The impact of the acquisition and use of patents in the. Oct 03, 2017 swot is an acronym for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats related to organizations. Oct 18, 2012 there are 250,000 active patents that impact smartphones. Advocate rahul dev description mobile applications, which are commonly referred to as mobile apps, are generally available for download at various app stores. Patent owners for 2g, 3g and 4g have been controlling how mobile technologies are used in the smartphone and computer industry over the past years. Pdf integrating intellectual property and the smartphone patent. Text mining techniques for patent analysis sciencedirect. The results on a patent analysis can also be used in. The evolution of intellectual property strategy in.
The following table illustrates samsung swot analysis. Analysis of patents declared as essential to gsm as of. Us20140188614a1 mobile billboard smartphone app messaging. The relationship between smartphone use and academic. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.
An analysis of power consumption in a smartphone aaron carroll nicta and university of new south wales aaron. This is so because patent analysis can help determine if the invention is novel or new which is the primary consideration for a patent to be granted. The 2012 smartphone patent study found that there was significant fluidity in market entry and exit among the large companies during a period of dramatic growth and concentration of patent portfolios. Key institutions a the doj b the ftc c the federal courts reading. On january 1, 20, the uspto moved from using the united states patent classification uspc system to the cooperative patent classification cpc system, a jointly. Samsung lawsuit patent wars the game of thrones part 1,whenever we buy or use a smartphone, many of us ignore the fact that lot of research worth millions of dollars has gone behind creating such a smart device, that too for a span of many years. Samsung a lso has a huge a dvantage in distribution.
A sensitivity analysis indicates that, even under a set of generous assumptions, an upper bound estimate of the average cumulative royalty. Apr 26, 2012 the march to 4g also opens the door to new vistas of patent litigation and licensing, according to a report published thursday by irunway, a patent research and advisory firm. It also provides an analysis of the smartphone industry using the pestle framework. The emergence of android enabled other manufacturers to compete with apples iphones. The views stated in this article are solely those of the author, and not of any employer, client, or otherwise. A new dataset on mobile phone patent license royalties. Mobile technology and smartphone apps twentieth americas conference on information systems, savannah, 2014 3 4. Overcoming the smartphone replacement challenge read insight, word mar 19, 2020. It tries to protect its products by dotting every i and crossing every t with patents on from outward design to. Smartphones are mobile phones with computers abilities. Willamette management associates provides business valuation, forensic analysis, and financial opinion services for transaction, financing, taxation, bankruptcy. Patent publications are at forefront of emerging technologies patent publications are sometimes first publication of new technologies. The smart ph ones market has be en fast evolv ing in terms of innovation. Two types of intellectual property royalty rate data purpose of making royalty rate normalization.
The court found the d087 design to be substantially similar to the 638 patent because it has similar edges and. Key institutions a the doj b the ftc c the federal courts. San francisco the smartphone patent wars are finally over apple and samsung settled a sevenyear legal fight on wednesday, ending the. Smartphone patent analysis analysis of smartphone patents.
Smartphone patent war, practical implications and repercussions of samsung verdict within the smartphone industry jessica h. Alexander resources specializes in the analysis of infringement, validity, and valuation of smartphone patents. Samsungs fast follower innovative strategy as proved to be successful so far. Apple arguably invented the modern smartphone and tablet. Three types of teardown reports provide increasing analysis and insights. Smartphone patent litigation and standard essential patents. Overview of us antitrust laws a sherman act b clayton act c ftc act, 5. Its patent portfolio, however, is still incomparable to competitors like samsung. Alexander resources specializes in the analysis of infringement, validity, and valuation of mobile communications patents. Sep 19, 2014 stacking the deck in analysis of smartphone patent licensing costs estimates of patent licensing costs for smartphone manufacturers are greatly exaggerated.
To do so, we have based our analysis on a hypothetical smartphone. To bridge the gap, xiaomis efforts are on and the patent deal with nokia is an effort in that direction. Overview of us antitrust laws a sherman act b clayton act c ftc act, 5 2. The conflict is part of the wider patent wars between technology and software corporations. However, the global smartphone industry is highly concentrated such that the combined revenue share of apple and samsung is expected to have reached around 60% and the combined profit share around 95% in 2012. Oct 01, 2014 in the smartphone patent space that number is actually much closer to 100% than to 75%.
