Licensing Overview

/Overview

Proven Expertise in Patent Licensing

WiLAN is a well known and respected patent licensing company. With over 30 years in existence, WiLAN has the experience, quality patent assets, internal capabilities/expertise, and financial backing to successfully license patents to third parties around the world.

/Approach

A Principled Approach
to Licensing

WiLAN has always undertaken its licensing activities on the premise that licensing intellectual property be based on a principled, professional, merit-based, and reasonable business-driven approach. This methodology has generated fair and stable returns for companies selling their patent portfolios, with many of our programs generating revenue within 24 months. WiLAN’s methodology seeks to avoid litigation, preferring to derive fair, reasonable, and commercially-viable royalties commensurate with the underlying value of the patented technology. However, if needed, WiLAN will pursue enforcement through litigation in various jurisdictions around the world in order to prevent unlicensed use of its intellectual property.

Applicable to many diverse markets or technologies, WiLAN’s approach has successfully licensed technologies in a variety of markets, including:

  • Telecommunication
  • Wireless Access
  • Network Management
  • Wireline Communication
  • Semiconductor Memory
  • Semiconductor Manufacturing
  • Memory Interfaces
  • TV Broadcast and Display
  • Voice-activated personal assistant products
  • Consumer Electronics
  • Entertainment Systems
  • Medical Devices

/Methodology

A Multi-Disciplinary Methodology

Our methodology involves a multi-disciplinary approach involving teams of engineers, technology and market researchers, patent attorneys and agents, corporate attorneys and business negotiators all having extensive industry leading knowledge, skills, and experience. WiLAN’s licensing track record demonstrates that our team-based methodology can successfully and efficiently monetize intellectual property, whether internally developed or acquired from licensing partners

/Licensees

Our Global Licensees

WiLAN has licensed many Fortune 500 technology companies including Samsung, Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent, Broadcom, Cisco, Dell, Funai, HP, HTC, Intel, LG, MediaTek, Nvidia, Motorola Mobility, Panasonic, SK Hynix, Global Foundries and TSMC.  

Ready to unlock the value of your patents?

Whether you’re seeking a licensing partner, looking to sell a portfolio, or want to explore a revenue-sharing arrangement, our team is ready to have a direct, no-obligation conversation.