Another reply not from me but from the same engineer...
"The government is the problem because they make the rules and the rules
really suck. I know lots of people, including myself who have patents
but can't do anything with them. No one is investing, there is no money.
If you start a company, even with your own money, the unions,
lawyers and the government will bleed you dry. There are no
incentives. The banks and the multinational corporations are just
playing paper games and stealing gold."
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More than you probably want to know...
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Subject: [opendtv] Re: IPR balance of power shifts eastward in LTE
Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 21:01:43 -0400
From: Cliff Benham <flyback1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
References:
<B0147C3DD45E42478038FC347CCB65FE021BE68432@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Actually, it was not me, but a friend I quoted who's been in
broadcasting longer than I have.
Cliff
Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
> I think it was Cliff who said it. All this noise about 4G is
purely about patents. Consumers should wise up and ignore the hype, the
nonsense about "10X speed over 3G." Which is false, or at least it
could be false. There is absolutely no technical reason why 4G would be
faster than 3G, certainly not in terms of the air interface. PERHAPS in
terms of being purely packet switched, which 3G can also morph into.
>
> It's all about patents, the patents are going to the East, seems
like a great opportunity to not give a d*mn.
>
> Bert
>
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>
http://www.rethink-wireless.com/2010/05/19/ipr-balance-power-shifts-eastward-lte.htm
>
> IPR balance of power shifts eastward in LTE
> Samsung and LG will outshine Nokia and Ericsson, though not Qualcomm
> By CAROLINE GABRIEL
>
> Published: 19 May, 2010
>
> The balance of power in intellectual property is shifting
eastwards in LTE, with Samsung, LG and Huawei building their patent
portfolios aggressively.
>
> Two recent analyst reports have endorsed this view. ARCchart
found that Samsung was likely to be the number one patent holder in LTE
handsets, particularly in the key technologies for the 4G platforms,
OFDMA and MIMO - also vital to WiMAX, where Samsung and Intel share the
IPR crown. Samsung is second only to Qualcomm in these patent areas,
says ARCchart, and has more than double the number of patents held by
Nokia and Ericsson combined. In 3G, Nokia, Ericsson and Qualcomm were
the dominant IPR owners.
>
> Research by Informa has also seen the emergence of Samsung as a
key patent holder, along with LG and Huawei. Principal analyst Malik
Kamal Saadi commented: "While Interdigital and Qualcomm are clear
leaders in the global LTE patents portfolio with 21% and 19% market
shares respectively of the total number of patents, Huawei comes in
third position with 9%, Samsung in fourth with 8%, and Nokia, LG, and
Ericsson in joint fifth place, each with 7% market share."
>
> He also says the three Asian majors have invested heavily in LTE
patents and in making these essential to the standard, and therefore
more valuable. This will give them a strong trading position when
negotiating cross-licensing deals with other patent holders. This, in
turn, could help Samsung, in particular, reduce the cost of its devices
because it will have fewer net royalty fees to pay.
>
> Huawei, however, has an IPR power base that remains very Chinese.
Informa says that, of the 182 LTE patents contributed by the company,
178 are registered in China and only a few could currently be described
as essential. About 60% of LTE patents from Qualcomm and Nokia, and 40%
from Samsung, could be described as essential so far.
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