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価格・ご注文について この調査レポートは、モバイル市場における法的論争の最新情報を概説しています。Apple社とHTC社、Apple社とNokia社、Apple社のマルチタッチ技術における動向や、Google社やFacebookに対するソーシャルネットワーキングの挑戦など、話題の論争についてケーススタディを提供しています。2009年6月から2010年6月までに特許取得された、スマートフォン(ハードウェア、プラットフォーム、ソフトウェア、サービス)を分析対象とし、主要な特許動向と主要企業の知的財産権の状況を把握できるように構成されています。
Overview
Patent activity is a good measure of a company’s competitiveness and its ability to protect its long-term profitability. Patents are internationally defendable and ensure that a company with a strong bias towards research innovation will maintain a strong market presence and a good return for its investors. This report conducts a review of the smartphone platform patenting activity of the major companies across the mobile industry, and presents an evaluation of how these companies are positioned in the market as a result of their intellectual property holdings.
The report summarises the current legal disputes in the mobile market and presents case studies for the high-profile disputes between Apple and HTC, Apple and Nokia, the Apple multi-touch challenge and the social networking challenge made to Google and Facebook. The disputed patents are identified and an outlook presented for each party depending on ultimate settlement.
An analysis of patents awarded over the period June 2009 to June 2010 related to smartphone hardware, platforms, software and services was conducted in order to identify key patenting trends and the intellectual property standing of the leading industry players. The work identified four areas of active patenting ? the user interface, short-range connectivity, location based services, and search and advertising. Some findings were unsurprising, such as Google’s strong IPR in the area of search, while other were less expected, such as Samsung’s high ranking in user interface patents ? the company being second only to Apple in this area.
Topics of coverage include:
- Determining the value of patents
- Smartphone market overview
- How patents help build a competitive advantage
- Significant new smartphone patents
- Non-Practicing Entities (NPEs) - strategies and influence
- Patent dispute case studies
- Smartphone patenting volume analysis
- Areas of high patenting activity - UI, Connectivity, LBS, and Search and Advertising
- Outlook for patent reform
- Summary of patent disputes in the handset industry
Companies mentioned, discussed or reviewed include:
Acer
Alcatel-Lucent
Apple
AT&T
Digital Tech Licensing
Eastman Kodak
Edge Wireless
Elan Microelectronics
EMG Technology
Ericsson
Facebook
Google
HP
HTC
Immersion
Intel
Intellect Wireless
InterDigital
IPCom
ITC
| ITT Corp
Jumptap
Klausner Technologies
Kyocera
LG
LiMo Foundation
MasterCard
Microsoft
MicroUnity
Mobile MediaIdeas
Motorola
Nintendo
Nokia
NTP
NTT DoCoMo
NXP
Palm
Prism Technologies
Qualcomm
RIM
| Samsung
Servo Software
Sony
Sony Ericsson
Sprint Nextel
Starhome
Symbian
T-Mobile
Texas Instruments
Tune Hunter
Verizon
Virgin Mobile
Visa
Visto
Vodafone
WiLAN
Winksite
WIPO
Wireless Ink
Yahoo
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Answers and opinions are provided with respect to the following essential questions:
- Why are patent disputes increasing?
- How has wireless patent activity evolved over the years?
- What aspect of device connectivity is Apple’s IP most focused?
- After Google, which companies hold the most number of search and advertising patents?
- What is at stake in the Apple versus Nokia patent dispute?
- What is at stake in the Apple versus HTC patent dispute?
- Which aspect of the smartphone platform has experienced the greatest amount of patent activity in the past year?
- Which company has patented the most number of image-based search patents?
- Why is NFC such an active area of innovation amongst smartphone vendors?
- What are some of the significant LBS innovations that Apple and Google have patented?
- After Apple, which companies are the most innovative in the area of device user interface?
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A. Research Methodology
A.1 | Determining the Value of Patents
| Patent Count
| Patent Citations
Significant Patents
| Patent Valuing Methods
A.2 | Valuing Methods Used in this Study
B. Smartphone Overview
B.1 | Handset Market Shares
Nokia
Apple
B.2 | Smartphone Operating Systems
| Open Source
MeeGo
| Mobile Applications
| Platform Strategies
C. Patent Disputes
| Motivations for lawsuits
| ITC Involvement in Patent Disputes
C.1 | Why Are Patent Disputes Increasing?
