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
15 July, 2009
Yukio Hiramatsu
Chairman, IPR Committee,
TTC
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TTC Organization Chart
General Assembly
Councilor’s Meeting
Secretariat
Board of Directors
Award Committee
IPR Committee
Promotion Committee
Technical Assembly
Strategy Committee
Management Committee
Working Groups
Advisory Groups
Projects
NGN Architecture
Signaling
NNI&UNI Transmission
System Promotion Project
Solution Promotion Project
Technology Research
DSL
NW Management
IPTV
ICT and
Climate Change
Media Coding
Next-generation
Home Network System
Next-generation
Home Network System
Mobile NW
Management
3GPP
3GPP2
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Global Collaboration
NGN and Syourai Network
Network Middleware
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TTC Document Structure
Category
Document
type
Standard
Normativ
Technical
e
Specification
Informati
ve
Technical
Report
Definition
Stable Technical
Specification
Provisional
Technical
Specification
Technical
Information
Document
Survey Report Report of survey by
committees
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History of study on IPR in TTC
Year
Month
Event
1988
June
Establishment of IPR Committee
1989
May
IPR Policy specified
Oct
- Operation Procedures specified
- DB for submitted Statements introduced
2001
Oct
Alignment with New Document Structure
2002
May
Major revisions to the procedures and texts
Oct
Alignment with new operational structure of TTC
2003
Apr
Revised definition for reciprocity
2005
May
Copyright Treatment specified
2006
Mar
Revised IPR Policy and Operation Procedures
2007
Dec
Revised Operation Procedures
2009
July
Revised Provision of IPR Committee
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External Activities of TTC
on IPR since 2004
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
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Current status of TTC’s IPR handling
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.)
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Current ITU-T Rules vs New TTC Rules
ITU-T
Patent
TTC
Common Patent
Policy
The Policy for the Handling
of Industrial Property Rights
Common Patent
Guidelines
Operation Procedures for
the Handling of Industrial
Property Rights
Software
Copyright
Software Copyright
Guidelines
(for further study)
Trademark
Guidelines related to the
inclusion of Marks in ITU-T
Recommendations
(for further study)
Copyright
Right to copy for
standardization related
purposes
Copyright Treatment
Note – TTC is a recognized SDO under Recs. A5 and A.6.
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Submission of IPR Statements in TTC
DB for IPR Statements available at TTC
Web
For TTC Standards 155 (1988-2008)
For TTC Technical Specifications 21
(2001-2008)
(Note) Here, “IPR” stands for Industrial
Property Right.
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Outline of the revision of
operation procedures in Dec. 2007
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 nonmember)
adoption of detailed explanation or
expression.
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Outline of the revision of Provision
of IPR Committee in 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
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IPR Seminar
IPR Seminars have been held almost once a
year to disseminate the global and domestic
trends of IPR studies including TTC
activities on IPR:
"Trends of study on software
copyright for ICTs" (Dec 2006)
"Digital Age and IPR including patent
pool” (March 2008)
“License of Right” (June 2009)
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Other activities
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):
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Patent Reform Act of 2009
Treble damages
Rambus case
Submarine patents, etc.
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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.
License of Right (LOR) & RAND
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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.
*) http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=17448
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Thank you !
Yukio Hiramatsu.
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