OPPO celebrates its 20th anniversary and releases its first white paper on innovation and intellectual property rights

OPPO releases white paper on innovation and intellectual property, with more than 100,000 patents worldwide

April 26, 2024, Shenzhen, China - 2024 marks the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the OPPO brand. On World Intellectual Property Day 2024, OPPO officially released the first "OPPO Innovation and Intellectual Property White Paper", which systematically showcases OPPO's 20 years of technological innovation and intellectual property protection achievements.

OPPO Innovation and Intellectual Property White Paper

OPPO founder and CEO Chen Mingyong pointed out in the white paper : "OPPO will always focus on creating great products, adhere to technological innovation and improve intellectual property protection as one of the important strategies for corporate development. 'Becoming a healthier and longer-lasting company' is OPPO's corporate vision. We will continue to adhere to technological innovation and improve intellectual property protection, and move forward with more resilience, focus and determination."

The white paper points out that adhering to technological innovation and intellectual property protection, implementing an active defensive intellectual property strategy, and building a long-term and healthy intellectual property ecosystem are the three core elements of OPPO's intellectual property concept . They are OPPO's persistence as a "long-term intellectual property advocate" and reflect OPPO's thinking on technological innovation and inclusive development.

Over the past 20 years, OPPO has insisted on long-term investment in technology research and development, continued to deepen its research in key technology fields, and continued to transform technological innovation results into high-value intellectual property assets, accumulating deep technical strength and creating OPPO's rich patent reserves.

As of March 31, 2024, OPPO's global patent applications have exceeded 101,000, with more than 55,000 authorized, of which more than 91,000 are invention patent applications, accounting for 91% of all patent applications. The 2023 International Patent Treaty (PCT) application rankings released by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) show that OPPO ranks 9th in the world, and this is the fifth consecutive year that OPPO has ranked in the top ten in the list.

OPPO patent data and ranking

OPPO's global patent layout mainly focuses on key areas such as 5G, imaging, AI, fast charging, and new forms. Its intellectual property achievements have won 10 national intellectual property awards, including 1 patent gold award, 4 patent silver awards and 5 patent excellence awards.

As OPPO's global business expands, facing rising intellectual property risks, OPPO adheres to an active defensive intellectual property strategy. On the one hand, it resolves intellectual property licensing issues through peaceful negotiations. On the other hand, it dares to show its sword, firmly opposes unreasonable high intellectual property charges, and actively uses legal means to defend its legitimate rights and interests. Since 2014, OPPO has announced that it has reached licensing or cross-licensing agreements with dozens of patent holders around the world.

Adhering to the concept of openness and sharing, OPPO also actively promotes the effective use of innovative achievements. OPPO has been actively promoting the formulation of global standards in technical fields such as 5G/6G, Wi-Fi, and VVC (Versatile Video Coding), and has explored diversified standard patent licensing models through MC-IF (Global Media Coding Industry Forum), Avanci, Access Advance, etc., and has authorized hundreds of millions of products worldwide. In addition, OPPO also actively provides advice and suggestions for building balanced global intellectual property governance rules. Since 2020, it has actively participated in policy reform discussions and revisions of domestic and foreign standard organizations such as IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and CCSA (China Communications Standards Association), assisted in building fair and reasonable intellectual property rules, and promoted the coordinated development of the industry.

Since its 20th anniversary, OPPO has been committed to being an explorer of beautiful technology and an enabler of technology for good. In the future, OPPO will continue to strengthen its investment in technological innovation and intellectual property protection, continue to bring leading products and experiences in the era of AI mobile phones, and become a contributor and popularizer of AI mobile phones.

For more detailed information on the "OPPO Innovation and Intellectual Property White Paper", please visit OPPO's official website.