protection and development of intellectual property
Intellectual property is an integral part of the Orange innovation strategy. With over 400 new inventions patented every year,
Orange is developing its portfolio, which today represents 8,500 patents worldwide, with a dual objective: to protect the
innovations marketed and to create value for its investments in Research. The patents in the Orange portfolio include technologies,
such as coding and digital compression, as well as the content of services offered by the operator.
an active Licensing policy on patents and software
Orange creates value for its patents and software within a strategy of open innovation using various approaches including licensing programmes for patents developed by its value-creation team, participation in "patent pools", and technology transfers.
Particularly active in standardisation, Orange participates today in some fifteen "patent pools" (groups of patent holders) which it helps to set up in order to market the licenses covering standardised technologies and facilitate their deployment in areas such as voice coding, audio coding (MP3 and AAC) and video coding (MPEG), digital TV broadcasting, 3G mobile networks and wifi networks (802.11).
The Group was also a pioneer in "turbocodes", a coding technology that maximises the flows transmitted over many types of networks (mobile, satellite, etc.), for which it has licensed the major market players.
In software, the radio engineering modules developed by Orange, which generate value from its expertise, are already integrated in the offers of several industrial partners.
Orange creates value for its patents and software within a strategy of open innovation using various approaches including licensing programmes for patents developed by its value-creation team, participation in "patent pools", and technology transfers.
Particularly active in standardisation, Orange participates today in some fifteen "patent pools" (groups of patent holders) which it helps to set up in order to market the licenses covering standardised technologies and facilitate their deployment in areas such as voice coding, audio coding (MP3 and AAC) and video coding (MPEG), digital TV broadcasting, 3G mobile networks and wifi networks (802.11).
The Group was also a pioneer in "turbocodes", a coding technology that maximises the flows transmitted over many types of networks (mobile, satellite, etc.), for which it has licensed the major market players.
In software, the radio engineering modules developed by Orange, which generate value from its expertise, are already integrated in the offers of several industrial partners.
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