As the smartphone market matured, many companies are looking for the post-smartphone market that can generate new revenues. Many market researchers expect that the interconnected IoT (Internet of Things) devices will create a new market that will result in more than $1 trillion in value added to the global economy within 10 years. In the short term, wearable computing devices are expected to form an early IoT market by interconnecting body-sensing devices and providing useful personal services including healthcare. As we have seen in the smartphone market development, it is expected that the super-competition to preoccupy the leadership in the lucrative IoT market can lead to another round of patent wars. The post-smartphone patent wars, however, will be more extensive because of more extensive participation of players across several different industries. The post-smartphone patent wars will also be more complex because of the recent rapid change in legal environment and the learning curve from the smartphone patent wars. To assess the potential patent disputes risk of the IoT, patent landscapes of three major IoT applications – smart home, connected cars, smart healthcare (including healthcare/fitness wearable devices) – and IoT platform connectivity are researched. Followings summarize the potential patent disputes risk for each subfield of the IoT.

1. Internet of things (IoT) Patent Wars 2020 Scenarios Infographics
Samsung
Chip/Platform/Co
nnectivity
Smart Home
Connected Car
Connected Health
Apple
Smart Home
Connected Car
Connected
Health
Google
Smart Home
Connected Car
Connected
Health
Intel
Chip/Platform/Co
nnectivity
Connected Car
Connected Health
Qualcomm
Chip/Platform/Conn
ectivity
GE
Smart Home
Connected
Health
Industrial IoT
Philips
Smart Home
Connected
Health
Cisco
Chip/Platform/Co
nnectivity
Smart Home
Connected Car
Connected Health
Industrial IoT
Ericsson
Chip/Platform/Co
nnectivity
Connected Car
Nokia
Chip/Platform/Co
nnectivity
Connected Car
LG
Chip/Platform/Co
nnectivity
Smart Home
Connected Car
Amazon
Smart Home
Cloud
Microsoft
Chip/Platform/Co
nnectivity
Cloud
IBM
Connected
Health
Industrial IoT
IoT Analytics
Oracle
Cloud
Industrial IoT
IoT Analytics
GM/Ford/Toyota
/Nissan/Honda/
Hyundai
Connected Car
Huawei
Chip/Platform/Co
nnectivity
Connected Car
Siemens
Connected Car
Connected Health
Industrial IoT
Panasonic
Chip/Platform/Conne
ctivity
Smart Home
Connected Car
Honeywell
Smart Home
Industrial IoT
Fitbit
Smart Home
Connected Health
Verizon
Smart Home
Connected Car
AT&T
Smart Home
Connected Car
IncumbentsSMEsNPEs
Allure Energy
Smart Home
Bodymedia
Connected
Health
Ecofactor
Smart Home
Ecobee
Smart Home
Echostar
Smart Home
ABL IP
Smart Home
Color Kinetics
Smart Home
Flextronics
Connected Car
Bosch
Connected Car
Connected Health
Denso
Connected Car
Hello Inc.
Connected
Health
Valencell
Connected
Health
BlackRock
Advisors
Connected Health
DexCom
Connected
Health
Cardiac
Pacemakers
Connected Health
American Vehicular Sciences
Connected Car
Intellectual Ventures
Connected Car
Connectivity
Omega Patents
Connected Car
Empire IP
Connected Health
IP Holdings
Connected Health
ETRI
Connectivity
IoT Analytics
ITRI
Connectivity
Convida Wireless
Connectivity
SCA IPLA HOLDING
Connectivity
Zscaler
Cloud
InterDigital
Connectivity
Optis Cellular Technology
Connectivity
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