Fostering worldwide interoperability 1 Geneva, July July, 2009 Yukio Hiramatsu Chairman, IPR Committee, TTC Global Standards Collaboration (GSC) 14 DOCUMENT #:GSC14-IPR-007 FOR:Presentation SOURCE:TTC AGENDA ITEM:Review of progress since GSC13 CONTACT(S):Yukio HIRAMATSU IPR Activities of TTC

Fostering worldwide interoperability 2 Geneva, July 2009 Advisory Groups Board of Directors Councilor’s Meeting Strategy Committee IPR Committee Technology Research Global Collaboration NGN and Syourai Network Next-generation Home Network System ICT and Climate Change IPTV Signaling Media Coding DSL NGN Architecture 3GPP Mobile NW Management Working Groups NW Management NNI&UNI Transmission Secretariat Promotion Committee System Promotion Project Solution Promotion Project Projects Management Committee Network Middleware 3GPP2 General Assembly Award Committee Technical Assembly Next-generation Home Network System TTC Organization Chart

Fostering worldwide interoperability 3 Geneva, July 2009 CategoryDocument type Definition Normativ e StandardStable Technical Specification Technical Specification Provisional Technical Specification Informati ve Technical Report Technical Information Document Survey ReportReport of survey by committees TTC Document Structure

Fostering worldwide interoperability 4 Geneva, July 2009 YearMonthEvent 1988JuneEstablishment of IPR Committee 1989MayIPR Policy specified Oct- Operation Procedures specified - DB for submitted Statements introduced 2001OctAlignment with New Document Structure 2002MayMajor revisions to the procedures and texts OctAlignment with new operational structure of TTC 2003AprRevised definition for reciprocity 2005MayCopyright Treatment specified 2006MarRevised IPR Policy and Operation Procedures 2007DecRevised Operation Procedures 2009JulyRevised Provision of IPR Committee History of study on IPR in TTC

Fostering worldwide interoperability 5 Geneva, July 2009 November 2003 – July 2004: Considered the revisions made to the ITU-T’s Declaration Form and confirmed alignment with TTC’s Form. May 2004: Participated in GSC9 held in Seoul. August-September 2005: Participated in GSC10 held in Sophia Antipolis. May-June 2006: Participated in GSC11 held in Chicago. July 2007: Participated in GSC12 held in Kobe May 2008: Discussion with IEEE-SA July 2008: Participated in GSC13 held in Boston External Activities of TTC on IPR since 2004

Fostering worldwide interoperability 6 Geneva, July 2009 IPR as Industrial Property Right is being handled. Trademark not handled. Only the copyright of TTC Standards and Specification considered, not other types of documents. IPR Policy specifies basic principles. (TTC Board of Directors approves and publishes IPR Policy.) Operation Procedures specify detailed procedures regarding IPR Statements and their maintenance, including IPRs owned by non-members. (IPR Committee approves and publishes Operation Procedures.) Current status of TTC’s IPR handling

Fostering worldwide interoperability 7 Geneva, July 2009 Current ITU-T Rules vs New TTC Rules ITU-TTTC Common Patent Policy Patent Common Patent Guidelines Copyright Software Copyright Trademark Software Copyright Guidelines Right to copy for standardization related purposes Guidelines related to the inclusion of Marks in ITU-T Recommendations Note – TTC is a recognized SDO under Recs. A5 and A.6. The Policy for the Handling of Industrial Property Rights Operation Procedures for the Handling of Industrial Property Rights Copyright Treatment (for further study)

Fostering worldwide interoperability 8 Geneva, July 2009 DB for IPR Statements available at TTC Web For TTC Standards 155 ( ) For TTC Technical Specifications 21 ( ) (Note) Here, “IPR” stands for Industrial Property Right. Submission of IPR Statements in TTC

Fostering worldwide interoperability 9 Geneva, July 2009 Almost all changes are editorial improvements. Reviewed the structure and order of chapters. Basically maintained, however enhanced the non-member's chapters for clarification. Enhanced descriptions: clarification of subject (member or non- member) adoption of detailed explanation or expression. Outline of the revision of operation procedures in Dec. 2007

Fostering worldwide interoperability 10 Geneva, July 2009 Stipulated capacity and power of IPR committee Stipulated qualification of committee membership and special committee membership Stipulated eligibility, right of vote, quorum and election system Outline of the revision of Provision of IPR Committee in July 2009

Fostering worldwide interoperability 11 Geneva, July 2009 "Trends of study on software copyright for ICTs" (Dec 2006) "Digital Age and IPR including patent pool” (March 2008) “License of Right” (June 2009) IPR Seminars have been held almost once a year to disseminate the global and domestic trends of IPR studies including TTC activities on IPR: IPR Seminar

Fostering worldwide interoperability 12 Geneva, July 2009 TTC IPR committee members have periodically held group sessions to study current trends of intellectual property in the U.S., including discussions with a member, who is an attorney (NY):  Patent Reform Act of 2009  Treble damages  Rambus case  Submarine patents, etc. Other activities

Fostering worldwide interoperability 13 Geneva, July 2009 Study on possible introduction of Software Copyright Guidelines and Trademark Guidelines. Study on complex IPR cases and possible revisions to the Policy and the Operation Procedures. Contribution to the study on Standardization and IP strategy. Discuss and promote TTC members’ needs. License of Right (LOR) & RAND Further Study Items

Fostering worldwide interoperability 14 Geneva, July 2009 License of Right (LOR) & RAND  Many national patent laws provide a mechanism allowing a patentee to voluntarily file a statement with the patent office that he is prepared to allow any person to use the invention as a non-exclusive licensee. Such a statement will be published in the official gazette, and the patentee typically enjoys a reduction of the maintenance fee. (cf. WIPO SCP/13/2*)  The LOR could ensure access to the technologies incorporated in standards at a reasonable cost (RAND) even after the patents are assigned to other parties. *)

Fostering worldwide interoperability 15 Geneva, July 2009 Thank you ! Yukio Hiramatsu.