Geneva, October 9, 2012 GSC16bis-IPR-09 TTC Activities on IPR in Standards October 9, 2012 Yukio Hiramatsu Chairman, TTC IPR Committee Document No: GSC16bis-IPR-09 Source: TTC Contact: Yukio Hiramatsu GSC Session: IPR Working Group Agenda Item: 4.7

Geneva, October 9, 2012 Contents About TTC History of “IPR in Standard” issues in TTC Activities since GSC15 Futher study items 2 GSC16bis-IPR-09

Geneva, October 9, 2012 TTC Organization Chart Advisory Groups Board of Directors Councilor’s Meeting Strategy Committee IPR Committee Technology ResearchGlobal Collaboration Next-generation Home Network System ICT and Climate Change IPTV Signaling Media Coding DSL NGN & FN 3GPP Mobile NW Management Working Groups NW Management Optical Trranspot Networks and EMC Secretariat Promotion Committee System Promotion Project Solution Promotion Project Projects Management Committee Cloud Computing 3GPP2 General Assembly Award Committee Technical Assembly Enterprise Network Smart Grid 3 Numbering Plan Optical Fiber Transmission SecurityOne M2M InteroperabilityMultimedia GSC16bis-IPR-09

Geneva, October 9, 2012 GSC16bis-IPR-09 4 TTC Document Structure CategoryDocument typeDefinition Normative StandardStable Technical Specification Technical Specification Provisional Technical Specification Informative Technical ReportTechnical Information Document Survey ReportReport of survey by committees

Geneva, October 9, 2012 GSC16bis-IPR-09 5 History of study on IPR in TTC 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

Geneva, October 9, 2012 External Activities of TTC on IPR since 2004 Nov – July 2004: TTC’s Declaration Form aligned with that of ITU-T. May 2004: Participated in GSC9 held in Seoul. Aug. – Sep. 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 July 2009: Participated in GSC14 held in Geneva Dec. 2009: Joint workshop with ETSI IPR Committee Aug. – Sep. 2010: Submitted a contribution to GSC15 in China Jan. 2011: Discussion with ITI on IPR in standards Dec. 2011: Participated ITU-T-GISFI IPR Workshop in Delhi. 6 GSC16bis-IPR-09

Geneva, October 9, 2012 Current status of TTC’s IPR handling IPR (Industrial Property Right) is being handled. Trademark not handled. Only the copyright of TTC Standards and Specifications 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.) 7 GSC16bis-IPR-09

Geneva, October 9, 2012 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 (FFS) Current ITU-T Rules vs New TTC Rules 8 GSC16bis-IPR-09

Geneva, October 9, 2012 Submission of IPR Statements in TTC DB for IPR Statements available at TTC Web For TTC Standards 155 (1988 – Oct. 2012) For TTC Technical Specifications 30 (2001 – Oct. 2012) (Note) Here, “IPR” stands for Industrial Property Right. 9 GSC16bis-IPR-09

Geneva, October 9, 2012 Outline of the revision of operation procedures in Dec 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. 10 GSC16bis-IPR-09

Geneva, October 9, 2012 Outline of the revision of Provision of IPR Committee in May 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 11 GSC16bis-IPR-09

Geneva, October 9, 2012 Alignment with ITU-T patent guidelines Discussions on enhancements to TTC IPR guidelines to incorporate recent enhancements made in ITU-T –Patent statements could be submitted with different options per patent claim –TTC has completed draft enhancements and had been waiting for the formal decision in ITU-T/ITU-R/ISO/IEC (Ready now!) Different interpretations when no patent information (which is desired but not required) submitted associated with the ITU- T/ITU-R/ISO/IEC common patent statement –All essential patents owned by the patent holder for the Rec. will be negotiated based on RAND, etc. –Apart from one or more essential patents to be negotiated based on RAND, etc., patent holder reserves the right to differently declare in subsequent statements regarding other patents in the future –TTC has submitted a contribution to the ITU-T IPR Adhoc. 12 GSC16bis-IPR-09

Geneva, October 9, 2012 ITU-T’s Software Copyright Guidelines TTC submitted a contribution to assure that SDOs can distribute software contained in Recommendations to their members (in item b of Annex B). The contribution was accepted with a slight modification. 13 GSC16bis-IPR-09

Geneva, October 9, 2012 Handling of copyright in TTC Handling of copyright revised in Feb Clarified the handling of copyright for the documents received from TTC members as well as third parties outside TTC. Clarified definition of terms such as “TTC members” and “programs” 14 GSC16bis-IPR-09

Geneva, October 9, 2012 APT IPR Policy TTC has contributed to APT in developing its first IPR policy. APT IPR policy has been aligned with that of ITU-T. NTT, a member of TTC, volunteered to provide an editor for further alignment in the future. 15 GSC16bis-IPR-09

Geneva, October 9, 2012 oneM2M TTC has become a type 1 member of the oneM2M. TTC IPR Committee has reviewed its IPR policy and made comments in terms of alignment with IPR policies of ITU-T and TTC. TTC IPR Committee will continuously monitor the progress of the forum, in particular, of its IPR policy. 16 GSC16bis-IPR-09

Geneva, October 9, 2012 Further Study Items 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. 17 ・・・ License of Right, Restriction for execution of declared patent rights GSC16bis-IPR-09

Geneva, October 9, TTC’s IPR policy, guidelines, etc. are shown in the following website Thank you ! Yukio Hiramatsu. GSC16bis-IPR-09