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Ericsson Internal | 2018-02-21

Challenges with Telecom Portfolios in view of Industry 4.0 and IoT

1. Ericsson and 5G use cases2. Protecting AI inventions3. Proactive Portfolio Management4. Creation of Standard-Essential Portfolios5. IoT Licensing6. Summary

Ericsson GmbH 2019-11-19Dr. Torsten Pfeifer

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this presentation are those of the presenter and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Ericsson or any if its

affiliates.


Image: Ericsson headquarters, Kista, Sweden

Ericsson at a glance

Enabling the full value of connectivity for service providers

By the numbers:— 180+ countries— 210.8 b. SEK in sales— 95,359 employees— 49,000 patents

Business areas:— Networks— Digital services— Managed services— Technologies and

new businesses

Full year 2018 figures


5G Live Networks–Supplied by Ericsson

https://www.ericsson.com/en/5g

https://www.ericsson.com/en/5g


ITS

FACTORY

AUTOMATION

REMOTE

OPERATION

5G enables new use cases

LOW COST, LOW ENERGY

SMALL DATA VOLUMES

MASSIVE NUMBERS

ULTRA RELIABLE

VERY LOW LATENCY

VERY HIGH AVAILABILITY

Critical IoTMassive IoT

SMART

GRID

SMART

AGRICULTURE

SMART

METER

SMART

LOGISTICS

TRACKING

SMART

CITIES

REMOTE

SURGERY

CONNECTED

CAR

HOME

ENTERPRISE VR/AR

Enhanced MBBMORE CAPACITY, LOW LATENCY

3D CAMERA/4K

SCREEN

E-HEALTH


Audi

Connected Production

Coordinated Industry Com.

Low latency & high reliability

Ericsson

5G Test Factory

Ericsson Manufacturing

VR / AR tests

Ericsson Manufacturing

Automation/Robotics

Center Connected Industry

Industry 4.0 Lab

Ericsson 5G Smart factory

Smart manufacturing US

Osram & DT

Campus Network

Ambra

Connected Mine

Telstra

Connected Mine

China Mobile

NB IoT and Predictive

Comau

Smart Manufacturing

Honeywell & GE

5GI2

Volvo CE & Telia

Remote control industrial

eGo & Vodafone

Automotive production

ÅF

Industry 4.0 transformation

Telefonica

Industry 4.0 private Network

SKF

5G Enabled Manufacturing

ABB

5G Industry 4.0 Lab

Industry 4.0 at Ericsson

Daimler / Mercedes Benz

Smart Factory with Telefonica

Volvo Trucks

5GEM 2

Bosch

Industry Connect testing

Industry 4.0 References

20+ installations20+proof point

40+

Scania

Smart Production lab

Robotec / China Mobile

Smart Production lab

Boliden

Industrial Mining 5G/LTE

Sibur Petrochemical & MTS

Connected production plant

Port Qingdao / China Unicom

5G smart harbour


Data driven operations powered by AI

Collect Think Act

AI execution

Artificial Intelligence

AI Edge

Customer & non-customer

data

Data

Data

Data

Data

Data

Data

Data

Data

HumanControl

Learning& feedback

loop

Data Lake

Global expert intelligence and

analytics

Predict &

Prevent

Analyze &

Change


Overcoming the “two hurdles” at the EPO

I. Invention must have a technical character“such computational models and algorithms are per se of an abstract mathematical nature …”, “…support vector

machine, reasoning engine, or neural network …usually refer to abstract models devoid of any technical character” G-II,

3.3.1

I. AI steps must contribute to the technical character of the invention

I. Technical Implementation and/or

II. Technical application/purpose

The question of sufficient disclosure (Art. 83 EPC)

Patentability requirements of other Patent Offices ?

[Who is the inventor?]

Protecting AI inventions


Distributed functionality

AI steps can be executed in different entities.

- In the cloud.

- In a temporary solution.

- At the edge

.. or this can change dynamically.


Geographical distribution

F1F2

Network node

Country X

Country Y

Telco cloud

F4


Distributed System:

— System Claims

• OLG Düsseldorf “Prepaid-Telefonkarte II” (2008) (§9 PatG, System-Verfahrensanspruch)

• LG München 7 O 5930/15 (21.04.2016) (§10 PatG, Systemanspruch)

— indirect infringement as effective protection means?

Infringement detectability problem

— Standardisation of AI => most likely not!

— Reverse engineering => extremely difficult!

— Additional ways of providing evidence for infringement at the court

- Sequences of testing data, experimental data or comparative tests ?

- evidence for the achieved technical effect ?

Protecting AI Inventions


Proactive Patent Portfolio Management

how to establish a leading valuable global patent portfolio?



New inventions- Technical Areas- Filing Targets

Existing Patent Portfolios- Technical Areas, Targets- Sizes & Age Structures- Objectives- Strategies



Value Controlled Filing & Prosecution Strategies

Quality Assurance Processes

Budget Control



Inventors

Experts

Patent assistant

Patent engineer

Patent attorney

Portfolio manager

Invention Evaluation Drafting First filing Further filingGranted patent

Teamwork – Communication – Motivation - Professionalism


STANDARDISATION PROCESS

Adopted by CONSENSUS in

standard

UnapprovedEarly investment

in R&D

Technical contribution(described in

a patent) FRANDcommitment

Standard essential

patent

Access to the standard

Return on investment

FRAND = Fair, Reasonable and Non-

Discriminatory (terms and conditions)

Interoperable high

performance devices at a

reasonable price


Who are the leading technology contributors?

Total number of submitted technical papers to 3GPP, 1999-2017.

https://www.ericsson.com/en/patents/estimating-the-future-5g-patent-landscapeSource:

https://www.ericsson.com/en/patents/estimating-the-future-5g-patent-landscape


Multi-mode 4G, 5G share of approved contributions in RAN1 and RAN2.

Leaders

In the key 3GPP WorkingGroups RAN1 and RAN2, Ericsson is in the lead withmore than 16 percent of allapproved papers.


5G declarations without essentially filter

5G declarations with essentially filter


“FRAND is intended to maintain the delicate

balance between the interest of the intellectual

property holder and the needs of the broader set

of companies that need access to essential

intellectual property.“

‘The essentials of intellectual property’Signals Research Group, 2010

2G

3G

4G

Fair and

reasonable

licensing for

new entrants

Selection of

the best solution

based on general

consensus

Early investment

in research and

development

Creation of

industry open

standards

FRAND-based Licensing

5G

Ericsson Internal | 2018-02-21Source: https://www.cencenelec.eu/news/workshops/Pages/WS-2019-013.aspx

https://www.cencenelec.eu/news/workshops/Pages/WS-2019-013.aspx


http://avanci.com/Source:

http://avanci.com/


https://www.etsi.org/intellectual-property-rights/46-ipr/580-ex-ante-list-of-disclosuresSource:

https://www.etsi.org/intellectual-property-rights/46-ipr/580-ex-ante-list-of-disclosures


Challenges / Questions

—How to best protect Artificial Intelligence inventions?

—How to ensure that you have the right team, structures, strategies,processes etc for establishing a leading valuable global patentportfolio?

—How to measure patent portfolio size/strength/value?

—How to make IoT licensing easy?

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