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TTC Activities on IPR in TTC Activities on IPR in StandardsStandards

October 9, 2012October 9, 2012

Yukio HiramatsuYukio Hiramatsu

Chairman, TTC IPR CommitteeChairman, TTC IPR Committee

Document No:

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Source: TTC

Contact: Yukio Hiramatsu

GSC Session:

IPR Working Group

Agenda Item:

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ContentsContents

• About TTC

• History of “IPR in Standard” issues in TTC

• Activities since GSC15

• Futher study items

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TTC Organization ChartTTC Organization Chart

Advisory Groups

Board of DirectorsCouncilor’s Meeting

Strategy Committee

IPR Committee

Technology Research Global Collaboration

Next-generationHome Network System

ICT and Climate ChangeIPTV

Signaling

Media Coding

DSLNGN & FN

3GPPMobile 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

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Numbering Plan

Optical Fiber Transmission Security One M2M

Interoperability Multimedia

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TTC Document StructureTTC Document Structure

Category Document type Definition

Normative

Standard Stable Technical Specification

Technical Specification

Provisional Technical Specification

Informative

Technical Report Technical Information Document

Survey Report Report of survey by committees

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History of study on IPR in TTCHistory of study on IPR in TTCYear 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 TTCExternal Activities of TTC on IPR since 2004 on IPR since 2004

• Nov. 2003 – 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.

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Current status of TTC’s IPR Current status of TTC’s IPR handlinghandling

• 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.)

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ITU-T TTC

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)

(FFS)

Current ITU-T Rules vs New TTC RulesCurrent ITU-T Rules vs New TTC Rules

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Submission of IPR Statements in Submission of IPR Statements in TTCTTC

• 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.

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Outline of the revision of operation Outline of the revision of operation procedures in Dec. 2007procedures 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 non-member)

– adoption of detailed explanation or expression.

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Outline of the revision of Provision Outline of the revision of Provision of IPR Committee in May. 2009of 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 Alignment with ITU-T patent guidelinesguidelines

• 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.

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ITU-T’s Software Copyright ITU-T’s Software Copyright GuidelinesGuidelines

• 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.

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Handling of copyright in TTCHandling of copyright in TTC

• Handling of copyright revised in Feb. 2012.

• 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”

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APT IPR PolicyAPT 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.

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oneM2M 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.

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Further Study ItemsFurther 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

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TTC’s IPR policy, guidelines, etc. are shown in the following websitehttp://www.ttc.or.jp/e/intro/rules/ru6/index.html

Thank you !

Yukio Hiramatsu.

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