Opt Out Form for the Ecma Royalty Free Patent Policy
References: Ecma Royalty-Free Patent Policy section Version 2 (December 2018)
E.4 Opt-Out of Identified Patents: An RFTC/RFTG Member Organization may exclude from the royalty-free patent license commitment,
via an identification mechanism provided by Ecma International (see E.6.), specific patents and/or patent applications that theRFTC/RFTG Member Organization believes may be or become Essential (“Identified Patents”). This opt-out opportunity must beexercised prior to the end of the corresponding Opt-Out Review Window. The RFTC/RFTG Member Organization may only exclude
Identified Patents to the extent that the Essentiality of the patents is due to material that (a) was added to the Draft Standard since theversion of the Draft Standard for the previous Opt-Out Review Window (if any; see E.5), and (b) was not material that the RFTC/RFTG
Member Organization contributed to the RFTC/RFTG. In this context, “material” refers to the technical substance of what is being
specified of the Draft Standard, not to specific words in a document. In other words, the opt-out of Identified Patents only applies to newmaterial added to the Draft Standard since the previous opt-out opportunity and, for clarity, specifically does not apply to minor revisions
or editorial changes.
E.6 Opt-Out Patent Information: The opt-out identification mechanism (see E.4) shall require: (a) identification of the Identified Patents;(b) identification of the Standard or Draft Standard; and (c) indication of whether, with respect to such Identified Patents and such
Standard (or a Standard resulting from such Draft Standard), the RFTC/RFTG Member Organization (i) is prepared to grant licenses
under paragraph 2.2 (RAND terms) of the Code of Conduct, or (ii) is not prepared to grant such licenses.

Please return to the Ecma Secretariat as instructed below:
Secretary General
Ecma International
Rue du Rhône 114
CH-1204 Geneva
SwitzerlandI, ________________________________, representing __________________________ (RFTC/RFTG
Member Organization), hereby disclose the following Identified Patent that I reasonably believe will become
Essential to the following Draft Standard published by the _______________________ Royalty-FreeTechnical Committee or Task Group if it becomes a Standard:(a) Identified Patent:[ __ ] Issued patent:
Patent number: _____________
Jurisdiction: ________________[ __ ] Laid-open / published patent application:
Application number: _______________
Jurisdiction: _____________________[ __ ] We have an unpublished patent application.

(b) Draft Standard: __________________________________(c) _______________ (RFTC/RFTG Member Organization) hereby excludes the above-referenced Identified
Patent from the royalty-free patent license commitment of the Experimental Policy for the above-referenced
Draft Standard, and:[ __ ] will grant RAND licenses to the Identified Patent pursuant to Section 2.2 of the Ecma Code ofConduct.
[ __ ] makes no commitment to license to the Identified Patent.

Date: ____________________
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