Patent Policies for IPTV Revitalization DOCUMENT #: GSC13-PLEN-21 FOR: Presentation SOURCE: TTA AGENDA ITEM: Plenary; 6.6; IPTV CONTACT: kangsch@kcc.go.kr Patent Policies for IPTV Revitalization Focus on IPR Submission Date: July 1, 2008

Highlight of Current Activities Ongoing IPTV standardization by ITU No technical details for implementation in current texts developed by ITU-T’s IPTV FG De Facto standards containing technical details and patents According to a survey in Korea -- Patents on IPTV number more than 7,500. Most of the patentees are major companies in the world. Nobody knows who has the patents (some of the patents have yet to be declared). Obstacle to launching IPTV o 현재 IPTV 관련 표준화가 ITU에서 추진 중이며, - IPTV와 관련된 특허는 논의되고 있지 않음 o 한국에서 조사한 결과, 관련 특허가 7,500건이 있다고 함 (주 : 7,500건의 수자보다 어떤 기업들이 가지고 있는지가 더 큰 의미가 있을 것 같습니다.) - IPTV 서비의 런칭이 비용의 문제로 지연될 수 있다. (예, 로얄티)

Strategic Direction for IPTV Need for IPTV to be an information fountain for all peoples worldwide Revitalizing IPTV as a matter of utmost importance Low-cost deployment (CAPEX and OPEX) of IPTV as a possible key factor in providing it at a reasonable price Patent fee (i.e., royalty) as one of the key factors for the low cost Encouraging the development of patents for IPTV applications and contents Patents to accelerate the development of specific applications and contents o IPTV infrastructure를 구축하는 데에 소요(i.e royalty)되는 비용을 낮아야 한다. (주 : 로얄티를 지불하는 것이 부적절하다고 함은 특허권자의 권리를 인정하지 않는 것으로 비추어 반감을 일으킬 수 있습니다.)

Challenges Difficulty in discussing patent fee Too many patents (more than 7,500 patents) Lots of windows to discuss Analysis requiring many people and incurring massive expenses SDO members to discuss the following: How to facilitate patent discussions How to ease the IPTV service provider’s royalty burdens Maximizing the revenue of IPTV business SDO members to do their best to revitalize IPTV service for user, provider, patentee 이 장에서는 IPTV 특허논의를 하기 어려운 이유를 기술하는 것이 어떨런지요? - 예컨대, 특허권자와 특허수가 많아서 논의하기 어렵다는 점 또는 특허분석에 비용과 인력이 많이 필요하다는 점 등 (실제 SDO는 특허분석이 어렵습니다.)

Next Steps/Actions Need for agreement on commonly used patented services The De Facto standards of leading vendors are very important in solving this problem. Need for effort of all SDOs to help patentees declare patents Launching IPTV should be easy. Need for SDO’s cooperation for practical patent study Minimize expenses related to establishing IPTV infrastructures (i.e., royalties). Need for voluntary patent declaration by patentees for IPTV o 어떻게 IPTV 특허문제를 해결할 것인가에 관한 구체적 방안이 있어야 하지 않을런지요? - SDO는 특허조사가 어려우니, 참여 기업들의 자발적(조속한) patent declaration이 필요하다는 점 등 5

win Next Steps/Actions 3 IPTV Service Provider Patentee User/IPTV Viewer

Proposed Resolution [optional] No need to change current Resolution in Res.GSC-12/05

Patents status of FG IPTV in ITU The total number of Patents : 7,536 WG1 : 1,598 WG2 : 604 [Source : IITA] 8

Patents status of FG IPTV in ITU WG3 : 1,431 WG4 : 373 [Source : IITA] 9

Patents status of FG IPTV in ITU WG5 : 1,684 WG6 : 1,846 [Source : IITA] 10