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Licence Terms

What is expected of a licensee?

The term of the licence is five years. During the licence term the licensee must comply with certain obligations. We list a selection of the main terms below. The full terms of the licence can be found via the link at the bottom of this section.

    • Within 30 days of the end of each calendar quarter a licensee shall report its sales and manufacture of relevant products to Sisvel;
    • Based on this report, Sisvel calculates the due royalties which will be payable within 30 days from the invoice;
    • A licensee must maintain records related to its sales, manufacturing and reporting for five years, Sisvel will have a right to audit such records;
    • A licensee shall inform Sisvel if its supplier or customer claims to already have paid for a licence for certain products. We stand ready to ensure that royalties are only paid once in your supply chain.
    • If there are changes to its ownership or corporate structure, a licensee should notify Sisvel.

What do I receive when I take a licence?

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A licence under the Sisvel Cellular IoT licensing programme gives you access to thousands of patents belonging to more than 30 significant patent owners in the IoT field.
    • Taking a pool licence means that you only need one agreement, one quarterly reporting process, one point of contact – instead of a multitude of separate obligations with dozens of companies spread across the globe.
    • The licence offered by the patent pool has already been negotiated with the patent owners, enabling the pool to offer discounted rates and standard terms equally to all manufacturers.
    • The agreed royalty rate will not increase during the term of the licence. This means that it will include new patents granted to or otherwise obtained by the patent owners during the term of the licence.

Pricing

The royalty rates for Sisvel Cellular IoT programme are offered on a per unit fee basis as follows:

Royalty per unit***

NB-loT

Selling price of US$6 or less

US$ 0.08

Selling price of US$6-US$20

US$ 0.35

Selling price of over US$20

US$ 0.66

LTE-M*

Smart Sensor Devices

Selling price of US$6 or less

US$ 0.08

Selling price of US$6-US$20

US$ 0.35

Selling price of US$20-US$60

US$ 0.66

Selling price of US$60-US$130 **

US$ 1.33

Smart Utility Metering Devices

US$ 2.00

* The LTE-M royalty rate also applies to multimode devices featuring both LTE-M and NB-IoT standard data connectivity. ** Sisvel is available to discuss applicable royalty rates for LTE-M Smart Sensor Devices with a selling price of over US$130. *** Please note that the listed rates represent the current royalty structure of the Sisvel Cellular IoT programme and may be subject to alteration in case of substantial changes to market conditions.
Link to full licence terms: Download here