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Background

IPCom GmbH & Co. KG[1], is an intellectual property (IP) rights licensing and technology R&D company, which supports companies with asserting patent rights and concluding patent license agreements on FRAND (fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory) terms.[2] Its R&D team actively contributes to communication standard setting bodies, focusing on 3GPP, while managing IPCom's global patent portfolio.[3]

IPCom holds over 200 patent families in the field of mobile communications, with more than 1,000 patents registered in Europe, the US and Asia, most of which have been granted. IPCom has negotiated and closed a number of significant license contracts and settlement agreements with high-profile, global companies in the mobile and telecoms space. These include a case pending with the German Supreme Court, against Nokia and HTC, whom IPCom states have infringed its mobile telecoms European Patent (EP 1 841 268) (the 100A).[4]

Committed to the principles of FRAND, fair play and competitive advantage, IPCom also offers consulting services to companies in the telecoms space, with the aim of levelling the playing field and ensuring those behind the development of standard essential patents (SEPs) are fairly rewarded for their technologies and work.[5]

IPCom is headquartered in Pullach, Munich, Germany, and operates on a global basis.[6]

History

In 2007, IPCom acquired a portfolio of mobile technology patents from Robert Bosch GmbH.[7] This comprises more than 160 patent families in 2G, 2.5G, 3G and LTE technologies, 30 of which are SEPs covering the USA, Europe and Asia. Technologies covered in the portfolio span areas including interface, MMS and digital rights management, applications, synchronization and packet data transmission. [8]

In acquiring the Bosch patent portfolio, IPCom also acquired telecoms European Patent (EP 1 841 268) (the 100A), which in January 2018 was found by England’s Court of Appeal to be standard-essential and mandatory to the UMTS standard. 100A relates to controlling how UMTS mobile phones gain initial access to a network. Since then, IPCom has welcomed requests from handset manufacturers, service providers, and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to obtain FRAND license agreements. [9]

Through ongoing R&D activity, IPCom has also developed its own global patent portfolio, with numerous applications currently pending. [10]

References

  1. ^ "GmbH" means "Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung" (English: company with limited liability); "KG" means "Kommanditgesellschaft"; see also GmbH & Co. KG.
  2. ^ FRAND determination stay agreed for IPCom v Nokia trial Ashurst blog, Shreedevi Chatterjee
  3. ^ 3GPP written contributions at meeting 9th-13th September 2017 3GPP
  4. ^ Nokia wins patent victory over IPCom Financial Times, Maija Palmer
  5. ^ We will monetise our IP no matter how much it costs, says IPCom managing director Vanilla Plus, George Malim
  6. ^ Company Overview of Ipcom Gmbh & Co. Kg Bloomberg
  7. ^ IPCom confident of winning case against Nokia, HTC Times of Oman
  8. ^ Patent firm sues German retailers over HTC phonesReuters, Christoph Steitz, Tarmo Virki
  9. ^ Nokia loses UK patent appeal against IPComComputer World, Mikael Ricknäs
  10. ^ We will monetise our IP no matter how much it costs, says IPCom managing director Vanilla Plus, George Malim

Further reading

  • "Antitrust: Commission welcomes IPCom's public FRAND declaration (MEMO/09/549)". europa.eu. Brussels: European Commission. 10 December 2009.
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