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Qualcomm's wireless patents are Standard Essential Patents (SEP) and FRAND (Fair Reasonable Add Non-Discriminatory) encumbered. In other words, Qualcomm volunt
by tooltalk 9y ago
Qualcomm's wireless patents are Standard Essential Patents (SEP) and FRAND (Fair Reasonable Add Non-Discriminatory) encumbered.
In other words, Qualcomm voluntarily declared their wireless patents to Standard Setting Orgnizations (SSO) such as ETSI, ITU, etc to become part of standards that all chipmakers must implement. Qualcomm is, under their agreement with SSO's, required to license their wireless to all willing licensees at FRAND terms. In exchange for giving up their monopoly, Qualcomm gets guaranteed income from all uses of wireless standards such as LTE in baseband chips, or mobile phones.
- dbuder 9y agoThis is true but there is a growing feeling that 2 of the 5 radios on my device shouldn't get to make up >20% of my BOM on their license alone. While the poster above you is right that they're aren't trolls per se, some of those patents (and there are a lot, all clustered around a few areas) are broad and vague and more of a wide claim than a useful description of something new.