The key step! The first metaverse industry patent pool in China was launched, and 170 patents were openly licensed

Source: Yuanli Society

Edit: Uncle Kai

Original Title: "The First Domestic Metaverse Industry Patent Pool Officially Launched"

On May 30, at the 2023 Zhongguancun Forum "Global Intellectual Property Protection and Innovation Forum", the first Metaverse Industry Patent Pool in China was officially launched. The first batch of patents entering the pool reached more than 170, of which 53 patents were first landed and opened for licensing.

Patent Pool is a patent licensing trading platform composed of patentees. On the platform, patentees carry out horizontal licensing, and sometimes open to third parties for horizontal and vertical licensing under unified licensing conditions. The licensing fee rate It is up to the patentee to decide.

The metaverse industrial patent pool launched this time will give priority to the inclusion of influential leading enterprises in the industry, small and medium-sized cutting-edge enterprises, and universities and institutes that participate in the formulation of industry standards, so as to promote the accumulation of patents in key areas of the metaverse ecosystem, and use standardized The operation mechanism of the industrialization of licensing terms and preferential patent licensing fees forms a joint force for intellectual property protection, realizes the commercial returns of the patent pool and the benefits of members, promotes the implementation of industrial transformation and application, and the sustainable innovation of member units and the effective use of patented technologies.

In addition, the Metaverse Industrial Patent Pool will be guided by the state-owned platform, continue to unite high-quality innovation resources in the industry, follow the international rules of the patent pool, absorb high-quality patents, build an operating model, and promote joint technological research and achievement transformation through industrial cooperation to accelerate industrial innovation. Collaborative innovation and improvement of self-controllable level.

It is reported that the forum is guided by the State Intellectual Property Office, Beijing Municipal People's Government, and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), hosted by the Beijing Municipal Intellectual Property Office, WIPO China Office, and Zhongguancun Development Group, and co-organized by Beijing IP.

The Metaverse Industrial Patent Pool is initiated by Beijing Intellectual Property Operation Management Co., Ltd. The company and Beijing Lingyu Intelligent Control Technology Co., Ltd. participated in the establishment as founding members.

Relying on the national special project for the cultivation and operation of high-value intellectual property rights of smart sensors undertaken by Beijing IP, the Metaverse Industrial Patent Pool focuses on the key layout of the Metaverse and related technical fields in Beijing. The innovators of key technologies shall carry out complementary empowerment such as patent cross-licensing, open preferential use, and collaborative innovation to promote the coordinated use of industrial intellectual property rights, enhance the innovation leadership of industrial clusters, and promote the high-quality economic development of the capital.

In addition, more than 220 guests from intellectual property institutions in China, France, Japan, South Korea, Germany and other countries, international intellectual property organizations, well-known experts, scholars and entrepreneurs at home and abroad, scientific research institutions, financial institutions, service organizations and news media attended the scene Meeting.

As the first metaverse industry patent pool in China, its launch** can not only concentrate patent power, form a joint force for intellectual property protection, realize the commercial return and member benefits of the patent pool, promote the implementation of industrial transformation and application, and the reliability of participating units Continuous innovation and the effective use of patented technologies can also accelerate the collaborative innovation and self-controllable improvement of the Metaverse industry. **