With a valuable wireless patent portfolio, IP companies, semiconductor companies, and equipment companies would be interested acquiring all or part of these assets.
He suggests Apple has a wireless charging patent that would make charging less annoying, and offers Siri as a way to navigate a device with relatively small touch hit points and potentially fidgety controls.
The news comes only one week after the companys wireless patent for semiconductor packaging technologies was rejected for a second time by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and one week after it announced lower than expected second-quarter profit.
To ward off the threat of a new smartphone-style patent war in auto, the head of one of the world's largest wireless patent pools, Via Licensing's Joseph Siino, has proposed a collective licensing solution built on transparent rational pricing and consistent terms for all licenses.
On September 6, telecommunications giant Verizon joined Via's LTE wireless patent pool, making it the second major U.S. wireless carrier, after AT&T, to sign on.
(See "Tessera Up After Reassurances").. Another important case for the company involves its wireless patent case, which was revived by the ITC on March 28 after being suspended by a judge.
San Francisco-based Via Licensing, an independent subsidiary of audio pioneer Dolby Labs that has earned a reputation for fair and flexible deal making, is scoring some big wins lately in easing the wireless patent wars.
Our "peace plan" would eliminate many of the incentives and opportunities for gamesmanship in wireless patent licensing.
Via's wireless patent pool also says it provides discounted rates for startups and other low-volume manufacturers, enabling them to acquire the rights they need early on and grow with the program.
First, whittle down this ridiculous mountain of self-interested wireless patent claims to the fewer than 2,000 patent families that most experts believe are truly essential to smartphone handset makers.
