鴻海集團旗下夏普 (2019.9.5) 宣布，與三星電子簽署授權協議，許可三星在未來可使用夏普 LTE 在內的無線通信標準的必要專利(SEPs)。夏普宣稱已向許多供應商授權LTE SEPs專利，包括三星。夏普不斷擴大被授權人的數量，並繼續以公平、合理和非歧視性條件方式向任何其他方授予其SEPs使用。
夏普近年積極參與無線技術和網絡的研發及專利申請，在 3G / 4G / 5G SEP 產品組合擁有 6000 多項專利，包含 W-CDMA，LTE，LTE-Advanced 和 5G 標準的必要專利。
既然，可提供SEPs授權協議，也就代表夏普專利可以為公司創造現金流。但是，因LTE SEPs專利三星電子應該比夏普多些，雙方若能簽專利交叉授權，或許夏普可以佔點便宜。(212字；圖1)
表、提報GSM、UMTS、LTE相關的標準必要專利聲明的主要申請人
| Applicant |
Standard-essential patent count |
Standard-essential patent family count |
% alive |
% granted |
% transferred |
% litigated in the United States |
| QUALCOMM Incorporated |
14,539 |
562 |
79.30% |
42.67% |
26.21% |
4.12% |
| InterDigital, Inc |
11,132 |
539 |
80.38% |
33.83% |
15.40% |
6.83% |
| Ericsson |
10,949 |
946 |
73.36% |
42.66% |
21.17% |
2.04% |
| Nokia Corporation |
10,180 |
1,278 |
78.81% |
43.87% |
35.91% |
2.50% |
| Huawei Technologies |
5,880 |
1,087 |
89.29% |
32.21% |
18.06% |
0.60% |
| Samsung Electronics Co Ltd |
5,050 |
467 |
93.25% |
40.10% |
21.29% |
5.84% |
| Panasonic Corporation |
3,737 |
167 |
71.21% |
42.71% |
22.99% |
3.51% |
| LG Electronics Inc |
3,560 |
108 |
93.65% |
42.42% |
26.24% |
4.10% |
| Intel Corporation |
3,412 |
108 |
96.98% |
27.11% |
23.38% |
2.87% |
| Nokia Siemens Networks SA |
3,259 |
606 |
85.95% |
33.05% |
22.85% |
4.11% |
| NTT DOCOMO, Inc |
2,486 |
162 |
89.38% |
31.26% |
5.75% |
0.00% |
| Siemens Aktiengesellschaft |
2,345 |
286 |
71.64% |
42.69% |
38.42% |
2.09% |
| NEC Corporation |
2,221 |
221 |
87.71% |
30.98% |
22.96% |
0.00% |
| ZTE Corp |
2,162 |
552 |
96.02% |
25.81% |
9.25% |
0.00% |
| 合計 / 平均 |
80,912 |
7,089 |
84.78% |
36.53% |
22.13% |
2.76% |
資料來源：IAM Magazine, 2017
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