Call for Patents that are Essential for the Ultra High-Definition Television Satellite Broadcasting Applicable Standards (the UHDTV Standards) for Patent License Purposes
1. On August 25, 2014, ULDAGE Inc., a company engaged in patent license business, issued a news release announcing a call for patents that are essential for the UHDTV Standards mentioned above. The details are recited below.
Any questions about the news release are to be addressed to the following contact:
| Contact | ULDAGE Inc. |
|---|---|
| Address | Imperial Tower, 8th floor, 1-1-1, Uchisaiwai-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0013, JAPAN |
| Telephone | +81-3-3500-1572 |
| Facsimile | +81-3-3500-1573 |
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| Website | http://www.uldage.com/ |
- News Release
Call for Patents that are Essential for the Ultra High-Definition Television Satellite Broadcasting Applicable Standards (the UHDTV Standards) for Patent License Purposes: -
ULDAGE Announces Call for Patents Essential to Ultra High-Definition Television (UHDTV)
August 25, 2014
ULDAGE Inc.
ULDAGE Inc. made a call for patents essential to the 4K and 8K Ultra High-Definition Television ("UHDTV") standards on August 25. UHDTV is expected to be the next generation in digital television broadcasting.
ULDAGE now licenses a package of more than 500 patents relating to the current high-definition television standards ("ISDB"). This license has played a key role in the resolution of patent issues in the market and promoted the growth of the digital television broadcasting system in Japan.
The purpose of this call is to create a scheme of a one-stop patent license under fair and reasonable terms and to serve to promote the UHDTV market in Japan. Japan Intellectual Property Arbitration Center ("JIPAC"), a group of independent patent experts, evaluates and determines the essentiality of the patents to the UHDTV standards.
ULDAGE encourages any party that believes it has Japanese patents essential to the UHDTV standards to submit such patents to JIPAC by December 26, 2014 for evaluation. For those who are interested in this patent call, please go to http://www.ip-adr.gr.jp/eng/ and http://www.uldage.com/en/ for more information.
About ULDAGE Inc.
ULDAGE Inc. was established in July 2006, aiming for the resolution of entanglement of patents through cooperation among parties concerned and for the creation of fair competition in this digital age. ULDAGE Inc. grants non-exclusive licenses to essential patents of multiple parties in a single package, and its business offers convenience to both patent holders and business users.
Location: Imperial Tower, 1-1-1 Uchisaiwai-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Phone: +81-(0)3-3500-1572 FAX: +81-(0)3-3500-1573
President & CEO: Yoshihide Nakamura
Patents to be submitted:
Patents that are:(1) technically essential for the implementation of the following UHDTV Standards, and
(2) issued in Japan.Ultra High-Definition Television Satellite Broadcasting Applicable Standards
Standards No. Standard Name (English translation) Applicable Version Applicable Part Information ARIB STD-B1 Digital Receiver for Digital Satellite Broadcasting Services using Communication Satellites (Desirable Specification) Version 3.0 or later Part 2 is applicable ARIB STD-B10 Service Information for Digital Broadcasting System Version 5.4 or later Except Part 2, Annex F; Annex J; Annex M; Annex N; Annex P; and Explanation ARIB STD-B24 Data Coding and Transmission Specification for Digital Broadcasting Version 6.0 or later Volume 3 (except Explanation) and Volume 4 (except Annex) are applicable ARIB STD-B25 Conditional Access System Specifications for Digital Broadcasting Version 6.4 or later Except Part 1, Chapter 5, 5.2; Part1, Reference 4 and 5; Part 2,Appendix; Part 3; and Part 4 ARIB STD-B32 Video Coding, Audio Coding and Multiplexing Specifications for Digital Broadcasting Version 3.0 or later Except Part 1, Appendix A; Part 2, Interpretation 1 to 3; Part 2,Annex; Part 3, Chapter 3, 3.6, 3.7 and 3.9(7); and Part 3, Appendix A ARIB STD-B44 Transmission System for Advanced Wide Band Digital Satellite Broadcasting Version 2.0 or later Except Annex B, B.3; and Appendix 1 to 3 ARIB STD-B56 UHDTV System Parameters for Programme Production Version 1.1 or later ARIB STD-B60 MMT-Based Media Transport Scheme in Digital Broadcasting Systems Version 1.0 or later Except Explanation 4 and Appendix ARIB STD-B61 Conditional Access System (2nd Generation) and CAS Program Download System Specifications for Digital Broadcasting Version 1.0 or later Except Volume 1, Part 1, Chapter3, 3.1; and Chapter 4, 4.6 and 4.7;Part 1, Explanation 1 and 2; Part2, Explanation 1, 1.3 and1.4; andVolume 2, Explanation 1 ARIB STD-B62 Multimedia Coding Specification for Digital Broadcasting (2’nd Generation) Version 1.0 or later Except Explanation and Appendix NEXTVF TR-0002 Contents Protection Requirements and Receiver Output Rule for the 4K Broadcasting using the Advanced Narrowband Transmission System Version 1.0 or later NEXTVF TR-0003 Technical Data about the Operation of the 4K Broadcasting using the Advanced Narrowband Transmission System Version 1.0 or later Patents related to MPEG-2 Standard, MPEG-4 Standard, H.265(HEVC) Standard, and IEEE1394 Standard are to be excluded.
2. The Japan Intellectual Property Arbitration Center will conduct essential patent evaluation, through it's evaluators, for the patents submitted to determine whether they are essential for the UHDTV Standards in accordance with the "Procedural Rules for Essential Patent Evaluation", as established by the Center, and will issue a Written Essential Patent Evaluation.
To obtain a Written Essential Patent Evaluation, the applicant must submit to the Japan Intellectual Property Arbitration Center an Application for Essential Patent Evaluation and other documents required in accordance with the "Procedural Rules for Essential Patent Evaluation" mentioned above and pay the prescribed fees.
3. For the procedures to apply for the Essential Patent Evaluation , refer to the "Procedures for Application for Essential Patent Evaluation for the Digital Broadcasting Standards (the UHDTV Standards)" on this website.
