.
Qualcomm CEO Steve Morenkov also said in an interview with CNBC that the two companies are expected to resolve patent licensing disputes by the end of 2018.
In response to Qualcomm's adjustment measures, Cook said, 'We have never intended to be involved in this lawsuit. We have no alternative but to take lawsuit because we have no other choice. If they (Qualcomm) start to acknowledge these issues to some extent, then we will be happy to Seek other solutions. '
3. Nanyang Senba's request for invalidation of the utility model patent for Elmers was rejected;
On May 3, 2018, the State Intellectual Property Office's Patent Reexamination Board issued a review decision and rejected the second round initiated by Nanyang Senba Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. for the holding of Alstom Semiconductor. Some Chinese utility model patent ZL201520479789.3 invalid request.
Elmers acquired utility model patents for devices running passive infrared detectors on December 2, 2015. This review decision is an important step for Elmers to strengthen its patent rights in China.
In addition, a lawsuit by Mr. Elmer who infringed the patent right by Senba was being heard in the Ningbo Intermediate People's Court.
4. Samsung screen fingerprint patent exposure: Note 9 is expected to adopt fresh
May 3, according to SamMobile report, Samsung submitted a patent on under-screen fingerprint exposure. The patent shows that the fingerprint identification module is hidden under the screen, and the recognition position is similar to the vivo X21. When the finger touches the screen, the OLED screen emits The light will penetrate through the cover plate to illuminate the fingerprint texture. The fingerprint reflected light penetrates the screen and reaches the sensor to form a fingerprint image for identification.
It was previously reported that Samsung is planning to have its next-generation flagship Galaxy Note 9 with its fingerprint technology under the screen, and they have prepared three options. One of them is that Samsung may choose Synaptics to provide a solution.
In addition, according to the previous exposure, Samsung has already started trial production of the Galaxy Note 9 OLED panel. The new machine may be released ahead of schedule in July.
In addition to the regular upgrades, the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 may be equipped with a 4000mAh battery, and there will be a very significant leap forward in terms of battery life.
