Thomson escape bankruptcy experts say China's color TV patent fees - Thomson, traditional TV - Network Appliance Industry-hc360 HC

Thomson has been the Chinese consumerconcerned about: the change rules of the game
Electronicmakers will bring what the market situation changed,
Patent lingering shadow of corporate head, fromany permission, for example, most of our TV
DVDbusiness, but also to consider how the new owner is
To traditional TV, the approved Thomson bankruptcyopen to question.
news, the Chinese consumer electronics industry mayEscape royalties Chinese enterprises
not be good news. Renowned intellectual propertyThis will determine to whom the Chinese consumer
experts, Beijing Intellectual Property Agent with Lielectronics industry . Patent if the owner changed,
Jun Cheng Liu Fang told bits partner network, "thethe Chinese color TV enterprises have also changed
Chinese color TV enterprises are required to paya company equivalent. However, these contracts
annually to Thomson a large number of patentpermit fee will not exempt Thomson bankruptcy.
licensing fees, even if the bankruptcy, the license fee"Thomson patents of digital television companies such
contract will not be Tom Johnson's bankruptcyas less than Korea, but it is based on technology and
exemption. "the TV audio and video technology is still quite a
Concerned about the identity and attitudes then setnumber of basic patents, patent licensing industry as
This means that Chinese color TV enterprises are stillthe leading TV Big Brother status can not be shaken.
not escape the shadow of the patent. For media"Fang said network to bits on the TV is concerned,
reports on December 3 the "big stick Thomsonmost of China's color TV industry, sooner or later to
bankruptcy, or pound the Chinese color TV patents,"star enterprises Thomson has signed a licensing
the statement, Liu Fang said, first, the sale ofcontract, up to now, has been more or less
ThomsonThomson to pay a license fee.
TVAccordance with industry practice, under normal
And movie equipment manufacturers and othercircumstances, companies in bankruptcy, certain
business, they did not sell the franchise. Now, if thetypes of assets would be substantially or cheap, but
company went bankrupt, then after the disk, if theyit is able to divest certain assets out of the good
can buy Thomson's patents, that is to buy aassets. Patent shall be guilty of such. Despite the
television andworldwide use Thomson joint venture, etc. for
MP3industry or market expansion, but its patent
Audio and video technologies such as the global voice.exclusivity has never wavered. For example, in 2004,
In fact, the company's purchase of Thomson's intentTCL
and identity concern.International joint venture with Thomson TTE
Bit network, according to understanding of ThomsonCorporation, TCL, and not free to exercise the
Corporation and a number of Chinese starspatent right to use, still under the same laws permit
Home Appliancesthe company to Thomson to pay licensing fees.
Produced a dispute between the companies andTherefore, Thomson in bankruptcy, its patent license
disputes. In particular, a number of areas in recent"new owner" will be hanging his head in the Chinese
years, regional high-profile advocate of its intellectualconsumer electronics companies the sword of
property, reap licensing fees. In 2003 ThomsonDamocles, do not fall down and still is unknown.
proposed to the Chinese enterprises each 1.5 U.S.Thomson
dollars DVD patent fee; in 2005, Thomson MP3Founded in 1929, the world's first color TV was born
business to the Chinese charge 75 cents eachin the company, which is the leading provider of
royalty. Some statistics, according to the 2008 Chinaindustrial imaging technology, products and
will produce 18 million MP3 player, then ThomsonService
alone from China can get 12 million U.S. dollars inIntegrator, business ranging from content creation,
patent fees.content distribution to the entire process of receiving
Liu Fangintellectual property experts remind thecontent, product coverage and video products
Chinese enterprises must pay close attention andDigital
then set the identity of the play, after all, the use ofProcessing. 7 years ago, the company's 6.4 million
patents not only Jiaoqian problem, but the issue ofemployees worldwide, the current number of its
market access permits. At this time should beemployees has been reduced to 2.3 million people.