Wireless Technology Expertise
Wireless communications cover a broad range of technologies. Ocean Tomo, a part of J.S. Held, technical experts specialize in Cellular and WiFi technologies, but also have expertise in Bluetooth, NFC (Near-Field Communications), WiMAX, satellite communications, ZigBee, and Z-Wave, in addition to IoT (Internet of Things), which makes use of the above technologies.
Our technical experts have extensive experience in R&D, product development and the development of wireless standards.
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We have expertise and experience in the following technology areas, with a specialization in Cellular and WiFi
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Wireless Technology Industry Impact
Each wireless communications technology has its own set of protocols that are covered by standards. The standards are used to provide interoperability between devices and network infrastructure, regardless of the manufacturers. From an intellectual property (IP) perspective, wireless technologies demark themselves from many other technologies in that they rely heavily on standards. The standards provide a reliable and inexpensive source of evidence of use (EoU). In addition, widespread adoption of a particular standard typically means that there are sale revenues tied to products that comply with the standard, making patented technologies covering features of a standard very attractive for monetization of IP rights.
These advantages associated with standards applicability are somewhat offset by the fact that patents that have been declared as being essential to standards are subject to fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms, which limits the revenues a patentee can collect for royalties. Nonetheless, monetization of IP covering wireless standards-based functionality continues to thrive in the current IP environment.
IP Challenges: Key Issues the Industry is Facing
Although standards can provide one source of EoU for patented technologies, reliance on standards is not always sufficient for our clients’ purposes and more direct EoU is required to demonstrate or refute infringement. For example, although a device may be compliant with a particular feature described in a standard, the feature may be an optional feature described in the standard, as opposed to an essential feature. Furthermore, even if a feature is described as an essential feature within a standard, there are circumstances in which such features are seldom used or never used at all. In addition, a patented invention may include certain features that may not be covered by or described in a standard. Thus, in some cases we need to seek out other sources of information to obtain EoU. The sources of information include publicly available literature, testing and reverse engineering.