ITU Workshop on Standards and
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Issues
Concluding Remarks
Rapporteurs: Stéphane Tronchon & Michel Goudelis
New Delhi, India, 19-20 December 2011
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Introductory Remarks
Increased role for academics in ITU
GISFI is committed to the protection of
Indian and global IPRs
Ambitious targets for the India 2011
National Telecom Policy
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Industrial Keynote Speakers
Dr. Debabrata Nayak (HUAWEI) emphasized
the need to identify the Indian patents to be
used for Indian standards, and the importance
of GISFI in this procedure.
Mr. Ajay Ranjan Mishra (Nokia Siemens
Networks) noted the importance of standards
for interoperability, and the need of a
standardization body in India.
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Session 1 : SDOs/SSOs Perspectives
Dr. Krishna Sirohi (GISFI)
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India’s need to expand mainly into rural
areas with telecom based on new standards
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Current international standards are not enough for
Indian needs
All technology generations are needed
Combination of existing and new IPR with FRAND
commitment
ETSI's IPR policy is an interesting base
Main groups among other’s future radio network
2G/3G+/IMT-A
Green ICT, Interest of things, Service Oriented
Networks
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Session 1 : SDOs/SSOs Perspectives
Mr. Antoine Dore (ITU)
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Emphasis on the increasing weight of Asia
(India) to world patents
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Presentation of ITU
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IPR Ad Hoc Group
ITU Policy documents
Common IPR policy with ISO/IEC
Recent Software Guidelines
For more transparency ITU develops to co-operation
with Patent Offices
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Session 1 : SDOs/SSOs Perspectives
Mr. Asok Chatterjee (ATIS)
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Presentation of ATIS
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Members
Areas of interest
IPR policy key points reviewed to efficiently
serve development of new standards
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No major change of IPR policy is deemed
necessary
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Session 1 : SDOs/SSOs Perspectives
Mr. Yukio Hiramatsu (TTC)
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Introduction of TTC
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TTC documents and revised IPR policies
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aligned with ITU-T
Aiming at new Software Guidelines
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open to International co-operation
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Session 1 : SDOs/SSOs Perspectives
Mr. Dirk Weiler (ETSI)
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Presentation of ETSI
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Collaborations
Objectives
IPR policies
Revised IPR database linked to the EPO
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Session 1 : SDOs/SSOs Perspectives
Mr. Hung Ling (ALCATEL-LUCENT)
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Presentation of TIA IPR Committees
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TIA IPR policies and positions on the ANSI and
US Government proposals
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Positions on Federal Trade Commission
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Questions, Hold-Up, and RAND were analyzed
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Session 2 : Industries’ Perspectives:
Part I
Mr. Sanjeev Kakkar (VNL)
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Overview of the Indian Telecommunication
Services Sector
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Low percentage of Indian manufactured
equipment
Government target is 65% of equipment to be
locally produced in 2020
Innovation, R&D standards development and
IPR generation are the basis for success
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Session 2 : Industries’ Perspectives:
Part I
Mr. Stéphane Tronchon (Qualcomm)
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Presentation of the Global Standards
Ecosystem
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The role for R&D Investments and strong IPR
protection when contributing to SDOs
Views and characteristics of Open Standards
Effectiveness of FRAND
Balanced IPR Policies incentivize participation
SDOs
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Session 2 : Industries’ Perspectives:
Part I
Mr. Utsab Banerjee (TCS)
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Pros and cons of open/closed standards
FRAND and ex-ante declaration on licensing
Enforcement of standards in India in the ICT
field
Ex-ante FRAND and a safe harbor under
national competition law for such ex ante
activities
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Session 3 : Industries’ Perspectives:
Part II
Mr. Dinesh Chand Sharma (Ericsson)
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Emphasized the need of standardization to
ensure interoperability in Telecommunications
IPR is based on R&D and innovation
FRAND licensing is essential to ensure
innovation and openness
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Session 3 : Industries’ Perspectives:
Part II
Mr. Michael Fröhlich (RIM)
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SDOs/SSOs IPR policies
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FRAND and IPR declarations are the base of
these policies
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The more complicated landscape leads to more
disputes and to the need for more complete
public policies
An appreciation of FRAND is important
The notion of essential patents has also
ambiguities that have to be clarified
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Session 3 : Industries’ Perspectives:
Part II
Mr. Serge Raes (France Telecom)
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Presented the mechanism of patent pools
A model for licensing based on IPR included in
standards brings the question of evaluation of
RAND and essential patents
The 3G LTE example outlined the problem of
the plural essential patents and the potential
advantages of a patent pool
Benefits are more substantial than drawbacks
for SME patent holders
Operators could also profit from patent pools
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Open Discussion Of
1st Day Session
Debate … chaired by Mr. Serge Raes (France
Telecom)
Most questions from the audience evolved
around ex- ante, validity of essential patents and
RAND-FRAND leading to a lively and open
discussion
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Session 4:
Public Authorities
Mrs. Anne Lehouck (European Commission)
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Gave an overview of
- the European standardization policy
- Attributes for ICT Fora and Consortia in the
proposed regulation and of the EU
competition rules re horizontal co-operation
agreements
