ULDAGE Announces Plan for Joint Patent License for Japanese Digital Cable Broadcasting Standards

ULDAGE Announces Plan for Joint Patent License for Japanese Digital Cable Broadcasting Standards

TOKYO, Dec. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- ULDAGE Inc., a patent license company today issued a call for patents that are essential to the Japanese Digital Cable Broadcasting Standards developed by the following:

-- Japan Cable Television Engineering Association (JCTEA Standards)
-- Japan Cable Laboratories (JCL Operational Specification)
-- Association of Radio Industries and Businesses (ARIB Standards)

The purpose of the call is to evaluate and determine patents that are essential to the standards in order to include them in a joint patent license, which will be provided under fair and reasonable terms and will serve to promote the digital cable broadcasting market in Japan.

A summary of patent submissions and evaluations is as follows:
1. Patents to be submitted are those that are:
(1) technically essential to implementation of the following JCTEA
Standards, JCL Operational Specification, and ARIB Standards. and
(2) issued in Japan

Number Standards Title
JCTEA STD-001 Conditional Access System for Digital Cable Television
JCTEA STD-002 Multiplex System for Digital Cable Television
JCTEA STD-003 Service Information for Digital Cable Television
JCTEA STD-007 Receiver for Digital Cable Television
JCTEA STD-011 Pass-through Method for Digital Terrestrial Television
Broadcasting Signals over Cable Television System
JCTEA STD-012 Head-Amplifier for Retransmitting Digital Terrestrial
Broadcasting over Cable Television System
JCL SPEC-001 Operational specifications for BS digital broadcasting
Trans-Modulation
JCL SPEC-001-01 Operational specifications for BS digital broadcasting
Trans-Modulation Detailed specifications of
illegal usage protection function
JCL SPEC-001-02 Operational specifications for BS digital broadcasting
Trans-Modulation Operational specifications for
download function
JCL SPEC-002 Operational specifications for 110 degree E longitude
CS digital broadcasting Trans-Modulation
JCL SPEC-003 Operational specifications for ReMUX digital broadcasting
(independent broadcasting)
JCL SPEC-004 Operational specifications for ReMUX digital broadcasting
(i-HITS)
JCL SPEC-005 Operational specifications for JC-HITS Trans-Modulation
JCL SPEC-006 Operational specifications for Pass-Through terrestrial
digital broadcasting and independent broadcasting
JCL SPEC-007 Operational specifications for Trans-Modulation terrestrial
broadcasting and independent broadcasting
ARIB STD-B20 Transmission System for Digital Satellite Broadcasting
ARIB STD-B24 Data Coding and Transmission Specification for Digital
Broadcasting
ARIB STD-B25 Conditional Access System Specifications for Digital
Broadcasting
ARIB STD-B31 Transmission System for Digital Terrestrial Television
Broadcasting
ARIB STD-B32 Video Coding, Audio Coding and Multiplexing Specifications
for Digital Broadcasting
ARIB TR-B14 Operational Guidelines for Digital Terrestrial Television
Broadcasting
ARIB TR-B15 Operational Guidelines for Digital Satellite Broadcasting

Other ARIB Standards Other ARIB Standards quoted in JCTEA
Standards and JCL Operational Specification as
requirement

Patents related to MPEG-2 Video Standards, MPEG-4 Video Standards, H.264/MPEG-4AVC Standards, IEEE1394 Standards administrated by already existing patent license schemes and Broadcasting System Based on Home Servers are excluded.

(3) If your patent is one of the ARIB essential patent portfolios and
essential to only ARIB Standards above, the reconfirmation process is
available.

2. [Contact] Japan Intellectual Property Arbitration Center (JIPAC)
Secretariat Benrishikaikan Bldg.
3-4-2 Kasumigaseki Chiyoda-ku Tokyo, 100-0013
PHONE/FAX:+81-3-3500-3793/+81-3-3500-3839
E-Mail: info@ip-adr.gr.jp

3. Schedule for Patent Submissions and Evaluations (Plan)
December 21st, 2007: Call for Patent Submissions

The end of February 2008: Closing of Initial Submissions (Essential Patent Holders as of this date will be invited to the first Patent Holders' Meeting. Patent Submissions and Evaluations shall be continued thereafter.)

The end of May 2008: The First Patent Holders' Meeting

ULDAGE will send an invitation to the Patent Holders' Meeting to those who have patents evaluated as essential to JCTEA, JCL and ARIB Standards.

4. Evaluation Fee:
Any party that wishes to submit patents for evaluation is requested to
pay an Evaluation Fee to the Evaluator. The evaluation fee is
determined in accordance with the rule of JIPAC, depending upon the
number of claims that it believes are essential to JCTEA, JCL and ARIB
Standards.

For a patent which has one or two claims per patent: 800,000JPY
For a patent which has three or four claims per patent: 1,000,000JPY
For a patent which has five claims or more per patent: 100,000 JPY is
added
The reconfirmation of essentiality of patents costs 50,000 JPY per patent.

For more information, please visit http://www.uldage.com/.

Those who are interested in the patent evaluation process may go to (JAPANESE LANGUAGE ONLY).

[ULDAGE Inc.]

ULDAGE Inc. is a joint venture company established for the purpose of promoting and administering joint license programs.

Name: ULDAGE Inc.
Address: Imperial Tower, 1-1-1 Uchisaiwai-cho Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Established: July 13, 2006
President and CEO: Yoshihide Nakamura
Service:
1. Royalty operations, including collection from licensees and
distribution to licensors;
2. License Administration, negotiation with potential licensees;
3. Market research (to the extent necessary for administering joint
license programs).

Contact:
Yoshihide Nakamura
Uldage Inc.
Phone: +81-3-3500-1572
Fax: +81-3-3500-1573
E-mail: information@uldage.com
URL: http://www.uldage.com/

First Call Analyst:
FCMN Contact:

Source: ULDAGE Inc.

CONTACT: Yoshihide Nakamura, Uldage Inc., +81-3-3500-1572,
Fax: +81-3-3500-1573, information@uldage.com

Web site: http://www.uldage.com/
http://www.ip-adr.gr.jp/

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