DOCUMENT GSC 13 PLEN21 FOR Presentation SOURCE TTA

DOCUMENT #: GSC 13 -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

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

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

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 5

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

Proposed Resolution [optional] • No need to change current Resolution in Res. GSC-12/05 7

Patents status of FG IPTV in ITU • The total number of Patents : 7, 536 WG 1 : 1, 598 WG 2 : 604 [Source : IITA] 8

Patents status of FG IPTV in ITU WG 3 : 1, 431 WG 4 : 373 [Source : IITA] 9

Patents status of FG IPTV in ITU WG 5 : 1, 684 WG 6 : 1, 846 [Source : IITA] 10