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 Multiple Companies Join Together With Xiaomi to Resolve Patent Disputes Simultaneously and Allow Continued Innovation, Across Multiple Technologies 

Novus IP, a company owned by Mr. Paul Lin, the former "Head of IP Strategy" at Xiaomi, worked as a deal facilitator and helped Xiaomi and the three licensors successfully close this licensing transaction in a highly efficient manner.

 FRAND negotiations, doing deals and patent pools: leaders from Huawei, Qualcomm and Interdigital have their say in IAM debate 

Earlier this week, IAM hosted a fascinating discussion involving senior leaders in mobility licensing. Over the course of an hour or so, moderator Paul Lin, until recently head of IP business and strategy at Xiaomi, expertly led InterDigital, Inc.’s Eeva Hakoranta, John Han of Qualcomm and Zhiyong (Alan) Fan from Huawei in a thought-provoking and insightful discussion 

Huawei, Qualcomm, InterDigital agree that licensing level ...

It was chaired by Paul Lin, Xiaomi's long-time head of IP who founded Eagle Forest LLC, an IP-specialized consulting firm.

Change at the top of Xiaomi's IP Strategy team

After six years in charge, Paul Lin steps down to go solo, although he will remain an adviser to the Chinese company.

Global patent licensing rates without global portfolios are not FRAND, says Xiaomi’s IP strategy head

Global patent licensing rates without global portfolios are not FRAND, says Xiaomi IP strategy head Paul Lin in exclusive interview with ...

Xiaomi’s Paul Lin: video implementers must work together to avoid standard dysfunction

Company's IP strategy chief says cost of codec licensing not justified by the state of the technology.

A new (old) way for product makers to defeat patent ...

As its head of patent strategy Paul Lin told the intellectual property business journal Intellectual Asset Management, “Xiaomi's hardware ...

How Two Dealmakers Solved The China Problem

One of those dealmakers was Paul Lin, the vice president of intellectual property strategy at Xiaomi (pronounced shauw-me), one of the more ...

Licensors must understand that what is FRAND in US and EU may not be in China, says Xiaomi IP strategy chief

Speaking exclusively to IAM, the company's vice-president of IP strategy, Paul Lin, explained what these are and why they mean that licensors have to think ...

 Xiaomi absorbs patent fund operator Zhigu as it re-shuffles ...

Two weeks ago, at the Licensing Executives Society International’s Annual Conference held in Beijing, Paul Lin delivered a keynote address on “Growing a leading global business through innovation and business”. Lin spoke in his capacity as “vice president of intellectual property, Xiaomi Corporation”. It was the first public hint (in English, at least) of something intermediaries working with the company have observed for several mo