Microsoft to buy Nokia case will be "released" in the near future

Android phone royalties down? Will China also do so after the US and EU unconditionally license Microsoft to buy Nokia handsets? March 27, the reporter from the "smart phone era of mergers and acquisitions and monopolies," the seminar learned that, despite the Huawei, ZTE, cool, Lenovo, Millet, Samsung, Sony and other Android phone manufacturers worried about the new Nokia company become "patent big crocodile", improve the mobile phone licensing fees, But China may soon be in a condition to release the merger. At present, the antitrust investigation on the case has entered the third stage, the results will be announced. Nokia and Microsoft have said recently that the deal is expected to be completed by April, later than the estimated time of September 2013 when the merger was announced. It is reported that China, India, South Korea and other countries have yet to conclude the case. Has been criticized, Qualcomm and other international patent crocodiles use mobile phone base patent advantage, wantonly charging high royalties. "Domestic manufacturers are worried about the new Nokia step after the merger." "China Communications Industry Association president Bingke told reporters. Article, graphic finishing/reporter Li Guangji worry: New Nokia wantonly raise patent fees after Microsoft acquired Nokia mobile phone business, the new Nokia will become a pure patent holder, and no longer hardware business. In this respect, the Ministry of Commerce International Trade and Economic Cooperation Institute researcher Xinyu said, beware of mergers and acquisitions after the completion of Nokia, Microsoft "copy" Qualcomm mode. Qualcomm has a lot of unreasonable and unfair expenses in collecting royalties. According to the entire mobile phone price to collect royalties, rather than according to chip prices to charge, is equal to mobile phone manufacturers also for the screen, camera, headphones, etc. to pay Qualcomm royalties. This is simply the patent model of Qualcomm Robber Limited. This is precisely to prevent Nokia imitation. In fact, domestic handset manufacturers to Qualcomm patent fees dissatisfaction, has been from the "FEI" imaging. China Communications Industry Association president Bingke told E World Reporter, February 9 this year, the association has on behalf of mobile phone manufacturers to the development and Reform commission Qualcomm suspected discriminatory pricing and monopoly of high prices report. At present, the NDRC has filed a case. This time, the Microsoft and Nokia merger case, domestic handset manufacturers also expressed concern. "According to the price of the whole machine to pay royalties, very overlord clause." Even if the tens of chip procurement, its patent fees are not allowed. A domestic handset manufacturer Personage tells a reporter. Xiaojiangping, director of the Center for Competition Law Research at Peking University, also expressed concern. He argues that Microsoft's Windows Phone manipulation system, which has a market share of 3.7% and Nokia at about 3.8%, seems irrelevant on the smart operating system, but given that Microsoft's weak sector is the only one, Microsoft's dominance will be conductive to the competition for smartphones. Status: 20% not signed patent contract manufacturers more in the domestic why the new Nokia, Microsoft will "damage" Chinese and foreign smart phone manufacturers competition? Bingke said Nokia has a patent advantage, with the world's second largest communications patent portfolio, second only to Qualcomm. Yi, secretary general of China Mobile Internet Industry Alliance, said that about 20% of the global smartphone-related manufacturersBusiness did not sign a patent agreement with Nokia, basically concentrated in the Chinese market. "ZTE is the only company that has signed a package of patent agreements with Microsoft," he said. In an earlier interview, ZTE Executive vice President Zeng Xuzhong told reporters. In fact, domestic manufacturers to "sail to the Sea", the product itself and channel promotion is not a problem, patent is the first to the threshold. Bingke that Nokia's vast number of basic patents and non-essential patents would have a significant impact if they were to launch a lawsuit that did not sign the agreement. However, Shohailin, a professor at the Central University of Finance and Economics, said he did not understand why domestic manufacturers did not sign a patent agreement with them. Microsoft's acquisition of the Nokia handset business has little impact on the handset market, which could benefit Chinese smartphone companies. Practice has proved that enterprises under the protection of the Government can not be strong, mergers and acquisitions is not a scourge. "Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia handsets is an industry merger, not a strategic merger that will hurt Android smartphone makers in the short term but will not affect the national economic system." It is expected that 2-3 years later, the impact of the acquisition of rival machine manufacturers disappeared. Heping, dean of the Institute of Digital Studies at Peking University, also told reporters that monopolies do not perform better because they are domestic enterprises, and that international companies with technological advantages should be encouraged to take root in the Chinese market and jointly promote the healthy development of the industry. Outlook: Reducing the cost of mobile phone patents is imperative "Chinese handset manufacturers are not unwilling to sign the patent agreement, but do not want to the unfair, unreasonable discriminatory patent authorization to bow, unwilling to do fat sheep." Bingke clarified that the "typical" Qualcomm for example, the domestic handset manufacturers are "organic without core", about 80% of chips using Qualcomm, the price to collect royalties is very unreasonable. In 2013, 49% of Qualcomm's receivables came from the Chinese market, which is expected to be higher this year. The reporter learned that international patent competition has the prevailing norms, namely Frand principle (fair fair), reasonable (reasonable), and Non-discriminatory (non-discrimination). The principle ensures that patent holders are benefited and their rights are constrained, and that patents are encouraged for new entrants to all markets to further develop new technologies. For the forthcoming cup of Microsoft, Nokia mergers and acquisitions antitrust investigation, Xiaojiangping that the U.S. and Europe "release", China repeatedly reviewed, in addition to the future impact of the merger of enterprises will be larger, but also with the Ministry of Commerce, the NDRC, SAIC "troika" anti-monopoly system arrangements. The possibility of a ban on merging is small, but additional conditional permission is added, one is the additional structural condition, the other is the additional behavioral condition, the latter is more likely. Mei Xin-Yu believes that the anti-Qualcomm monopoly, Microsoft Nokia merger and acquisition of the two cases to review. He suggested that the merger should be conditional on three conditions. First, the patent price should have a reasonable model, the end price decline can not maintain the patent fee unchanged. Second, only for the product functional part of the charge royalties, and can not learn Qualcomm. Third, Microsoft, Nokia, Qualcomm to recognize the Chinese communications manufacturers of collective bargaining rights, and to promiseDo not initiate antitrust lawsuits anywhere in the world. At the same time, Chinese handset makers need to strengthen collaboration rather than make sheep. "Microsoft Nokia's acquisition and Google's acquisition of Motorola mobile phone business, is the" collusion between the experts, not because the US and Europe have been released, the simple decision. " And should be divided into country and market to review, fully consider the domestic and foreign smartphone manufacturers. Ma Yide, vice president of China Intellectual Property Law Research Institute. Background: In September 2013, Nokia's deal to sell most of its handsets to Microsoft in about $7.2 billion trillion is expected to be completed in April, rather than at the end of the first quarter of this year. Microsoft also made the same announcement earlier. In a recent statement, Nokia said the deal was approved by the European Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice, but some Asian antitrust authorities are still assessing it, and some Asian regulators have yet to approve the deal. Nokia reiterated that its tax dispute in India would not affect the transaction process. Microsoft said the deal would help Microsoft move further into the hardware sector, putting the world's largest windows Phone handset maker under its umbrella. In addition to Windows Phone, Nokia also has low-end features such as Asha and the recently launched Nokia X series Android handsets. Microsoft general Counsel Brad said: "Our global regulatory certification process has entered the final phase, awaiting approval from the last few markets." ”