All these studies rely on search tools based on key words and international patent classification ipc or cooperative patent. An open approach to innovation has in both practice and research been increasingly accepted as a potential source of competitive advantage, enabling the use of external sources of innovation and external commercialization strategies granstrand, 1982, granstrand and sjolander, 1990, chesbrough, 2003, chesbrough et al. Active application number us29555,842 inventor tobias berneth. Any company that owns 5g seps may request royalties from an implementer. Our teardown reports use a standard format to help you quickly navigate each device report and find the data thats important to you. Smartphone and tablet apps investintech pdf solutions. The other types of patents xiaomi seeking is of smartphone designs and features. Patent classification is a system for organizing all u. Swot is an acronym for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats related to organizations. The jury found samsung to have infringed the apple utility, that is design patents but not for all products. Patent protection of mobile smartphone applications. Moore and benbasat 1991 used rogers theory as a basis for developing an instrument. The report further provides an evaluation of the rivalry and power among the smartphone players.
Apple vs samsung presentation free download as powerpoint presentation. The issues addressed in this strategy analysis include the patent war. By mid2011, android phones were outselling iphones more than 2to1. Available for iphone and ipad, users can create pdf from ms office documents and convert pdf to word, excel, powerpoint, images jpg and autocad dwg files. That is noteworthy considering that rate appears to be less than. Sep 25, 2016 if we exclude feature phones sales from the calculation and assume that only smartphones yield patent licensing revenues, the average cumulative royalty yield would be 3. The relationship between smartphone use and academic performance.
For example, table 1 shows a typical patent analysis scenario which is based on the training materials designed for patent analysts, such as those in chen 1999. A patent analysis will identify existing inventions that may block your patent application. Stacking the deck in analysis of smartphone patent licensing. These results were considered because the smartphone addiction scale sas is not designed to pathologically diagnose smartphone addiction but more to identify the level of the smartphone addiction risk and to distinguish the highrisk group. Threat analysis in general the smartphone market is rapidly changing, with constant product introductions.
A new analysis shows just how insane the patent thicket is. Several studies have been done on patenting trends in quantum technologies, as summarized in appendix 1. A patent landscape analysis on declared 5g patents and 5g. The evolution of intellectual property strategy in innovation. The authors have years of experience studying such costs, as an inhouse attorney at a supplier of components for mobile devices, and as litigators who have worked on many patent cases involving smartphones.
The rich functionality increases the pressure on battery lifetime, and deepens the need for effective energy management. More recently, 7 showed that apple has the worlds leading patent portfolio in the field of smartphone technology, slightly ahead of microsoft and ibm through the analysis of citation networks of patents likely involved in making smartphones. The firms analysis points to a shift in the smartphone intellectualproperty marketplace, with samsungs hand strengthening. The report examines the globallocal aspects of the smartphone industry, specifically the patent wars. Samsung believes thi s approach allows it to adapt quickly to changing market conditions. Smartphones are popular media that are easier to access than other media. Patent analysis is a wellestablished way to gauge economic potential of new technologies. Xiaomis global expansion plan is steered by patents a patent portfolio analysis. Xiaomis global expansion plan is steered by patents greyb. Chetan sharma consulting is one of the most trusted advisory firms on all aspects of mobile.
Fairfield resources international has conducted a study, with financial support from a. Smith and others published integrating intellectual. Statistical analysis of patent data state of the art patent data what are we talking about. It is important to conduct patent analysis or search before filing an application for a patent. I created the following two charts based on an analysis uploaded to scribd of decisions reached in fora in which there is a preponderanceoftheevidence standard as opposed to a strong presumption of validity click on an image to enlarge. Elizabeth wambui samsung smartphone marketing strategy.
The impact of smartphones and mobile devices on human. Social network analysis of patent infringement lawsuits. How apple overwhelmed samsungs patent case tactics. A mobile billboard messaging icon displays messages related to a users preferences from an advertiser on the display of a users devices, such as smartphone or tablet, having internet connectivity, location technology, and logic means for determining when the user device is in a given vicinity of the advertisers location. Presentation on the project of apple vs samsung, presentation on the apple vs samsung controversy, ppt on the patent. A new analysis shows just how insane the patent thicket. Shashi bhushan mehta, navneet bhushan, priyaranjan mishra emails shashi.
As can been seen, these processes require the analysts to have a certain degree of expertise in information. Over the past twenty years we have analyzed hundreds of patents covering smartphone technologies, features, and services. The highlights of this research include recent scientific facts and research analysis of the smartphones on human health and life. This is where the use of automatic patent analysis apa can help. Analysis of samsung smartphone marketing strategy decisions and the consumer perception to the implemented strategies. Smartphone sensing if we fast forward to today, the rate of change in mobile phones has been staggering. The author also discusses advantages and disadvantages of smartphones usage by people and brings examples of those who refuse to use smartphones. Innovation and competition in the smartphone industry. Tech savvy seniors victorian tech savvy seniors introduction. Pdf a roadmap to the smartphone patent wars and frand. Nfc patent report using patseer part 1 nov 28, 2012 note.
