The Race for 5G — April Update
“Will the outbreak of coronavirus have an impact on the development of 5G?”” Spreading from China at the beginning of this year, coronavirus (COVID-19) has influenced industries from a wide range of aspects. In the telecoms industry, 5G commercialization could have made significant progress in [...]
Autonomous driving and Lidar
According to the "Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2019" autonomous driving Technology has stepped into "Through of Disillusionment "phase. Let’s go back to 2014, this technology was only given publicity and still lacked concrete commercial feasibility proof, which we called it in the "Technology Trigger "phase. After five [...]
Responses and Observations from Asian Enterprises toward U.S.-China Trade War
In recent years, many Asia enterprises located in Mainland China have experienced a certain degree of influence resulted from U.S.-China trade war and other marketing factors. WISPRO has provided these kinds of enterprises with professional legal consultancy services when enterprises optimize the patterns and the structures of operation and [...]
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The Race for 5G — April Update
“Will the outbreak of coronavirus have an impact on the development of 5G?”” Spreading from China at the beginning of this year, coronavirus (COVID-19) has influenced industries from a wide range of aspects. In the [...]
Autonomous driving and Lidar
According to the "Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2019" autonomous driving Technology has stepped into "Through of Disillusionment "phase. Let’s go back to 2014, this technology was only given publicity and still lacked concrete commercial feasibility proof, which [...]
Responses and Observations from Asian Enterprises toward U.S.-China Trade War
In recent years, many Asia enterprises located in Mainland China have experienced a certain degree of influence resulted from U.S.-China trade war and other marketing factors. WISPRO has provided these kinds of enterprises with professional legal consultancy services when [...]
Product and Technology structure of Lidar
Lidar system for autonomous car includes two parts: lidar sensor device, lidar arrangement device. The lidar sensor device mentioned above contains a Light Transmitting module, a light receiving module, a light guiding module, a housing, a chassis, and electronics [...]
The Race for 5G — October Update
“With the upcoming commercialization of 5G in 2020, SEP licensees and licensors must pay close attention to the latest 5G SEP trends.” Up until now, almost 40 companies have declared their property to the ETSI [...]
Capital formation and shareholding structure simulation
When it comes to fundraising, startups always face the task of providing the company's simulation of capital formation and shareholder's structure to investors. But what purposes do "capital formation" and "shareholders structure" serve and what [...]
The Race for 5G — November Update
“By applying a new filter to our definition of 5G, the declared SEPs ranking has changed!” In the past, we only considered two fields in the data for each declared SEP in order to define [...]
The Race for 5G — September Update
“Not all Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) are actually essential – a phenomenon called over-declaration.”[1] Over-declaration is like a fog that can mislead the public and keep it from seeing the actual truth, e.g., (1) which declared SEPs [...]
The Race for 5G — August Update
So far, the top 10 declarers own almost 95 percent of the 5G SEPs. With the continuous development of 5G, more and more companies are declaring their first 5G SEPs. Keep up-to-date with the latest 5G SEPs trends by [...]
The Race for 5G — July Update
As we saw in our previous report, 5G SEP declaration activities have been rising over the last six or seven months. Due to this new trend, we are set to expect a dramatic change in the rankings within a [...]
“A Deep Dive into Intel’s Patent Portfolio Auction” Monthly Report on 5G Trends — June 2019
The Intel patent auction is definitely a golden opportunity for companies seeking to become leaders in the wireless communications landscape within a very short time. The company has recently announced that its massive wireless patent portfolio — including a [...]
Market Analysis for AI in Medical Imaging Industry
The value and growth of the global medical imaging industry have attracted global investors and technical teams into artificial intelligence solutions for medical imaging. According to the Global Medical Imaging Trends research report released by ITN Online [...]
Tips For AI Start-up
In recent years, big technology companies such as Google, Intel, and Apple are rapidly grabbing new technologies and talents from many global startups with lots of mergers and acquisitions for accelerating the commercial applications of artificial intelligence (AI) and [...]
