WiMAX & LTE IPR and Market Impact Report

2nd Edition

Publication Date	October 2008
Publisher	Maravedis
Product Type	Report
Pages	204
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	MVI00012

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Summary

Maravedis is proud to provide you with its 2nd edition WiMAX & LTE Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and Market Impact Report.

Maravedis, an innovative market research and analysis firm, is launching the first and only WiMAX & LTE Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and Market Impact report. The report combines market input with wisdom gained over the course of the past eight years to produce an exhaustive analysis on relevant IPR that is informed by an understanding of policies, industry development, market trends and long term goals.. The best way to judge a book is not by the cover, but rather by how well past versions have withstood the test of time.

The WiMAX & LTE Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and Market Impact Report ??V 2nd Edition gives service providers powerful insight into potential IPR expenses and market impacts, and provides manufacturers with valuable information to position their IPR portfolio in the global patent scheme to drive their R&D strategy. Investors will gain insight on upcoming trends to identify investment opportunities and build intelligence on how IPR may pressure new IPOs.

Since its inception, the WiMAX & LTE Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) & Market Impact Report has provided the wireless community with keen incites in IPR developments, policies and industry trends that are critical in understanding how commercial products and markets will develop. The report looks at IPR in both WiMAX and LTE. Although developed by two different standards groups, the patents and commercial markets inextricably overlap and include additional segments of technology that can only be overlooked at peril of lawsuits and trade disruption. Therefore, the conventional wisdom of analysis primarily on the basis of essentiality no longer castes a wide enough net to capture all concerns and opportunities. While the report does not focus on patents outside of the wireless standards, it considers IPR that is used in WiMAX and LTE to extend and leverage products to deliver leveraged market advantage.

The report provides factual and forward-looking tools for all of the industry's stakeholders and covers policies, regulations, climate, forecasts, and trends, to name a few.

