A joint NFC patent licensing program set up more than five years ago to make key NFC technology available to device makers has been discontinued.
The pool, run by U.S.-based Via Licensing, had included patents from NFC chip makers NXP Semiconductors and Inside Secure, along with handset maker Motorola and France Telecom Orange. That program ended quietly this month.
Inside announced Thursday it will be licensing its patents through French science and technology patent aggregator France Brevets.