We are delighted to share that Wilus has been recognized as one of the Asia IP Elite 2024 by Intellectual Asset Management (IAM), an international intellectual property related information media published by Law Business Research Limited (London, UK).
The Asia IP Elite honors organizations across Asia that excel in IP strategy, innovation, and value creation. Among 93 companies, including 11 from South Korea, Wilus is proud to be named a new entrant to the Asia IP Elite for 2024.
At Wilus, our commitment to fostering innovation and upholding intellectual property rights drives our mission. We remain dedicated to developing standards and continuing the innovation to contribute to a brighter future.
Stay tuned for more update!
- Revealed: The IAM Asia Elite of 2024
- Related: IPBC Asia
We are pleased to share that Acer has secured a license to WILUS’ foundational portfolio of Wi-Fi 6 standard essential patents through a recent agreement with the Sisvel Wi-Fi 6 patent pool. The addition of Acer as a licensee represents a significant step forward for the Sisvel Wi-Fi 6 licensing program, in which WILUS is a founding patent owner.
This development brings an end to relevant litigation that had been pending between WILUS and Acer and underscores WILUS’ commitment to amicable resolutions, with legal action as a last resort.
WILUS video codec expert Dr. Kyungyong Kim attended the 2024 Summer School webinar held by the MPEG New Media Forum and KIBME on July 31, 2024, and presented on the concept of Transform & Quantization in video codecs. The full title of the session and a link with further information can be found below.
Session 1. The basic concept of video compression and core technologies, "Concept of Transform & Quantization and Core Technologies"
- KIBME: The Korean Institute of Broadcast and Media Engineers
WILUS Wi-Fi standards expert Dr. Sanghyun Kim attended the KICS Summer Conference 2024 on June 21, 2024, and gave a presentation on trends in the latest Wi-Fi Standard, Wi-Fi 8. The full title of the session and a link with further information can be found below.
Session 33E Radio Wave Applications, "8th Generation Wireless IEEE 802.11bn Ultra High Reliability (UHR) Standardization Trends"
- KICS: The Korean Institutes of Communications and Information Sciences
We are proud to share that WILUS has been named a member of the Asia IP Elite by IAM, the leading publication focused on intellectual property value creation in the technology sector.
The Asia IP Elite is selected independently by the IAM editorial team, and honors companies in the region that place patents and other forms of intellectual property at the heart of their business strategies. This is WILUS’ first appearance on the list.
In announcing WILUS’ selection, IAM acknowledged its contribution to global technology standards, noting that WILUS “acquires up to 400 newly granted patents every year and actively participates in the development of next-generation mobile, Wi-Fi and A/V codec standards in 3GPP, IEEE and MPEG”.
WILUS is one of just 11 Korean entities selected, and it is the only Korean member that is not a state-funded research institution or part of a large conglomerate.
Minseok Noh, WILUS mobile standards expert, attended the 29th KICS Mobile Communications Technology Workshop on Feb. 22, 2024, and presented on trends in the 5G-Advanced Standard. The full title of the session and a link with further information can be found below.
Session: Tutorial 1: Trends on 5G-Advanced, 6G, "5G-Advanced PHY Layer Standard Technical Trends - Focus on 3GPP Rel-18 & 19"
- KICS: The Korean Institutes of Communications and Information Sciences
IAM, the leading publication focused on intellectual property value creation in the technology sector, today published an exclusive interview with WILUS INC. founder and CEO Dr. Jin Sam Kwak.
The article traces WILUS’ twelve-year history as an independent, employee-owned R&D lab that uses licensing royalties to support its contributions to next-generation technology standards.
“The realisation that even small and medium-sized enterprises with strong technical expertise could play a role in standardisation, beyond large corporations, state-funded research institutes, or universities, inspired the establishment of Wilus,” Dr. Kwak tells IAM in the article.
The piece also presents Dr. Kwak’s views on the role played by patent licensing in ensuring the survival of independent R&D labs like WILUS:
“We believe in fostering an environment that encourages innovation while also respecting intellectual property rights. In essence, our patent enforcement strategy is a reflection of our commitment to innovation, fair competition, and the protection of our technological advancements. It's a conscious effort to ensure that our investments in research and development are respected and that we can continue to contribute meaningfully to the technological landscape."
The full article is available to IAM subscribers at the link below.
Following the publication of the VVC standard in 2020, JVET has been exploring candidate technologies for a beyond VVC codec.
ECM is one of the major candidates for beyond VVC, and includes many enhancements and new technologies to boost compression rate and efficiency.
WILUS has been participating in both the VVC and ECM standardization processes and has submitted numerous technical contributions to JVET to help bring new codec technologies to a market.
Dr. Kyungyong Kim and Dongcheol Kim, WILUS video codec experts, submitted a paper about recent ECM technologies to KIBME journal and it was published on Jan. 30, 2024. The ISSN and a link with more information can be found below.
ISSN: 2383-9708
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VVC: Versatile Video Coding
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JVET: Joint Video Explorer Team
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ECM: Enhanced Compression Model
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KIBME: The Korean Institute of Broadcast and Media Engineers
The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) has recognized WILUS Inc. as Korea’s top SME patent filer. This ranking is confirmed in a report issued by KIPO on trends in patenting activity data through 2022. The figures also show that WILUS had the highest year-on-year application growth rate among the top filers.
In addition, WILUS ranked 8th among all organization in digital communications, which is one of the core fields within ICT technology. These outstanding results are a testament to WILUS strong commitment to R&D and sophisticated approach to IP protection.
More information is available in the article and the official site linked below (in Korean).
WILUS Wi-Fi standards experts Dr. Juhyung Son and Dr. Sanghyun Kim attended the Wireless Local Area Network Technology Workshop 2023 held by the IEEE 802 Forum on November 1, 2023, where they presented on trends in Wi-Fi 8 PHY/MAC standardization. The full title of the session and a link with further information can be found below.
Session 2 Latest WLAN Standard Technologies, "IEEE 802.11bn (Wi-Fi 8) PHY Layer Tehnologies" & "IEEE 802.11bn (Wi-Fi 8) MAC Layer Tehnologies"