NEWS RELEASE
Commencement of Ultra High Definition Digital Cable Television (Cable UHDTV)
Broadcasting Standards Patent Licensing Activities

July 1, 2018
ULDAGE Inc.

ULDAGE Inc. (“ULDAGE”), today, announced the commencement of patent licensing activities under
the system of a patent pool that collectively, and under fair and reasonable conditions, bundles andlicenses the patents that are essential to the realization of the Cable UHDTV broadcasting standards,
to business operators that are involved in transmission and reception of Cable UHDTV broadcasting.
As for this patent licensing, the following 8 entities holding the patents that have been determined by
the Japan Intellectual Property Arbitration Center, a neutral organization, to be essential to thestandards, have started the licensing through ULDAGE.

(Listed alphabetically)
FUJITSU Limited, JVC KENWOOD Corporation, Maxell, Ltd., NEC Corporation, Nippon Hoso Kyokai(NHK), Sony Corporation, The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (ColumbiaUniversity), Toshiba Corporation

In this digital age, it has become more and more necessary to resolve patent issues under fair andreasonable conditions by simplifying the complicated rights issues and the related complex procedures.
ULDAGE currently operates licenses under the patent pool system that licenses those patents thathave been gathered and bundled, and determined to be essential to the standards of high definition
terrestrial digital broadcasting, high definition satellite digital broadcasting, high definition digital cablebroadcasting, and ultra high definition satellite digital broadcasting respectively. ULDAGE is proud tohave contributed to the smooth development of the industry.

The establishment of a pool of this kind

relating to the Cable UHDTV standards is also thought to be another contribution to the well-being ofbusiness operators that use these standards and to the development of stable business.

With this patent licensing, it is possible for broadcasters and receiver manufacturers to receive alicense of bundled patents from a number of patent holders under very reasonable conditions. For
example, with respect to receivers, the rates are set at 100 yen per unit, taking into consideration thedevelopment of the market going forward.

Furthermore, ULDAGE continues to make a call for patents and sequentially adds patents that havebeen recognized to be essential to the Cable UHDTV broadcasting standards, aiming for further
reinforcement of the patent licensing.

Moreover, with respect to those patents relating to UHDTV standards pertaining to IPTV, ULDAGE is in
discussions with the patent holders about the licensing terms and conditions, and ULDAGE plans tocommence licensing activities through patent pools that are similar to this Cable UHDTV broadcastingpool.

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About ULDAGE Inc.

ULDAGE was established in July 2006, with the aim of management and promotion of patent poollicensing.

Name:

ULDAGE Inc.

Headquarters:

Imperial Tower, 1-1-1 Uchisaiwai-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Establishment:

July 13, 2006

Chairman

Yoshihide Nakamura

President & CEO:

Shuichi Endo

Business Details:(1) Management of patent royalties, such as collecting patent royalties from patent licensees, anddistributing to patent holders, etc.
(2) Operation and management of patent license agreements, such as negotiating, executing,and preparing patent license agreements.
(3) Investigation and examination of patents essential to the patent license subject technology.

Shareholders
JVC KENWOOD Corporation(14.29%)Sharp Corporation(14.29%)

Sony Corporation(14.29%)

Toshiba Corporation(14.29%)Panasonic Corporation(14.29%)

Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.

(14.29%)Mitsubishi Electric Corporation(14.29%)[For further media-related inquires, please contact the following:]
ULDAGE Inc.
TEL: +81-(0)3-3500-1572

FAX:+81-(0)3-3500-1573

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