Patent Licensing
Patent licensing shapes what device and chip makers pay to use each other's technology. This topic follows cross-licensing deals, standard-essential patent royalties and portfolio sales, explaining whose technology is being valued and who ends up paying.
Every smartphone, base station and AI accelerator ships with other companies' inventions inside it, and patent licensing sets the price of that permission. Cross-licences between firms such as Huawei and Qualcomm, FRAND royalty negotiations over standard-essential patents and outright portfolio sales quietly decide product margins, launch schedules and which companies hold leverage in 5G, computing and AI.
