29/06/2021
Cellular connectivity brings exciting new features to cars. These include safety features such as warnings about external hazards (like slippery roads or lane changes), emergency call […]
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24/06/2021
The smart meter industry was one of the first industries to adopt cellular connectivity for IoT applications. The adoption of this technology provides substantial cost savings […]
22/06/2021
‘Fair’ and ‘reasonable’ royalties can be viewed as a Venn diagram. They must: Reflect the value of an invention in the context in which it is […]
17/06/2021
The Fair Standards Alliance (FSA) is an organisation that represents users, or ‘implementers’, of standardised technology. The FSA advocates the position that the non-discriminatory prong of […]
16/06/2021
At IP Europe, we believe in the open standards method of technology development. This approach entails companies from around the world contributing cutting-edge technology to open […]
16/06/2021
Open standards have worked extremely well for the development of cellular connectivity. We have progressed very quickly from the introduction of 2G in 1991 to the […]
31/03/2021
1. What is your company’s technology solution? Fractus offers antenna technologies that allow: connectivity in multiple frequency bands; integration of the antennas within the device having a […]
31/03/2021
1. What is your company’s technology solution? Energysquare, a French company founded in 2015, is developing the new wireless charging technology “Power by Contact”. Unlike inductive charging […]
16/11/2020
By Richard Vary, Bird & Bird Takeaway Must owners of IP rights (IPR) that may be essential to standards offer licenses of their essential IPR to each […]
21/01/2020
Letter from Francisco Mingorance, Brussels, Belgium, 21 January 2020 In “Apple, Microsoft and BMW urge EU to stop patent trolls” (January 16), you report claims by […]