- 學位論文
IC設計產業之專利分析－以聯發科技為例
Patent Analysis of IC Design Industry － A case study of MediaTek
摘要
聯發科技股份有限公司成立於1997年，是台灣半導體IC設計產業的龍頭公司之一，面對國際化競爭的影響之下，智慧財產權保護成了重要的課題，其中專利對於科技產業而言是非常重要的保護方式，本研究應用專利指標分析聯發科技的專利資料，並探討其專利在近年訴訟中的發揮效益。 研究結果顯示，聯發科技的研發技術集中於國際專利分類號G11B，且其專利強度在美國地區具有影響力，在原創性部分的品質很高，顯示聯發科技的技術具有高創新性，使其保有競爭力。而近年的訴訟，由於對手所提出之專利非聯發科技的主要研發技術領域，因此聯發科技無法以自有之專利應戰，而以購買之專利應戰。 除此以外，研究亦發現晨星半導體的專利品質與強度也很高，相信聯發科技的併購可以增加整體專利組合的強度，而聯詠科技在G06F的專利的強度表現值得關注，因為該分類是聯發科技研發的第二重點技術。
並列摘要
Founded in 1997, MediaTek Inc. is one of the leading fabless semiconductor company in Taiwan. Facing on global competition, the most important thing is how to protect it self’s intellectual property, and patent is the best choice to do it. This study used the patent indicators to analyze MediaTek’s patent strength and the consequence in patent litigations. The result showed that MediaTek’s technology focus on International Patent Classification G11B, and the patents have strong influence in US. The results of the originality showed that MediaTek’s creativity was high. Recently, other companies attacked MediaTek through different IPC which were not stronghold of MediaTek. That resulted in the patents of MediaTek were useless. Therefore, MediaTek purchased patents to defend the litigations. The result also found that MStar had high quality patents, so MStar became the M&A target of MediaTek. So far, the M&A has not completed. Due to the due diligence delay of China and South Korea government. Novatek also has high quality patents on G06F which is a good choice for complementary IP strategy.