1. Summary of GSC-16bis IPR WG Meeting
Document No:
GSC-16bis-IPR-12
Source:
IPR WG Rapporteur
Contact:
Greg Ratta
GSC Session:
IPR Working Group
Agenda Item: 6
Summary of GSC-16bis IPR WG Meeting
Greg Ratta, ITU
IPR WG Rapporteur

2. 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 reflector

3. 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.

4. 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

5. 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

6. ITU Contribution Adoption of revised Software Copyright Guidelines
Report of 2011 workshop on Standards and Intellectual Property Rights issues
Preview of ITU Patent Roundtable

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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