Published: July 23, 2017
Publication: Crain’s Detroit Business
“As the telecommunications and automotive industries begin to overlap with the surge of connected vehicles, a costly intellectual property issue is on the horizon.
During the creation of connected technologies, such as LTE, WiFi and Bluetooth, standards were developed for the software and hardware to bolster advancements. These inventions are protected through the creation of standard essential patents, which encourage widespread adoption of the standards. The users of these technologies are required to pay licensing fees.”