1. Summary of issues and results from GSC-12 IPR WG
SOURCE:
Dan Bart, IPR WG Chair
TITLE:
Report of GSC-12 IPR WG
AGENDA ITEM:
Closing Plenary 7
CONTACT:
Summary of issues and results from GSC-12 IPR WG
Dan Bart, TIA
Chair IPR WG

2. Meeting overview 37 attendees
14 input documents (plus some revisions) presented and discussed
Subjects discussed:
Report from GSC-11 IPRWG and Resolutions (Cont 7 and 12)
Changes or items being considered in PSO IPR Policies
ITU, ISO, and IEC Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Policies update
IPR Policies and Current Issues of Organizations External to GSC PSOs/ITU
ANSI update on IPR issues in USA
Experience of practical implementation issues under existing policies, Digital Rights Management, and IPR challenges in Standards making and IPR Policies
Considerations for Developing or Revising SDO IPR Policies
Future of the IPR working group
Report to Closing Plenary, Conclusions, Resolutions and Communique

3. Organizations Participating in IPR WG
ATIS, TTC, ETSI, TIA, TTA, ITU, IEEE-SA, IEC SB4, EPO, ANSI, OMA, WIPO, CCSA, ISACC, BWCI, and “Special Guests”

4. Changes or items being considered in PSO IPR Policies
Potential items to be discussed:
Essential Copyrights
Trademarks
Pending patent applications vs. published pending patent applications
Disclosure
Consideration of policies of External Organizations
Scope of licensing obligation
Normative Referencing
Governmental Requests
Contributions from ETSI, TTC, and oral inputs from many, more details in the following slides.

5. Changes or items being considered in PSO IPR Policies
Main outcome:
TTC IPR committee addressing Software copyright; Consistency between TTC IPR rules and ITU/ISO/IEC common IPR rules; and Enhancement of TTC IPR rules (Cont 3)
ETSI completed it review and updated its Policy and Guidelines (Cont 4r1, 5)
TIA has made a major change in how it handles LoAs for normatively referenced documents

6. ITU, ISO, and IEC Trademark, and Copyright Policies update
Issues discussed:
Participants received an update on TSB Director’s IPR Ad Hoc group results (Cont 02, 02a1)
Main outcome:
Common policy, forms and guidelines adopted by ITU/ISO/IEC

7. IPR Policies and Current Issues of Organizations External to GSC PSOs
Updates from External Organizations:
OMA provided an oral update
A European Patent Office (EPO) contribution (Cont 6R1)
IEEE- SA Contribution (Cont. 10, 10a1)
BWCI Contribution (Cont 13)
Main outcome:
OMA decision to harmonize its policy with those of PSOs and ITU with regard to the scope of the licensing commitment is welcomed
EPO has amassed a large data base of information to use in identification of prior art, and EPO is getting drafts and technical inputs from SDOs, a forecast of some possible futures was presented
IEEE has updated its policy
BWCI is in the process of adopting an IPR Policy
SDOs should cooperate with their PTOs

8. ANSI update on IPR issues in USA
Issues discussed:
New ANSI IPR Policy Committee
FTC/DOJ Hearings, report issued (Cont 9, 9a1)
Rambus Decision (Cont TBD)
Main outcome:
No specific ANSI Contribution to this meeting
Contributions on FTC/DOJ hearing and Rambus Decision by the Chair for updates on some recent events in USA

9. Experience of practical implementation issues under existing policies
Potential Issues that could be discussed:
Source Code Copyrights used in Standards
Evaluation licenses on Source Code submittals
Trademarks in Standards, both SDO-owned and commercial
IPR Declarations, IPR Databases
Technical means to protect copyrights of SDOs including Digital Rights Management (DRM) implementations
Main outcome:
Practical issues were covered in earlier Contributions of PSOs related to evolving policy issues

10. Considerations for Developing or Revising SDO IPR Policies
Issues discussed:
ABA Committee overview (Cont. 8)
TIA Contribution on “SDO IPR Policies, RAND/FRAND or Compensation-Free, the impacts on Participation, Standardization, and Innovation in the Market” (Cont. 11)
Main Outcome
ABA book which will useful in drafting, revising, and understanding SDO IPR Policies to be published in August 2007
RAND/FRAND IPR policies work for standardizers and should be periodically reviewed, but there should be an understanding of the various business models that drive IPR licensing

11. Summary Fruitful discussions on a range of topics
IPR WG to meet during GSC-13.
Time Allocation: At least half a day, same as GSC-12 and same meeting time template
Resolutions drafting group formed, TIA Lead, look at IPR Resolution and Cooperation with PTOs
Input to HoDs and GSC-13 host for planning of next meeting and allocation of time for IPR discussions

12. Proposed GSC-12 Resolution
Separate files

13. Thank you
Dan Bart, TIA