1. News release
* Clicking these links will direct you to the corresponding documentation on the website of ULDAGE Inc.
（1）August 8, 2006 ULDAGE Announces Plan for Joint Patent License for Japanese Digital Broadcasting Standards (ARIB Standards)
（2）December 21, 2007 ULDAGE Announces Plan for Joint Patent License for Japanese Digital Cable Broadcasting Standards
（3）August 25, 2014 ULDAGE ANNOUNCES CALL FOR PATENTS ESSENTIAL TO ULTRA HIGH-DEFINITION TELEVISION (UHDTV)
（4）January 1, 2016 ADDTIONAL CALL FOR PATENTS ESSENTIAL TO ULTRA HIGH DEFINITION TELEVISION (UHDTV)
（5）March 14, 2016 ULDAGE ANNOUNCES SECOND ADDITIONAL CALL FOR PATENTS ESSENTIAL TO ULTRA HIGH DEFINITION TELEVISION (UHDTV)
（6）December 15, 2016 THIRD ADDITIONAL CALL FOR PATENTS ESSENTIAL TO ULTRA HIGH DEFINITION TELEVISION (UHDTV)
（7）April 3, 2017 ULDAGE ANNOUNCES NEW CALL FOR PATENTS ESSENTIAL TO 4K/8K BROADCASTING FOR IPTV AND CATV
（8）June 10, 2017 ULDAGE announces the Addition of Subject Standards Regarding the Call for Patents essential to 4K/8K Television Broadcasting for CATV
（9）December 21, 2018 ULDAGE announces Second Additional Call For Patents Essential to 4K/8K Television Broadcasting for CATV
（10）December 20, 2019 ULDAGE ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL CALL FOR PATENTS ESSENTIAL TO THE DIGITAL CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEM
（11）December 20, 2019 ULDAGE announces Third Additional Call For Patents Essential to 4K/8K Television Broadcasting for CATV
（12）September 1, 2020 ULDAGE announces Additional Call for Patents Essential to Television Broadcasting for IPTV
（13）October 1, 2021 Commencement of the Broadcasting using the Internet Protocol (IPTV*) Standards Patent Licensing Program
（14）October 1, 2023 ULDAGE ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL CALL FOR PATENTS ESSENTIAL TO THE DIGITAL CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEM
（15）October 1, 2023 ULDAGE announces Fourth Additional Call For Patents Essential to 4K/8K Television Broadcasting for CATV
（16）October 1, 2023 ULDAGE announces Additional Call for Patents Essential to Television Broadcasting for IPTV
2. JIPAC evaluates whether the patents considered essential for the applicable standards above are truly essential for the standards (standard essential patent assessment), in accordance with the Procedural Rules for Essential Patent Evaluation established by JIPAC.
To apply for the standard essential patent evaluation, the applicant must submit an Application Form for Standard Essential Patent Evaluation in the designated format and other designated documents and pay a designated application fee for the evaluation to JIPAC in accordance with the foregoing Procedural Rules for Essential Patent Evaluation.
3. For the procedure to apply for the standard essential patent evaluation, refer to “Procedures for applying for the standard essential patent evaluation” on this website.