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/  

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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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