“What’s Inside 5G Giants’ SEP Portfolios?” Monthly Report on 5G Trends — May 2019
Standardization, commercialization, IP monetization, R&D competition or collaboration: SEP stakeholders — whether they are long-standing owners, new entrants in the market, investors, or even potential implementers — all need to know how many SEPs are owned by who in [...]
Monthly Report on 5G Trends — April 2019: “Gaining Insights from SEP Portfolios”
“China isn't beating the United States on 5G — yet” Said AT&T chief Randall Stephenson, revealing how much 5G is a trending topic in the telecommunication industry. The main question is: is it true? To answer it, the first [...]
Using investment data with patent data
February 2019 Patent data can be used in many different ways, including but not limited to: evaluate the development of a technology, monitor the development of competitors and startup companies, guide the direction of research and development and business direction [...]
Summary of AI based image recognition technology for vehicles
February 2019 - Last year, we performed a research on AI based image recognition technology for vehicles, and we combined our analysis on patent data with our analysis on investment data. Below are some key findings of the research. [...]
Patent Deployment for Pharmaceutical Product
March 2019 - Patent deployment in pharmaceutical industry is very different from patent deployment in other industries. This is caused by the characteristics of pharmaceuticals. First, the lengthy research period prior to market launch. The long R&D [...]
Biomedicine Patent Deployment and Revenue Generation
November 2017 - As biomedical research and development thrives in Taiwan, the government of Taiwan has not only enlisted biopharmaceutical industry in one of the five innovative industries policies, but also set to position Taiwan as “Asia-Pacific Hub for Biomedical [...]
How East Asian companies can stand up to pressure from US protectionist IP policies
October 2018 - A turbulent IP and trade environment has Asian tech firms caught in the crossfire. They need to use every tool at their disposal to protect their businesses Since the enactment of [...]
Expert Corner
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WISPRO Expert Corner- Chaotic traffic vs. Self-driving testing, Application fields of SEPs will become a new dimension for evaluating the monetization of 5G patents, It might not always be free to use a technology even when it is announced as a royalty-free technology GalleryWISPRO Expert Corner- Chaotic traffic vs. Self-driving testing, Application fields of SEPs will become a new dimension for evaluating the monetization of 5G patents, It might not always be free to use a technology even when it is announced as a royalty-free technology
WISPRO Expert Corner- Chaotic traffic vs. Self-driving testing, Application fields of SEPs will become a new dimension for evaluating the monetization of 5G patents, It might not always be free to use a technology even when it is announced as a royalty-free technology
Chaotic Traffic vs. Self-Driving Testing, what do you think? According to recent reports, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has announced the "Automated Vehicles Transparency and [...]
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WISPRO Expert Corner- Survey on functional limitations in Japanese computer software related patents, A surprising turn in the automotive SEP war?, Polytronics acquires the TCLAD department of the Henkel Group GalleryWISPRO Expert Corner- Survey on functional limitations in Japanese computer software related patents, A surprising turn in the automotive SEP war?, Polytronics acquires the TCLAD department of the Henkel Group
WISPRO Expert Corner- Survey on functional limitations in Japanese computer software related patents, A surprising turn in the automotive SEP war?, Polytronics acquires the TCLAD department of the Henkel Group
Survey on Functional Limitations in Japanese Computer Software Related Patents Fellow practitioners who deal with Japanese patent drafting may notice that there seems to be liberal employment [...]
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WISPRO Expert Corner- US semiconductor industry to face challenges as China bolsters local semiconductor technology, Does Amazon acquires Zoox to accelerate the development of logistics robots? GalleryWISPRO Expert Corner- US semiconductor industry to face challenges as China bolsters local semiconductor technology, Does Amazon acquires Zoox to accelerate the development of logistics robots?
WISPRO Expert Corner- US semiconductor industry to face challenges as China bolsters local semiconductor technology, Does Amazon acquires Zoox to accelerate the development of logistics robots?
US Semiconductor Industry to Face Challenges as China Bolsters Local Semiconductor Technology The latest U.S. trade policy aimed at Huawei has caused damage to the U.S. semiconductor [...]