Oppo hoovers up more telecoms patents with Intel and Ericsson deals
Chinese smartphone maker Oppo Electronics has signed patent agreements with Intel and Ericsson, as it seeks to bolster its telecommunications portfolio.
Oppo, which in recent months signed a series of major patent deals, announced the most recent agreements on Monday, August 5.
The deal with semiconductor maker Intel involves the transfer of 58 patents to Oppo, in areas related to cellular mobile communications technology.
Oppo has also purchased rights to more than 500 patents from Swedish telecoms company Ericsson, covering countries and regions including the US, Europe, China and India.
In February, WIPR reported that Ericsson and Oppo had entered into a patent cross-licensing deal, covering patents from both companies’ 2G, 3G, and 4G portfolios. The deal will see the two companies collaborate on other projects involving 5G, including device testing and customer engagement.
Oppo also inked a “multi-year” patent licence agreement with Finnish telecoms company Nokia in November last year. The terms of the agreement were confidential.
The month before, Oppo claimed that one of its phones had successfully connected to 5G internet.
As of 2019, Oppo has deployed 5G patents in more than 20 countries and regions around the world.
According to this week’s release, as one of the leading contributors in the development of 5G standard, Oppo has filed more than 2,200 global patent families applications related to 5G technology.
The Chinese company has also submitted more than 2,600 technical papers to standards organisation 3rd Generation Partnership Project.
As of July 2019, Oppo has disclosed more than 600 patent families to standardisation organisation European Telecommunications Standards Institute, which, according to Oppo, further underscores strong standing in the 5G patent space.
“Oppo respects IP rights and attaches tremendous importance to accumulating and holding patents. As of July 8, 2019, OPPO had filed more than 37,000 patent applications globally, over 31,000 (~85%) of which were invention patents, and had been granted more than 11,000 patents in total,” said the release.
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