Apple to Huawei patent fees: technology against attacks-Huawei of China communications enterprises, patent-IT information
According to the State intellectual property Office's latest license registration information, Huawei Huawei last year than Apple licensing Apple's patent license the patent, this means, Huawei started to collect patent licensing fees from Apple . In the past, patent communications companies into foreign markets, China has been the biggest stumbling block, authorized patents far to Qualcomm, Ericsson patents in foreign countries, led by the company. Industry insiders said, marking Chinese companies opened the patent market road to counter attack, but huge gaps still exist in the patents at home and abroad.
Huawei, the Apple patent fees
License released by the State intellectual property office the latest registration information showed that Huawei last year to license patent 769 Apple, Apple licensed patent 98 to Huawei. In the communications industry, when the two companies signed a patent licensing, patent license amount charged by one party to a small number of patent fees, that is, Huawei has already started to collect patent licensing fees from Apple.
It is understood that Huawei last year reached a series of licensing deals with Apple, covering GSM, UMTS, LTE, wireless communication technology, this was the first time the number of patents is open on both sides. As to the specific amount, company officials said, the two sides signed a confidentiality agreement, not be released.
Analysts estimate that Huawei and Ericsson reserves on the order of magnitude of the patent and level par, according to Ericsson and Apple's patent license fee estimates that Apple at least once a year to pay the company hundreds of millions of dollars in royalties. Late last year, Ericsson has signed a licensing agreement with Apple, under the agreement, Apple will pay royalties to Ericsson the next seven years. A report by investment bank ABG Sundal Collier said Ericsson is expected to be in the iPad and iPhone charge about 0.5% revenue in royalties, after Ericsson to Apple's patent lawsuit, had asked Apple to pay $ 250 million to 750 million a year in royalties.
Gap at home and abroad
All along, the Chinese firms to patent this ring is extremely weak, extremely dependent on foreign enterprises. Insiders pointed out that overseas patent applications and patent rules should not only be familiar with the country, finding the right agency, also needs a lot of money spending, many domestic companies have abandoned this part of the system.
Communications expert Xiang, domestic companies in communications and Internet industries, patent awareness most thin, leading to a number of patent litigation cases. In 2014, the millet in India market has been Ericsson's infringement claims, both sides debate centred on GSM, EDGE and UMTS/WCDMA technical standards-related patents, such as costs, at present both sides in India's legal proceedings have not been concluded; Huawei, ZTE and other communications equipment companies also have encountered similar early in the development of patent litigation.
Foreign companies in the patent has been leading the market. Figures show that since 2000, Apple's patent propped up its net income curve the number of near-perfect earthly branches, along with the patent from 120 up to 3,500, the company's net income has increased by nearly 25 times. In addition, a large number of important patents focused on Nokia, Ericsson, Qualcomm and a few old hands of communication enterprises .
Reverse-hit journey has just begun
Xiang pointed out that Apple begins to Huawei patent fees, means that Chinese enterprises have begun to change the passive situation, no longer blindly bought patents from foreign companies, relying instead on the money he earned patents in the hands of foreign companies.
Domestic mobile phone company has the largest number of patents is Huawei, ZTE, typical of these two companies belong to the research and development, investment, Huawei 2015 r $ 9.2 billion on research and development of new technologies and new products, accounting for 15% of sales has already surpassed Apple reported sales of $ 8.5 billion investment in research and development of 3.5%.
International patent search company QUESTEL released the chip industry patent analysis and patent portfolio quality assessment reports show, amazing chip patent growth in recent ten years in China, has become a chip patent application number.
" Apple to pay the company royalties are just the beginning, the gap between domestic and foreign firms is still very great, but it also reflects the domestic Smartphone is turned on from the side of ' counter attack ' mode . "Xiang said.
Bud of wisdom according to Samsung of patent applications in China up to 52,528, grant also has 29,230, up from Huawei, and Thunder is millet and Meizu seems to have gone on a number of the patent, Meizu with Huawei nearly 400 times times the difference in the total patents.
