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No one company dominating 5G
By Ferraiuoli LLC
A new report published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), “Patenting Activity among 5G Technology Developers,” concludes that there is global competition in 5G innovation, with no one company dominating the field.“5G and later-generation wireless communications technologies will touch every aspect of the lives of U.S. workers and businesses and help close the digital divide,” said United States Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo. “The Department of Commerce fully supports investments and American leadership in advanced wireless research, including 5G technologies.”
“From the personal computer to satellite technology, the last few decades of technological innovation have dramatically changed the way we live,” said Drew Hirshfeld, Performing the Functions and Duties of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO. “These patents support a vibrant digital economy that enables more citizens to benefit from the promise of 5G wireless communications networks."
Unique among studies on 5G patenting activity, this report examines overall patenting trends as well as trends in patent filings and value indicators in the four most-patented 5G-related technologies. The report shows that six companies—Qualcomm, Ericsson, Huawei, LG, Nokia, and Samsung—consistently filed more 5G-related patent applications in the last decade. The report also examines a subset of applications filed in 2010-2021 in four critical 5G technologies: (1) management of local wireless resources; (2) multiple use of transmission path; (3) radio transmission systems; and (4) information error detection or error correction in transmission systems. In these four areas, Qualcomm and LG emerged as the most active, followed by Samsung, Huawei, Ericsson, and Nokia.
The report concludes that its analysis “supports the finding that the United States remains highly competitive in 5G innovation.”
5G is a new global wireless standard that offers higher data speeds, greater capacity, and improved reliability to better connect networked devices. The report was produced in support of the 2021 National Strategy to Secure 5G Implementation Plan, which calls on the U.S. government to “[attain] an informed understanding of the global competitiveness and economic vulnerabilities of United States 5G manufacturers and suppliers.”
Ferraiuoli LLC
Ferraiuoli LLC (FLLC) was founded in 2003 by the late Blas Ferraiuoli-Martínez, Eugenio Torres-Oyola and María Marchand-Sánchez. This group was then joined in 2004 by Fernando J. Rovira-Rullán, thus forming the founding core of FLLC. FLLC has grown exponentially since its founding from a law firm with three attorneys and a support staff of three to its current size of 54 attorneys with a support staff of 38. Also, FLLC has grown from initially being known as an intellectual property and corporate law boutique law firm to a multiservice law firm that handles most matters relevant to a business while continuing to earn praise for its leading intellectual property and corporate practices.
FLLC has been ranked as a leading law firm in Puerto Rico by the professional publication Chambers Latin America in intellectual property, corporate, bankruptcy, labor & employment, real estate, and tax law. Moreover, 17 FLLC partners have been ranked as leaders in their field by the same publication. 4 FLLC partners are ranked as leaders in Intellectual Property, no other firm has more than 2. This recognition in such a short period of time is a tribute to FLLC’s business model.
FLLC prides itself in doing its work faster and more cost-efficiently yet with the same quality as that of its main competitors. The founding name partners are available at all times to attend to client matters. Their work ethic sets the tone for the rest of the firm. FLLC’s founders’ goal has been steady from the outset: become one of the premier multiservice law firms in Puerto Rico.