FRAND principle is an acceptable solution in
Europe
Presentation of past and future EC workshops
re IPRs
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Session 4:
Public Authorities
Mr. Arun Golas (TEC)
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Necessity to conform to standards and the
benefits of standardization, especially in the
ICT field
Overview of standardization in India
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Role of TEC in the formulation of technical
requirements
Necessity for certification of telecom products
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Proactive role for India (involving all
stakeholders and accademics)
Necessity for the creation of an Indian
standards organization
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Session 4:
Public Authorities
Mrs. Tomoko Miyamoto (WIPO)
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Highlighted the objectives of the patent
system
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Incentives to innovate and knowledge sharing
Common objectives of patents and standards
with potential conflicts of interests
Proper functioning of the patent system
should help in dealing with the increase of
patent numbers
WIPO SCP
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Results of the « standards and patents » report
Focus of the committee’s work on patent
quality
Efforts to disseminate patent information
(WIPO patent scope) to increase transparency
Activities and benefits of WIPO’s arbitration and
mediation center were introduced
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Session 4:
Public Authorities
Mr. Michel Goudelis (EPO)
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Emphasized the EPO’s efforts towards:
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High quality documentation
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Improved training for examiners
Presented in the ICT domain, EPO’s internal
and external initiatives to co-operate with
SDOs/SSOs (e.g. ETSI and EPO IPR database
are now connected)
Co-operation to be reinforced with regional
patent offices and SDOs/SSOs
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Session 4:
Public Authorities
Debate … chaired by Mr. Michel Goudelis
(EPO)
The debate centered around the efforts to
simplify and harmonize different filing
procedures, certifications and relationships
among patents and standards in the ICT field
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Session 5:
Software Copyright Issues
Mr. Hung Ling (Alcatel-Lucent)
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Emphasized that the innovation
standardization virtuous cycle helps
companies to differentiate each other and
ensures that customers are provided with the
best technology on the market. As a result,
software cannot be mandated to standards
implementers; and if so, specific rules are
needed in the SDOs/SSOs IPR policies
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A global company benefits from unified rules
re IPRs in SDOs
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Session 5:
Software Copyright Issues
Mr. Serge Raes (France Telecom)
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Explained different definitions of software and
the specific regime for codecs
The overhaul objective in standards is to
avoid incorporation of unidentified 3rd parties
in order to avoid contamination
Specific examples of source code
contributions in the ITU IPR database
Example of France Telecom strategy
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Session 5:
Software Copyright Issues
Mr. Dirk Weiler (ETSI)
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Explained the background for the recent
modifications of the ETSI Directives to
address copyright rules when software is
contributed for inclusion in an ETSI standard
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Session 5:
Software Copyright Issues
Mr. Wadsworth (Qualcomm, on behalf of
ITU)
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As in ETSI, there is a general discouragement
for using software in ITU recommendations
ITU’s existing guidelines on software were
recently improved
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Different types of software
Issues of representation and warranties
Negation of implied patent licenses and
licensing arrangements (5 options) for the
different uses of the software
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Session 5:
Software Copyright Issues
Mr. Hung Ling (ALCATEL-LUCENT on behalf
of ANSI)
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Presented the ANSI software guidelines (note:
Patent issues are governed by the patent
policy) and the ANSI’s procedures for
accreditation of standards developers
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Session 5:
Software Copyright Issues
Debate … chaired by Mr. Wadsworth
(Qualcomm, on behalf of ITU)
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Relationship between the copyright license
and the patent license
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Responsibility of the contributors
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SDOs/SSOs and the collaborative nature of
the standardization process in general
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Session 6:
Academia Perspectives
Dr. Stephan Gauch (Fraunhofer Institute)
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Summary of research findings on standards
and IPR
Telecommunications technologies provide the
most essential patents in standards
Non-Practicing entities identified as a threat
by the industry
Interesting results of studies were cited
IPR does not seem to destabilize standards
Clear rules and transparency were praised
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Session 6:
Academia Perspectives
Dr. Brad Biddle (Arizona State University)
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SDO/SSO Framework
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251 + standards in a laptop (search results
from a study)
IP rules of these standards
Percentage of SDOs/SSOs and consortia
Emphasized the importance of consortia
specifications
Dominance of RAND IPR
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Session 6:
Academia Perspectives
Professor R.C. Tiwari (IIIT Allahabad)
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Importance of patents for advancing new
technologies
Examination of the use of patents in
standards with references to patent indexes
and databases
Retrieving prior art remains a challenge for
academics
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Session 6:
Academia Perspectives
Professor S.S Inamdar (STES, India)
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Indian Academics are not advanced in IPR
production
Proposal:
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Innovation adopted to the particular needs of
India
Areas of priority for GISFI which involves
academia
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Session 6:
Academia Perspectives
Moderator for Q&A … Mr. Knud Erik
(SKOUBY)
Questions dealt with the role of academia to
ameliorate IPR production in India, and the
numbers of standards in a laptop
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