Subscribe now and access all of cdrs daily news and analysis, complete with a full archive of all articles and pdf back issues of cdr magazine. Smartphone patent litigation and standard essential. These smartphones include an accelerometer, a digital compass, a gyroscope, a gps. Apple and samsung end smartphone patent wars the new. The analysis of xiaomi patents shows its plans to enter global consumer electronics markets by enlarging its portfolio by acquisitions and collaborations.
The main key points discussed in the research paper are the effect. This study, thus, sought to obtain and analyze empirical data from patent records, litigation records, industry reports, corporate public records and a survey concerning the acquisition and use of patents in the smartphone industry. How does coronavirus covid19 threaten the global and china smartphone market. Pdf a roadmap to the smartphone patent wars and frand licensing. But patent pools are not curealls, and depending on how they are structured, they. Over the past twentyone years, we have analyzed hundreds of patents covering mobile communications technologies, networks, standards, spectrum, devices, phones, services, business and billing practices. A case of students in a malaysian tertiary institution siew foen ng 1, nor syamimi iliani che hassan 2, nor hairunnisa mohammad nor 3, nur ain abdul malek 4 11centre of language studies and generic development, universiti malaysia kelantan. There are 250,000 active patents that impact smartphones.
You can use it for phone calls, texting but also for accessing the internet to check your emails, surf the web and much more. United states patent and trademark office performance and. Searching for relevant patents using triz and patent citation analysis a case study. Victorian tech savvy seniors is a seniors card age friendly partners program with telstra delivering training through rural and remote libraries across victoria. Dec 15, 2011 some believe that a smartphone patent pool is the answer to the complex web of patents embodied in smartphones. Any company that owns 5g seps may request royalties from an. Pdf speaking most generally, courts have tended to deny.
A roadmap to the smartphone patent wars and frand licensing. Introduction to smartphones part 2 beginners guide tech savvy seniors the nsw tech savvy seniors program is a key initiative of the nsw ageing strategy and the telstra digital literacy strategy. The strength of apa indeed resides in speeding up the analysis of patent documents and in its ability to develop new information, generally called elaborated. Patent analysis or mapping requires considerable effort and expertise.
A patent is first and foremost a law tool a legal right to ban a set of technical claims describing in specific and precise terms a technical invention, such as a method, a system, a process, a device, etc. Patents ideation, writing patents, claim construction, valuation. Google widely licensed the android software to a number of smartphone manufacturers, including samsung for free. The conflict is part of the wider patent wars between.
Global leadership across all mobile and smartphone markets. Thus, also 5g patent owners will likely become technology and market leaders. Searching for relevant patents using triz and patent. These integrate such diverse functionality as voice communication, audio and video playback, web browsing, shortmessage and email communication, media downloads, gaming and more. Introduction the smartphone industry today is characterized by a thicket of patents and an ongoing business battle by every major smartphone manufacturer in which patents are used as leverage. Apple and samsung the beginining of the end for smartphone. Introduction 5 about this report 6 your guide to using this report 7 managements discussion and analysis 8 mission and organization of the uspto 9 our organization 9 patent organization 10 trademark organization 1 1 policy and international affairs 1 1 our people 12.
Since the inception of xiaomis global expansion plan, it has been into a lot of patents deal which helped it build a strong patent war chest. Introduction to smartphones introduction to smartphones goals introduce your learner to a smartphone explain that a smartphone is a new type of mobile phone. Patents and small participants in the smartphone industry. Updated global smartphone shipments forecast by vendor by region by quarter report read insight, word apr 10, 2020. Evidence in applesamsung patent trial shows that as recently as april 20 executives were concerned at slowing iphone sales growth and that lack of cheaper or largescreen phone could mean. Smartphone patent analysis services alexander resources specializes in the analysis of infringement, validity, and valuation of smartphone patents. Pdf samsungs innovation strategy in smart phones market. Depending on the context, some of the patent analysis were done on unique publications after deduplicating patents and applications from result set and others were run on unique families after. Able2extract pdf converter with ocr for smartphones and tablets is a lightweight and easy to use app for creating and converting pdf documents. Allegations of excessive fees paid and resulting harm to manufacturer profits, incentives to invest and compete are faulty and unsupported by the facts which show much to the contrary. Samsung has indicated its approach as a competitive a dvantage for the company.
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