After two years and seven months, on January 24, the domestic mobile phone manufacturer OPPO and the global communications giant Nokia reached a settlement, and the two sides reached a consensus on the 5G patent cross-licensing agreement, since then the patent dispute that originated 21 years has ended. On the surface, the conclusion of the patent dispute between the two giants is a beneficial and harmless result for both parties, and this also shows the strength of OPPO.
At the beginning of December 2023, the Chongqing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court made a judgment in the case of OPPO v. Nokia over royalties. In the European market, Nokia's patent infringement lawsuit against OPPO has also been declared invalid, and even the lawsuit in Indonesia has been rejected by the local court in Indonesia.
Of particular importance is the Chongqing court's decision, which is China's first global 5G rate judgment, which confirms the global fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) rates for Nokia's 2G-5G SEPs, all of which are significantly lower than the rates required by Nokia. Behind this patent dispute is also an all-round contest of intellectual property rights and corporate strength between the two sides, and OPPO's performance in this patent dispute is believed to be a sample for Chinese enterprises to fight against unreasonable patent fees. Furthermore, this judgment can provide reference and guidance for other related industries such as mobile phones and automobiles to determine 5G patent fees, and may help reduce the cost of patent licensing in the 5G industry.
OPPO's success is closely related to their huge investment in patent research and development. Judging from the information published on the Internet, OPPO has deployed 5G communication standard patents in more than 40 countries and regions around the world, and has completed a total of 5900+ global patent applications, according to the "Global 5G Standard Essential Patents and Standard Proposal Research Report (2023)" released by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, OPPO 5G standard essential patent strength ranks among the top in the world.
With the blessing of so many technology patent moats, OPPO can also bring us products with outstanding product strength, and OPPO has reached a settlement with Nokia this time, OPPO should have a new round of growth in the global market. No, at present, OnePlus 12 has been on the official website of Germany, we can reasonably guess that more OPPO mobile phones will be launched in the European market in the future, which is undoubtedly good news for our domestic mobile phones.
In general, now our domestic mobile phone manufacturers, in the patent research and development, has done quite well, the OPPO and Nokia reached a settlement on the 5G patent dispute, is also a good proof, I believe that this judgment on the dispute, can also provide reference and guidance for other mobile phones, automobiles and other related industries to determine 5G patent fees, so our domestic mobile phone manufacturers will bring us what surprises in patent research and development in the future, let's wait and see.
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