On July 10, the themed forum of the 2nd China Intelligent Terminal Industry Development Conference, entitled “Intellectual Property and Standardization Capacity Empowering the High-Quality Development of the Intelligent Terminal Industry”, was held in Yibin. Government officials, industry associations, experts, scholars, and enterprise representatives, starting from the background of the international competition trend in the intelligent terminal industry, held in-depth discussions on how the improvement of intellectual property and standardization capacity can empower the high-quality development of the intelligent terminal industry.

Mr. Li Yang, Managing Partner of Zhenghuan Intellectual Property, attended the conference. During the roundtable session, in response to the host’s question: “At present, China’s intelligent terminal enterprises have encountered some patent issues in overseas markets. How should these enterprises break through foreign patent barriers and better expand into overseas markets?”

Mr. Li Yang pointed out frankly that currently, affected by factors such as unclear systems, unfamiliar procedures, and blocked information, Chinese intelligent terminal enterprises are facing severe challenges in “going global”, including a low level of global intellectual property layout, a small number of core patents, high costs and great difficulties in overseas rights protection, as well as urgent intellectual property protection barriers to be broken through.

However, he added: “Nevertheless, the global intelligent terminal market is huge, among which the European and American markets have the highest value and represent an important development direction and a must-win market for China’s intelligent terminal manufacturers.”

“Due to the gap in patent strength, it is difficult for Chinese intelligent terminal enterprises to compete head-on with foreign enterprises alone, so it is necessary to respond jointly,” he suggested. Collective negotiation brought by the alliance strategy can largely gain greater initiative for enterprises. “Secondly, we should promote the continuous improvement of the legal system for patent transfer and transformation.”

In his view, neither alliance nor patent transfer can solve all the problems encountered by domestic intelligent terminal enterprises. “In the long run, enterprises still need to increase their R&D investment and enhance their own patent strength.”