苹果向华为交专利费：中国通信企业技术逆袭 - 华为,专利 - IT资讯
根据国家知识产权局最新公布的许可备案登记信息，去年华为许可苹果的专利多于苹果许可华为的专利，这意味着，华为开始向苹果收取专利许可使用费。在过去，专利一直是中国通信企业进军国外市场的最大拦路虎，得到授权的专利远远不及以高通、爱立信为首的国外专利公司。业内人士表示，这标志着中国企业开启了在专利市场的逆袭之路，但国内外在专利上的巨大差距还存在。
苹果交华为专利费
国家知识产权局最新公布的许可备案登记信息显示，去年华为向苹果许可专利769件，苹果向华为许可专利98件。在通信业，两家公司签订专利许可时，专利许可数量多的一方要向数量少的一方收取专利费，也就是说，华为已经开始向苹果收取专利许可使用费。
据了解，去年华为与苹果达成一系列专利许可协议，覆盖GSM、UMTS、LTE等无线通信技术，双方的专利数量此次也是首次被公开。至于具体金额，华为官方称，双方签有保密协议，不便透露。
有分析人士估计，华为目前与爱立信在专利储备上的量级与等级不相上下，按照爱立信与苹果的专利许可费用估算，苹果每年至少向华为支付数亿美元的专利费。去年底，爱立信曾与苹果签署专利授权协议，根据双方协议，未来七年苹果将向爱立信支付专利费。投资银行ABG Sundal Collier的一份报告称，预计爱立信将在iPad和iPhone营收中收取大约0.5%的专利费，此前，爱立信在对苹果的专利诉讼时曾要求苹果每年支付2.5亿-7.5亿美元的专利费。
国内外差距大
一直以来，中国企业在专利这一环极其薄弱，极度依赖于国外企业。有业内人士指出，在海外进行专利申请，既要熟悉该国的专利规定，找到合适的代理机构，还需要不菲的开支，因此很多国内企业都舍弃了这一环节。
在通信专家项立刚看来，国内通信和互联网行业的企业，在专利方面的意识最为单薄，从而出现了不少专利诉讼案件。2014年，小米在印度市场遭爱立信侵权指控，双方争论的焦点在于GSM、EDGE和UMTS/WCDMA等技术标准相关的专利费用，目前双方在印度的法律程序仍未结束；华为、中兴等国内通信设备企业在发展初期也曾经遇到过类似的专利诉讼。
国外公司在专利市场却一直领先。数据显示，2000年以来，苹果的专利数量近乎完美地支撑起了其净收入曲线，随着专利量从120件增长到3500件，该公司的净收入也增加了近25倍。另外，大批重要专利集中在诺基亚、爱立信、高通等少数几个老牌通信企业的手中。
逆袭之旅刚刚开始
项立刚指出，苹果开始向华为交专利费，意味着中国企业已经开始改变过去的被动局面，不再一味地从国外公司手中购买专利，而是依靠自己手中的专利赚取国外企业的钱。
国内手机公司拥有专利数量最多的是华为、中兴，这两家公司都属于研发的典型，从投入来看，华为2015年研发投入92亿美元进行新技术和新产品的研发，占销售额的15%，已经超过苹果占销售额3.5%的85亿美元研发投入。
国际知名专利检索公司QUESTEL发布的《芯片行业专利分析及专利组合质量评估》报告显示，中国近十年芯片专利增长惊人，已成为芯片专利申请第一大国。
“苹果向华为支付专利费仅仅是个开始，国内企业与国外企业之间的差距还很大，不过这也从侧面反映了国产智能手机已经开启了‘逆袭’模式。”项立刚坦言。
智慧芽的数据显示，三星在中国的专利申请量高达52528件，授权量也有29230件，高于华为，而风头正劲的小米和魅族在专利数量上就显得寒酸多了，魅族与华为的专利授权总量相差近400倍。