LUXEMBOURG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--3G-4G Licensing S.A. (belonging to the Sisvel Group) has acquired more than 400 patents and patent applications from Orange S.A..
The acquired portfolio covers technologies used in a wide range of mobile communications devices and services. Thirty-seven out of the sixty five acquired patent families have been declared essential to various mobile communication standards before the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI). The remaining twenty eight families include implementation patents in the field of the mobile communications technology.
“We are very proud to have acquired this unique patent portfolio,” noted Thomas Hartmann, Director of 3G-4G Licensing S.A.. “3G-4G Licensing S.A. is committed to continue making the LTE patents available through Sisvel’s LTE patent pool, and we will also ensure easy access to the other segments of the portfolio to all companies interested in implementing these patented technologies.”
“This transaction is a major operation to protect the value created by our innovation teams. This deal is going to provide added value to Orange and the mobile handsets market by offering a simplified process to acquire licensing rights for a wide set of technologies at FRAND conditions. We are delighted to work with an European intellectual property player with such a successful track record. Sisvel has been a pro-active business partner for licensing Orange patents since 1996, when we joined the Mpeg Audio patent pool” indicated Thierry Souche, Senior Vice President, Orange Labs Products & Services.
The portfolio acquired from Orange includes LTE patents that have been contributed by Orange to Sisvel’s LTE patent pool. These specific patent rights remain available under the terms and conditions of that pool (detailed information can be found on http://www.sisvel.com/index.php/lte-ltea), while the other patent rights related to 3G/4G technology but not included in Sisvel LTE/LTE-A pool will be licensed through separate licensing programs.
You may contact 3G-4G Licensing S.A. at the following e-mail address: info@3G-4GLicensing.com .
About Sisvel
Started in 1982 when Sisvel S.p.A. was founded
in Italy, the Sisvel Group has become a world leader in managing
intellectual property and maximizing the value of patent rights. The
Sisvel Group is global in scope and reach, with companies in Italy
(Sisvel and Sisvel Technology in None Torinese), the United States
(Sisvel US and Audio MPEG in Metropolitan Washington, DC), China (Sisvel
Hong Kong), Japan (Sisvel Japan in Tokyo), Germany (Sisvel Germany in
Stuttgart), Luxembourg (Sisvel International), and the United Kingdom
(Sisvel UK), with over one hundred professionals worldwide with
engineers, legal, and licensing expertise. Sisvel has a long history of
managing successful patent portfolios including those related to the
audio compression standards known as MP3 and MPEG Audio, and widespread
technologies such as OSD (On Screen Display), ATSS (Automatic Tuning &
Sorting System), and WSS (Wide Screen Signalling - for automatic
switching of television image formats). Sisvel currently operates patent
pools and joint licensing programs for the DVB-T, DVB-T2, LTE/LTE-A and
Wi-Fi standards, together with its Sisvel Wireless licensing program and
is in the process of creating a new licensing program for DVB-C2.
For
additional information, please visit: www.sisvel.com
