PARIS--()--France Brevets is very pleased to announce Orange as a strategic licensor for the NFC Patent Licensing Program launched in June 21st with Inside Secure. The operator has been a long–standing leader in the development and now the adoption of NFC technology, and, through their impressive research capabilities, filed many patents. Within the NFC Patent Licensing program, such patents will become available at reasonable and non-discriminatory conditions.
“We are delighted to join this initiative launched by Inside Secure and France Brevets and to give access to our technology to the NFC ecosystem through this licensing program,” said Jean-François Bernard, director of licensing at Orange.
“We are extremely excited to add Orange, a key contributor to the success of our licensing effort,” said Jean-Charles Hourcade, general manager of France Brevets. “Orange is deeply involved in the mobile industry and pioneered NFC deployments. Our licensees will benefit, in addition to key patents brought by Inside Secure, to many NFC patents brought by Orange. We encourage other relevant patent holders to join our program to simplify the industrial deployment of NFC products and services.”
About the NFC Patent Licensing Program
France Brevets manage and lead all the efforts under the NFC licensing program, which is open to all holders of relevant patents. France Brevets will give device manufacturers access to the INSIDE Secure, a pioneer and leader in semiconductor solutions for secure transactions and digital identity, and Orange NFC patents, which include both essential and implementation-specific approaches for NFC. The licensing program will address multiple categories of NFC device manufacturers, such as those making smartphones, feature phones, tablets, laptops, desktop computers, TVs, and smart meters which will offer a wide range of services such as mobile payment, transit, access control, retention programme and also ticket office.
Details are available upon request from France Brevets (nfc.licensing@francebrevets.com).
About France Brevets
Created in March 2010, France Brevets is the first investment fund fully dedicated to patent promotion and monetization in Europe. Funded with €100 million, France Brevets deploys a broad array of legal, financial, technical and commercial resources, leverages its resources and network of worldwide best-in-class experts, working for the purpose of monetizing patents or acquiring patent rights for innovative ecosystems to secure rights protecting freedom to operate.