Nokia is chewing the patent? Actually, it's planning a comeback.

Wen/Li Junhui Nokia, the once-mobile giant, now seems a bit lost. After Waterloo in the mobile phone market, Nokia seems to be in a slump. Lajiv Suri, Nokia's chief executive, confirmed at an analyst meeting that Nokia would not manufacture handsets directly in the future, but said Nokia was considering increasing royalties, Rajeevsuri. This seemingly simple stance, no doubt will be in the mobile phone market to stir up the waves. The reason, Nokia's move out of the handset market to raise royalties would, on the one hand, raise the cost of the current mainstream handset makers and, in turn, affect terminal pricing or selling prices, and, on the other, could become the biggest victim of patent-weak domestic handsets and significantly weaken the market competitive edge of domestic handsets. The point is, is it a good way for Nokia to throw away a phone just for a patent fee? and domestic handset manufacturers, how to deal with this change? How to strengthen their own moat? The former mobile phone overlord now the patent giant according to the State Intellectual Property Office Web site statistics show that as of November 26, 2014, Nokia's patent search total of 12,121 pieces (article), Nokia announced the number of inventions 3,955, Nokia's invention authorized number of 3,647 pieces, Nokia's utility model number is 33 pieces, Nokia's design number is 1042 pieces. So what does that mean? Only from the above figures, perhaps many people can not understand why Nokia is a patent giant. But if the patent holders of Nokia and domestic mobile phones on behalf of the charm of the comparison, I believe that many people will have a more like feeling. In the total number of patent searches, Nokia is 62 times times the charm clan; the number of inventions announced, Nokia is 36 times times the charm, the number of inventions authorized, Nokia is 910 times times the charm of the family, even Nokia's most important utility model, Nokia is the charm of twice times, the design, Nokia is the charm of 12 times times. Perhaps some people will disagree, even some of the fans of the fan kerosene, may also feel the charm of the utility model with the former mobile phone giant Nokia gap is not big. Clearly, these people are not fully aware of the gold content of the patent. As we all know, in the licensing difficulty or technical gold, from high to low is the invention patent, utility model patents and design patents. In a different dimension, it might be easier to understand. From the age of legal protection, the invention patent protection period is 20, the utility model and the appearance design protection period are 10 years. Simply put, in the most competitive invention patents, Nokia has received 910 times times the number of patents licensed, is 8 times times HTC, is 7 times times the apple. Obviously, Nokia is a mobile phone patent giant but, more importantly, Nokia's mobile phone patents all over the 2G, 3G, 4G and other major communications network. In other words, even if Nokia collapses tomorrow morning, the mainstream handset makers are now going to have to pay for the patents they use for Nokia tonight. Nokia Rose Authorized FeiCell phone injury geometry? Nearly 40 companies, including Apple, Samsung, HTC, Microsoft, BlackBerry, LG, Sony, Motorola and Huawei, are required to pay a patent license fee to Nokia, according to Valuewalk, a research institute. Some researchers estimate that Nokia can get at least 500 million euros per year of patent revenue, Apple, Samsung, Microsoft is its main contributor, by 2018, Nokia's annual patent fee will rise to 600 million euros. It is clear that Nokia's proposed increase in patent licensing costs will have an impact on the cost and pricing of the companies ' handsets. So, in the domestic handset manufacturers, Nokia's proposal to increase the licensing fee, the impact on their geometry? First, Huawei, ZTE and other patents hold more manufacturers, the bargaining advantage is impaired. Earlier, as Nokia was still competing in the mobile phone market, so, with Huawei, ZTE as the representative of more invention patents authorized by domestic handset manufacturers, through the patent cross licensing, with their own patents and other patents to authorize each other, reduce or control the need to pay the patent costs, thereby reducing the cost of their own products. Now, Nokia no longer directly manufacturing markets, will mean that Huawei, ZTE lost the possibility of crossing with Nokia or the original cross licensing agreement on Nokia has no real binding. Simply put, Huawei and ZTE also need a separate budget to pay for the patents they use for Nokia. Second, the millet, such as the charm of less patent domestic handset manufacturers, may be due to the increase in shipments, become Nokia's target prey, at any time may need to pay for Nokia's expensive licensing fees. In the face of Nokia's potential for higher licensing fees, domestic handset manufacturers can only be trampled on, or have other ways to counter or prevent it?