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Wireless Lighting Control IP & Litigation
West Technology Research Solutions, Dec 2009, Pages: 23
Intellectual Property Creates Barriers to Entry into Wireless Lighting Control Market
This new report evaluates intellectual property ownership, protection strategies and the impact on the market growth for Wireless Lighting Control technologies.
A common perception is that Wireless Lighting Control provides a large green-field opportunity to new market entrants. Conventional analysis often overlooks the impact Intellectual Property management activities by existing market participants.
'Lutron Electronics Inc. is one of the major incumbents in this market space and enjoys a long history of licensing, managing and protecting its significant IP portfolio”, according to Kirsten West, PhD, Principal Analyst with WTRS. “Companies developing products for this market often overlook the prior art held by Lutron and other market participants'.
This report analyzes the IP holdings and IP protection strategies employed by industry incumbent Lutron in the residential wireless lighting control market.
Home automation has been on the verge of mass adoption for several decades. One of the reasons that it has not grown substantially as a market lies with the IP protection activities of Lutron Electronics. This report analyzes the effect of litigation activities and IP protection strategies on the adoption of RF-only home control, or residential wireless control network, technologies. The report also documents the issues surrounding patent protection activities of key players in this market.
As the nascent Home Automation market matures and new products and vendors emerge, it is likely that Lutron will continue to engage in intellectual property protection activities. Based on recent activities, it appears that Lutron Electronics is focused on companies implementing ZigBee lighting profiles to produce end products, as well as those producing other lighting control products.
Countries Covered: United States
* Report includes one hour consulting *
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