DOCUMENT #:
GSC15-IPR-07
FOR:
Presentation
SOURCE:
TTC
AGENDA ITEM:
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CONTACT(S):
Yukio Hiramatsu, Chairman, IPR Committee
IPR Activities of TTC
Yukio Hiramatsu,
TTC
Global Standards Collaboration (GSC)
GSC-15
TTC Organization Chart
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TTC Document Structure
Category
Document type
Standard
Normative
Informative
Technical
Specification
Definition
Stable Technical
Specification
Provisional Technical
Specification
Technical Report 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 since2004
 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
 July 2009: Participated in GSC14 held in Geneva
 December 2009: Discussion with Chair of ETSI IPR
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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
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
(FFS)
Trademark
Guidelines related to the
inclusion of Marks in ITU-T
Recommendations
(FFS)
Copyright
Right to copy for
standardization related
purposes
Copyright Treatment
Patent
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-July 2010)
 For TTC Technical Specifications 22
(2001-July 2010)
 (Note) Here, “IPR” stands for Industrial
Property Right.
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Outline of the revision of Provision of
IPR Committee in May. 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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Alignment with ITU-T patent
guidelines (1/2)
 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 is waiting for the
formal decision in ITU-T/ITU-R/ISO/IEC
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Alignment with ITU-T patent
guidelines (2/2)
 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.
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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, etc.
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TTC’s IPR policy, guidelines, etc. are
shown in the following website
 http://www.ttc.or.jp/e/intro/rules/ru6/index.html
Thank you !
Yukio Hiramatsu
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