Jeffrey BelkPart I: Goldilocks, “Just Right” and Standards Essential Patent licensesThis is the start of a multi-part tale of Innovation. Of Invention. Of Conflict. Of resolution and of progress.11 min read·Sep 27, 2021----
Jeffrey BelkMr. Block and the Wireless Patents: A Fable from a distant time and placeFables are stories that convey a “useful truth”, and below I’m going to tell the tale of Mr. Block and the Wireless Patents.4 min read·Aug 24, 2021----
Jeffrey Belk“You can get the Internet on that Phone?”: The Q-phone Launches, 1997After my PDQ story a few weeks ago, a bunch of folks pinged me and said “how can you skip over the Q Phone”? So, now I’m back to 1997…12 min read·Jul 20, 2021----
Jeffrey BelkChapter 2: Qualcomm PDQ, the first integrated PDA/OS/Mobile Phone -and why it perishedOk, so I‘m writing again, and I’ve been getting emails and texts asking “where’s Chapter 2”? Here it is.7 min read·Jun 29, 2021--1--1
Jeffrey BelkWhen did our Smartphone become a Smartphone?We all have a Smartphone in our pockets or purses. We know it’s a Smartphone, we know it’s an indispensable (sometimes frustratingly so)…5 min read·Jun 14, 2021----