ULDAGE Announces Plan for Joint Patent License for Japanese Digital Cable Broadcasting Standards (ARIB Standards)
Friday, December 21st, 2007TOKYO, JAPAN — ULDAGE Inc., a patent license company today issued a call for patents that are essential to the Japanese Digital Cable Broadcasting Standards developed by the following:
チ»Japan Cable Television Engineering Association (JCTEA Standards)
チ»Japan Cable Laboratories (JCL Operational Specification)
チ»Association of Radio Industries and Businesses (ARIB Standards)
The purpose of the call is to evaluate and determine patents that are essential to the standards in order to include them in a joint patent license, which will be provided under fair and reasonable terms and will serve to promote the digital cable broadcasting market in Japan.
A summary of patent submissions and evaluations is as follows:
1.Patents to be submitted are those that are
(1)technically essential to implementation of the following JCTEA Standards, JCL Operational Specification, and ARIB Standards. and
(ï¼’)issued in Japan
Number |
Standards Title |
Conditional Access System for Digital Cable Television |
|
JCTEA STD-002 |
Multiplex System for Digital Cable Television |
JCTEA STD-003 |
Service Information for Digital Cable Television |
JCTEA STD-007 |
Receiver for Digital Cable Television |
JCTEA STD-011 |
Pass-through Method for Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting Signals over Cable Television System |
JCTEA STD-012 |
Head-Amplifier for Retransmitting Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting over Cable Television System |
JCL SPEC-001 |
Operational specifications for BS digital broadcasting Trans-Modulation |
JCL SPEC-001-01 |
Operational specifications for BS digital broadcasting Trans-Modulation Detailed specifications of illegal usage protection function |
JCL SPEC-001-02 |
Operational specifications for BS digital broadcasting Trans-Modulation Operational specifications for download function |
JCL SPEC-002 |
Operational specifications for 110oE longitude CS digital broadcasting Trans-Modulation |
JCL SPEC-003 |
Operational specifications for ReMUX digital broadcasting (independent broadcasting) |
JCL SPEC-004 |
Operational specifications for ReMUX digital broadcasting (i-HITS) |
JCL SPEC-005 |
Operational specifications for JC-HITS Trans-Modulation |
JCL SPEC-006 |
Operational specifications for Pass-Through terrestrial digital broadcasting and independent broadcasting |
JCL SPEC-007 |
Operational specifications for Trans-Modulation terrestrial broadcasting and independent broadcasting |
ARIB STD-B20 |
Transmission System for Digital Satellite Broadcasting |
ARIB STD-B24 |
Data Coding and Transmission Specification for Digital Broadcasting |
ARIB STD-B25 |
Conditional Access System Specifications for Digital Broadcasting |
ARIB STD-B31 |
Transmission System for Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting |
ARIB STD-B32 |
Video Coding, Audio Coding and Multiplexing Specifications for Digital Broadcasting |
ARIB TR-B14 |
Operational Guidelines for Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting |
ARIB TR-B15 |
Operational Guidelines for Digital Satellite Broadcasting |
Other ARIB Standards |
Other ARIB Standards quoted in JCTEA Standards and JCL Operational Specification as requirement |
Patents related to MPEG-2 Video Standards, MPEG-4 Video Standards, H.264/MPEG-4AVC Standards, IEEE1394 Standards administrated by already existing patent license schemes and Broadcasting System Based on Home Servers are excluded.
(3)If your patent is one of the ARIB essential patent portfolios and essential to only ARIB Standards above, another evaluation process is available.
2.Contact:
Japan Intellectual Property Arbitration Center (JIPAC) Secretariat
Benrishikaikan Bldg.
3-4-2 Kasumigaseki Chiyoda-ku Tokyo, 100-0013
PHONEï¼FAX:+81-3-3500-3793ï¼+81-3-3500-3839
E-Mail:info@ip-adr.gr.jp
3.Schedule for Patent Submissions and Evaluations (Plan)
December 21st, 2007: Call for Patent Submissions
The end of February 2008: Closing of Initial Submissions (Essential Patent Holders as of this date will be invited to the first Patent Holders’ Meeting. Patent Submissions and Evaluations shall be continued thereafter.)
The end of May 2008: The First Patent Holders’ Meeting
ULDAGE will send an invitation to the Patent Holders’ Meeting to those who have patents evaluated as essential to JCTEA, JCL and ARIB Standards.
4.Evaluation Fee:
Any party that wishes to submit patents for evaluation is requested to pay an Evaluation Fee to the Evaluator. The evaluation fee is determined in accordance with the rule of JIPAC, depending upon the number of claims that it believes are essential to JCTEA, JCL and ARIB Standards.
For a patent which has one or two claims per patent: 800,000JPY
For a patent which has three or four claims per patent: 1,000,000JPY
For a patent which has five claims or more per patent: 100,000 JPY is added
The reconfirmation of essentiality of patents costs 50,000 JPY per patent.
Those who are interested in the patent evaluation process may go to http://www.ip-adr.gr.jp (JAPANESE LANGUAGE ONLY).
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