Patent Statement and Licensing Declaration Form for an Ecma International Standard

Patent Statement and Licensing
Declaration for an Ecma
International Standard
Version 1 (approved Dec. 2009)This declaration does not represent an implied license grant
Please return to the Ecma Secretariat as instructed below per document type:
Secretary GeneralEcma International
Rue du Rhône 114
CH-1204 Geneva
Switzerland

Patent Holder/Organization:
Legal Name
Contact for license application:
Name &Department
Address
Tel.
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Document type:[ ECMA Standard (*)(*)NumberTy(*)TitlepLicensingdeclaration:e
The Patent Holder holds granted patents and/or pending applications, the use of which it believes
may
a be required to implement the above standard and hereby declares, in accordance with theEcma Code of Conducts in Patent Matters and for those patent claims that end up being required
toqimplement the final version of the Ecma International Standard, that (check one box only):u1.
The Patent Holder is prepared to grant a free of charge license to an unrestricted[onumberof applicants on a worldwide, non-discriminatory basis and under otherTt
reasonable terms and conditions to make, use, and sell implementations of the aboveyestandard.
pNegotiations are left to the parties concerned and are performed outside of EcmaefInternational.
raoEcmam International Rue du Rhône 114 CH-1204 Geneva Phone/Fax: +41 22 849 6000/01 www.ecma-international.org
qutohteeAlso mark here __ if the Patent Holder’s willingness to license is conditioned on reciprocity forthe above standard.

Also mark here __ if the Patent Holder reserves the right to license on reasonable
terms and conditions (but not for free) to applicants who are only willing tolicense their patent claims, whose use would be required to implement the abovestandard, on reasonable terms and conditions (but not for free).
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The Patent Holder is prepared to grant a license to an unrestricted number ofapplicants on a worldwide, non-discriminatory basis and on reasonable terms andconditions to make, use and sell implementations of the above standard.
Negotiations are left to the parties concerned and are performed outside of EcmaInternational.
Also mark here __ if the Patent Holder’s willingness to license is conditioned onreciprocity for the above standard.
3.
The Patent Holder is not prepared to grant licenses in accordance withprovisions of either 1 or 2 above. In this case, the following information must be
provided as part of this declaration:
 granted patent number or patent application number (if pending) an indication of which portions of the above standard are affected;
 a description of the patent claims covering the above standard.

afFreer of charge: The term “free of charge” does not mean that the Patent Holder is waiving all ofits rights
with respect to the essential patent. Rather, “free of charge” refers to the issue ofqo
monetary
compensation; i.e., that the Patent Holder will not seek any monetary compensation asum
partoof the licensing arrangement (whether such compensation is called a royalty, a one-time
licensingfee, etc.). However, while the Patent Holder in this situation is committing to nott
charging
any monetary amount, the Patent Holder is still entitled to require that the implementer
ehof theabove
document abide by other reasonable terms and conditions consistent with the PatenteHolder’scommitments under this Form such as those relating to governing law, field of use,
freciprocity,
warranties, etc.
rdoReciprocity:
As used herein, the word “reciprocity” means that the Patent Holder shall only bemc
required to license any prospective licensee if such prospective licensee will commit to license itsuessentialpatent(s) or essential patent claim(s) for implementation of the same above document for
freetmor under reasonable terms and conditions.
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hreysPatent Information (desired but not required for options 1 and 2, mandatory for option 3)

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Status[granted/ pending]Country

Granted Patent NumberorApplication Number (ifpending)

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