Content

Executive Summary
1 Introduction
- 1.1 Objectives
- 1.2 Scope
- 1.3 Research Methodology
- 1.4 Structure of The Report
  - Part I : Ipr Policies, Regulations and Climate
2 The Climate in Which Wimax and Lte 4g Evolve
- 2.1 Ofdm and Mimo Ipr Development and Gestation
  - What Will The Cost of Wimax or Lte Ipr Be?
- 2.2 Convergence between Fields: Effects on Consolidation and Influence of Ipr
- 2.3 Is There Pivotal Ipr for Ofdm?
3 Standards, Patenting, and Patent Pools
- 3.1 Patents in Standards: Essential and Non-Essential Patents
- 3.2 Standards and Trade Group Ipr Policies
- 3.3 Ieee 802.16/20/22 Policies and Procedures
- 3.4 Wimax Forum Policies and Procedures
- 3.5 Strengths and Weaknesses of Standards and Trade-Group Ipr Control and Access Mechanisms
- 3.6 Patent Pools and Mutual Insurance Associations
- 3.7 Defensive and Offensive Ipr Pools
- 3.8 past and Recent Patent Pools
- 3.9 past and Present Mutuals
4 Regulatory Approaches towards Patent Pools and Other Ipr Game
- 4.1 Pro and Anticompetitive Aspects of Patent Pools
- 4.2 Antitrust Regulation in The US
- 4.3 Competition Policy in The Eu
- 4.4 Consideration for Defensive Ipr Pools and Mutual Insurance Associations
5 Three Case Studies on Patent Pools and Associated Coordination Mechanisms
- 5.1 Case Studies: DVD/Mpeg, 3G Mobile, Rambus Case
- 5.2 Implications for 4g, Wimax
- 5.3 Where Standards, Legal, and Regulatory Mechanisms Fall Short
- 5.4 Does Ipr Comprise A Quagmire or A ????patent Thicket?????
6 Conclusions for Part I
- Part Ii: Wimax 4g Ipr Analysis
7 An Overview of Ipr in 4g, Wimax
- 7.1 Categorization of Patents into Segments
- 7.2 What Are Essential, Fundamental Patents?
- 7.3 How Do Essential, Fundamental Patents Affect Pursuit and Outcomes of Litigation?
- 7.4 Who Owns Essential Wimax, Lte Ipr?
- 7.5 Who Owns Fundamental Ipr?
- 7.6 How Much Does Iprs Cross over between Ofdm Based Standard Developments?
- 7.7 Some Observations and Conclusions
8 Analysis of Major Holders and Active Ipr Players
- 8.1 Qualcomm, Samsung, Wi-Lan, Nokia, Ericsson, Intel, Motorola, and Other Ipr Holders
  - 8.1.1 A Clash of The Titans ??V A Clash of Recent Ipr Whitepapers
  - 8.1.2 Samsung: The Largest Holder of Wimax/802.16 Essential and Related Patents
  - 8.1.3 Arraycomm Is A Leader in Smart Antenna System Technologies
  - 8.1.4 Nokia-Siemens, A Company Which Has Been Often at ODDS with Qualcomm over Iprs
  - 8.1.5 Intel Has A Large Ipr Position in Ics, but Not Commanding in Wimax
  - 8.1.6 Interdigital: An Ipr Licensor Whose Options Are Not Clear
  - 8.1.7 The Newly Assembled Alcatel-Lucent
  - 8.1.8 Nortel Has Been A Leader in Early Work in Blast and Related Mimo-Ofdm130
  - 8.1.9 Motorola, Jack of All (Wireless) Trades
  - 8.1.10 at&T Globally Positioned Telecommunications Company
  - 8.1.11 Lg Electronics Has Been Active in Wibro but Shows Little Spunk
  - 8.1.12 Ericsson, The Lion That Squeaked
  - 8.1.13 Cisco Was among The Early Participants in 802.16/Wimax
- 8.2 Important Small Ipr Patents and Portfolios
  - 8.2.1 The Case of Sprint-Nextel
  - 8.2.2 The Case of Wi-Lan
- 8.3 The ????clash of The Titans???? Qualcomm vs. Intel (and Aligned Companies)
- 8.4 Acquisitions and Cross-Licensing, Offensive and Defensive Strategies
- 8.5 Strategy Differences
  - 8.5.1 Ipr Rolled into The Competitive Position (Product Price)
  - 8.5.2 Ipr as A Major Source of Revenue
  - 8.5.3 How High Cost of Ipr Effects Adoption by Industry and at Individual Companies
- 8.6 Some Observations and Conclusions
9 Analysis of Trends in Patents and Applications
- 9.1 Trends & Analysis by Ipr Custom Segment
- 9.2 by Size and Class of Company
- 9.3 Looking Forward to Emerging Technology Trends
- 9.4 Relative Weighting of Ipr
- 9.5 Key Findings and Comments
10 Market Participants???? Opinions and Their Significance
11 Key Opinions and Recommendations to Assure Low Royalty Rates and Ease of Commerce
Appendix 1: Goodman and Myers 3G Ipr Whitepaper
Appendix 2: Patent Counting, A Misleading Index of Patent Value: A Critique of Goodman & Myers and Its Uses
Appendix 3: Inav Ipr Software and Database Access, Download and Analysis Tools
Appendix 4: Qualcomm Patent #5056109: An Example of Fundamentalipr
List of Exhibits
- Exhibit 1. Comparison of Ipr Mitigation Methods
- Exhibit 2. Hierarchy of Authority on Intellectual Property Rights
- Exhibit 3. Patent Pools for Various Wimax and Lte Applications
- Exhibit 4. Patent Lawsuits by Year: 1988-2002
- Exhibit 5. Motivations of 3G Ipr Stakeholder Segments
- Exhibit 6. Segmentation of Wimax and Lte 4g Patents
- Exhibit 7. Wimax Patent Portfolio per Segment, 1986-2006
- Exhibit 8. Wimax Patent Applications per Segment, 1986-2006
- Exhibit 9. Wimax Fundamental Patent Portfolio per Segment, 1986-2006
- Exhibit 10. Evolving Objectives of Wimax Ipr Stakeholders
- Exhibit 11. Excerpt from Presentation on Canadian Intellectual Property Enforcement Guidelines
- Exhibit 12. Qualcomm Patent Portfolio per Segment, 1997-2007
- Exhibit 13. Samsung Patent Portfolio per Segment, 1997-2007
- Exhibit 14. Arraycom Patent Portfolio per Segment, 1997-2007
- Exhibit 15. Nokia Patent Portfolio per Segment, 1997-2007
- Exhibit 16. Intel Patent Portfolio per Segment, 1997-2007
- Exhibit 17. Interdigital Patent Portfolio per Segment, 1997-2007
- Exhibit 18. Alcatel-Lucent Patent Portfolio per Segment, 1997-2007
- Exhibit 19. Nortel Patent Portfolio per Segment, 1997-2007
- Exhibit 20. Motorola Patent Portfolio per Segment, 1997-2007
- Exhibit 21. at&T Patent Portfolio per Segment, 1997-2007
- Exhibit 22. Lg Electronics Patent Portfolio per Segment, 1997-2007
- Exhibit 23. Ericsson Patent Portfolio per Segment, 1997-2007
- Exhibit 24. Cisco Patent Portfolio per Segment, 1997-2007
- Exhibit 25. Patents That Backward Cite Wi-Lans US Patent #5555268
- Exhibit 26. Patents That Forward Cite Wi-Lans US Patent #5555268
- Exhibit 27. Selected Companies with Licenses to Some of Wi-Lan????s Ipr
- Exhibit 28. Selected Strategies for Acquiring Ipr
- Exhibit 29. Average Value of Patent as Perceived by Patent Holder
- Exhibit 30. Wimax Patent Portfolio per Segment, 1986-2006
- Exhibit 31. Development of Patent Portfolio per Segment, Mimo and Related Technologies
- Exhibit 32. Development of Patent Portfolio per Segment: Modulation Methods, Fec, Channelization, Etc
- Exhibit 33. Development of Patent Portfolio per Segment: Broadcast, Pre-4g Broadcast and Satellite Ofdm
- Exhibit 34. Development of Patent Portfolio per Applicant
- Exhibit 35. Weight Assigned to Various 4g Patent Segments