IPPR Policcy
Workking Guidellines for Trreatment off Industriall Property Rights in C
Connection withXGP Forum Speecificationnnection with the pracctical use off “Guidelinees for
XGP Forum deccided as folllows in con
he XGP ForumF
Treattment of Industrial Property Rights in connection with thSpecification (deecided as off Septemberr 3, 1996)” (hereinafter(r “Guidelinees”).
hereinafter “Essential IPR”) relatting to any or all
Essential Indusstrial Property Right (hntents of such an XG
GP Forum Specificatio
Sn shall be treated onnly aspartss of the conproviided in the Guidelines without anny other term
ms and condditions.
aanyy treatmen
nt of Non-E
Essential IIPR (hereinnafter
The Guideliness do not address
n-Essential IPR” meanss Industriall Property Right
Rrelatiing to any oor all parts ofo the“Nonconteents of suchh an XGP Forum
FSpeccification otther than Essential IPRPR) in conne
ectionwith systems in
n compliancce with succh an XGP Forum Specification. However, if
i thenly to thosee holders of Essential IIPR who sellectedholdeer of Essenttial IPR (this relates onSectiion 1.1(1) off the Guidellines) requeests a license from the holder
hof Noon-Essentia
al IPR
to usse such Non
n-Essential IPR in thee system in compliancee with suchh an XGP ForumFSpecification, su
uch a holderr of the Non
n-Essential IPR shall pay
p due connsideration tot theyalty-free liicense undeer thefact tthat such a holder of Non-Essenttial IPR recceived a roy
Essential IPR frrom such a holder of E
Essential IPR. Such a holder
hof Noon-Essentia
al IPRi good faitth with succh a holderr of Essentiial IPR for suchshalll therefore negotiate inlicen
nses on reassonable term
ms and condditions (inclluding royaalty-free) so that a muttually
accep
ptable agreeement can beb reached.
he case thatt a potentiall holder of E
Essential IP
PR is not ab
ble to submiit a confirm
mationIn thformm per Section
n 2.1 of the Guideliness by the submission datte specified in Section 2.2 ofGuidelines (hereinafte
er “the sub mission daate”), the pootential hollder can suubmit
the Geitheer of the atttached commprehensivee confirmatiion forms, No.1
Nor No..2, that doees not
speciify Industriial Propertyy Right (herreinafter “ccomprehensive confirmmation formss”) by
the ssubmission date. The submittersoof one of theese compreh
hensive connfirmation formsfmay postpone th
he submissiion of the coonfirmationn form proviided in the Guidelines until
date up to six months fromfthe daate of the establishmennt or revision
the dn of the relevant

XGP Forum Specification. Any entity who has participated into making this XGP
Forum Specification and possibly be as a potential IPR holder is entitled to submit theattached comprehensive confirmation lists, No.3 or No.4 instead of submitting“comprehensive confirmation forms” under the prior consent of relevant Working Group.
In case that the comprehensive confirmation form No.1 is submitted and if thesubmitter is later ascertaining to be an Essential IPR holder, it should submit theconfirmation form No.1 provided in the Guidelines. In case that the comprehensive
confirmation form No.2 is submitted and if the submitter is later ascertain to be anEssential IPR holder, it should submit either one of the confirmation forms No.1 andNo.2 provided in the Guidelines.
If the submitter learns of the existence of its Essential IPR after the submission date(six months from the date of the establishment or revision of the relevant XGP Forum
Specification in the case that a comprehensive confirmation form described inParagraph 3 is submitted), the holder of such Essential IPR should submit theconfirmation form No.1 or No.2 provided in the Guidelines without delay. In the casethat the holder of such Essential IPR submitted the comprehensive confirmation form
described in Paragraph 3, the contents mentioned in the comprehensive confirmation
form are also valid for the Essential IPR that is not specified in the confirmation form
No. 1 or No. 2 provided in the Guidelines.
Comprehensive Confirmation Form Regarding The License to Use Essential IPR:
FORM IV: Regarding Case (1) Stipulated in Section 1.1, in Case A Potential IRP Holder
Is Unable to Submit A Confirmation Form Attached with The General Guidelines
FORM V: Regarding Case (2) Stipulated in Section 1.1, in Case A Potential IPR HolderIs Unable to Submit A Confirmation Form Attached with The General Guidelines
FORM VI: Regarding Case (1) Stipulated in Section 1.1, in Case A Potential IPR HolderIs Able to Submit A Confirmation Form Attached with The General Guidelines
FORM VII: Regarding Case (2) Stipulated in Section 1.1, in Case A Potential IRP
Holder Is Able to Submit A Confirmation Form Attached with The General Guidelines