geneva, october 9, 2012 summary of gsc-16bis ipr wg meeting greg ratta, itu ipr wg rapporteur...

Geneva, October 9, 2012

Summary of GSC-16bisIPR WG Meeting

Greg Ratta, ITU

IPR WG Rapporteur

Document No:

GSC-16bis-IPR-12

Source: IPR WG Rapporteur

Contact: Greg Ratta

GSC Session:

IPR Working Group

Agenda Item:

6


Meeting Overview

• Ten organizations presented contributions:– Members: ARIB, ATIS, ETSI, ITU, TIA, TTA, and TTC– Observer: ANSI, EPO, WIPO

• Additional Member in attendance:– ISACC

• Additional Observer in attendance:– USPTO

• Emphasis on sharing of current activities of the organizations

• Requested full half day (Wed pm or Thurs am) for WG at next GSC meeting

• Agreed to reactivate GSC IPR email reflector


ARIB Contribution

• ARIB structure• Standardization topics within ARIB• History of activities on IPR• IPR policy revised in July 2012• IPR database recently launched• Potential topics for study:

– Irrevocability of Patent Declarations, transfer of IPR, Patent Families, Software Copyright Guidelines and Trademark Guidelines.


ATIS Contribution

• ATIS IPR policy has not changed since GSC 16 report

• Provided update on U.S. governmental policy initiatives– Memorandum on government engagement in

standards activities– Requests for comments concerning governmental use

of voluntary industry standards

• Noted oneM2M IPR policy– IPR obligations vary base on level of participation


ETSI Contribution

• Main characteristics of ETSI IPR Policy• ETSI IPR Online database• Software Copyright Guidelines• Current topics under discussion in ETSI IPR

Special Committee:– FRAND, reciprocity, injunctive relief, transfer of essential patents

subject to a FRAND commitment

• Other Topics : TruePosition litigation case, ETSI’s position on providing information for foreign litigation, US NAS Study


ITU Contribution

• Adoption of revised Software Copyright Guidelines

• Report of 2011 workshop on Standards and Intellectual Property Rights issues

• Preview of ITU Patent Roundtable


TIA Contribution• The TIA Standards & IPR Policy Committee (SIPC)

– Develops and communicates TIA standards and IPR policy positions external to TIA

– Increased focus on standards and IPR issues worldwide– Responding to or monitoring issues related to:

• What it means that standards incorporated by reference in regulations must be “reasonably available” to the public

• Other criteria for governmental use of voluntary consensus standards

• Recent competition regulators’ public statements on standard-essential patents and F/RAND commitments

• The TIA IPR Working Group (IPRWG)– Preparing a version of the TIA IPR policies separate from the

Engineering Manual to ease use and revision


TTA Contribution

• TTA standardization activities and IPR Policy

• Historical data about patent declarations• Current topics under study:

– Transfer of IPRs, S/W Copyrights, IP database maintenance, and referencing other standards (copyright issues)

• Korean Fair Trade Commission antitrust guidelines for standardization


TTC Contribution

• Overview of TTC and its history of studying Industrial Property Rights issues in standards

• Activities since GSC15– Further alignment of the Operation Procedures with

the April 2012 version of the guidelines for the Common Patent Policy for ITU-T/ITU-R/ISO/IEC.

• Current topics under study:– Software Copyright Guidelines, Trademark

Guidelines, and possible revisions to the Policy and the Operation Procedures due to complex IPR cases


ANSI Contribution

• Incorporation of standards by reference in legislation, rulemakings, and other government action

• Developments relative to Standards Essential Patents

• Proposed revision to the guidelines for implementation of the Common Patent Policy for ITU-T/ITU-R/ ISO/IEC


EPO Contribution

• EPO first to consider standards documents• Increasing patent litigation for standards related

essential patents concerns EPO and SDOs• Patent rights should be a balance between

protecting an applicant's investments and interests of society in the dissemination of technology-related knowledge

• EPO benefits from cooperation and agreements with SDOs – and vice versa


WIPO Contribution

• Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP)– Development of the international patent

system• PATENTSCOPE

– Patent information portal• IP and Competition• WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center

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