| Economic Environment
| Floodgates Principle
| Product Complexity
| Flawed Patenting System
C.2 | Non-Practicing Entities
| Damages Awarded
| NPE Activity in the Smartphone Market
Intellect Wireless Sues Apple
IPCom Sues HTC in Germany
WiLAN Sues Apple, LG, HP, Intel and Motorola
Wireless Ink Sues Google and Facebook
Klausner Technologies Sues Motorola and RIM
Mobile Media Ideas Sues Apple, HTC and RIM
MicroUnity Sues the Mobile Community
NTP Sues Apple, Google, HTC and LG Electronics
| NPEs as a Positive Influence
InterDigital
| Countering NPEs
C.3 | Dispute Case Studies
| The Multi-touch Dispute
| Apple Suing HTC
Patent Analysis
Google Involvement in HTC versus Apple Case
Microsoft Agreement with HTC
| Google and Facebook Sued Over Mobile Social Networking
Alleged Violations
| Nokia versus Apple
Alleged Violations
C.4 | Patent Reform
| The Patent Reform Act
| Supreme Court Actions
D. Patent Analysis
D.1 | Overall Mobile Patents
D.2 | Areas of High Smartphone Patenting Activity
User Interface
Short-Range Connectivity
Location Based Services (LBS)
Search and Advertising
D.3 | User Interface Patent Activity
| Patenting Activity
Apple
Samsung
RIM
Nokia
| Patent Citations
D.4 | Significant User Interface Patents
| Apple: Multi-touch Tactile Keyboard
| Apple: Pen Grip
| Immersion Corporation
Immersion: Mood-Based Haptic Feedback
| Qualcomm: Tri-Screen Device
| Google: Navigation through a 3D Environment
D.5 | Short-Range Connectivity Patent Activity
| Near Field Communications
| Patent Activity
Nokia
Microsoft
Sony and NXP
Samsung
Apple
D.6 | Significant Short-Range Connectivity Patents
| Microsoft: Group Content Use
| Apple: Sports Network Sensors and Feedback
| Apple: NFC Enhanced Benefits/Rewards
D.7 | Location Based Services Patent Activity
Nokia
Microsoft, Sony Ericsson and Samsung
Apple and Google
D.8 | Significant LBS Patents
AT&T: Intelligent GPS Power Management
| Apple: Group Formation Using Anonymous Broadcast Information
| Apple: Mobile Location Sharing
| Google: Mobile Location Advertising
| Google: Location Sniffing Solution
| LG: LBS for Multipoint Broadcasting
D.9 | Search and Advertising Patenting Activity
Google
Nokia
Apple
Microsoft
D.10 | Significant Search and Advertising Patents
| Google: Image-Based Search Engine for Mobile Phones with Camera
Google: Reasonable Surfer Patent
| Servo Software: Social Mobile Search
| Jumptap: Bid Management System for Advertising
E. Key Learnings
E.1 | Two Large Legal Cases Shape the Smartphone Industry
E.2 | NPE Activity Increases
E.3 | Smartphone Complexity Leads to Greater Disputes
E.4 | User Interface
E.5 | Connectivity
E.6 | Location Based Services
E.7 | Search and Advertising
List of Figures
Figure 1 .Global smartphone shipments: 2010 - 2015
Figure 2 - Global handset shipments and market share by manufacturer: 2008 to 2009
Figure 3 - iPhone unit shipments: 2007 - 2009
Figure 4 - Smartphone OS market share: 2010
Figure 5 - Commercial smartphone operating systems
Figure 6 - Number of patent disputes in Telecoms, IT and Media: 1991 - 2009
Figure 7 - List of current legal disputes in the mobile market
Figure 8 - Total mobile and wireless technology patents issued: 2002 - 2009
Figure 9 - Patent count for top patenting areas: June 2009 to June 2010
Figure 10 - Number of UI patents issued by top patenting companies: June 2009 to June 2010
Figure 11 - Number of UI patent citations by top patenting companies: June 2009 to 2010
Figure 12 - Apple’s tactile keyboard
Figure 13 - Sylus-less handwriting recognition
Figure 14 - Qualcomm’s multi-fold tablet
Figure 15 - Number of connectively patents issued by top patenting companies: June 2009 to 2010
Figure 16 - Number of connectivity patent citations by top patenting companies: June 2009 to June 2010
Figure 17 - Schematic of Apple’s auto racing sensory feedback patent
Figure 18 - NFC coffee cup exemplifying Apple’s Enhanced Benefits Application
Figure 19 - Number of LBS patents by top patenting companies: June 2009 to June 2010
Figure 20 - Number of LBS patent citations by top patenting companies: June 2009 to June 2010
Figure 21 - Number of search and advertising patents by top patenting companies: June 2009 to June 2010
Figure 22 - Number of search and advertising patent citations by top patenting companies: June 2009 to June 2010
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