Multiple Access Communications Limited (MAC Ltd) offers a range of technical services associated with the analysis and protection of intellectual property rights.
Intellectual property portfolio analysis
Do you want to understand the strength of your own patent portfolio or those of your competitors? At MAC Ltd we have an in-depth knowledge of telecommunications systems and their underlying technologies, and our technical expertise enables us to provide expert opinion on the relevance of patents to a particular technology, system or standard.
Do you want to know how your patent could be circumvented or how you could prevent this with other patents? Our experience of developing telecommunications products allied with our systems expertise gives us a comprehensive insight into the various ways that this can be achieved.
Essentiality analysis
Is that patent essential? The essentiality of patents to the implementation of particular systems has been brought into sharp focus recently with a number of high profile legal battles between companies with large numbers of patents that have been declared essential to the third generation (3G) mobile communications systems. We are able to combine a deep understanding of the technical standards, such as 3G, WiMAX and LTE, with our ability to quickly and effectively understand the key inventions associated with a patent. We are able to provide advice and guidance on whether the implementation of a particular standard is likely to infringe the innovation protected by the patent.
We provide high-level statistical analyses of large numbers of patents illustrating the split between essential and non-essential patents irrespective of whether they have been declared as essential by their owners. On specific individual patents we have performed very detailed analyses of their essentiality in support of legal cases being pursued by our clients.
Expert witness
If you need an expert witness for intellectual property cases together with the knowledge and expertise to work with legal teams to help them understand the complexities of particular technologies and the state of the art at the time of the invention, then look no further than MAC Ltd. Our team has the ability to present complex technical information in an easily understood form.
Customer quote
"Although you came on board at a later stage than other experts your work has been tremendously valuable, and we have all appreciated your very professional approach and the analyses you have provided." Wragge & Co