Registration Form for the Ecma Royalty Free (RF) Technical Committee (TC) or Task Group(TG)Version 2 (12 December 2018)

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By signing this Registration Form and joining the Ecma RFTC/RFTG the Member Organization
hereby declares that, in case it holds granted patents and/or pending applications, the use ofwhich may be required to implement the standard(s) developed by the RFTC/RFTG, inaccordance with the Ecma Code of Conducts in Patent Matters Version 2, and its Extension
Version 2, for those patent claims that end up being required to implement the final version
of such Ecma International Standard(s), that:
The RFTC/RFTG Member Organization is prepared to grant a free of charge license to anunrestricted number of applicants on a worldwide, non-discriminatory basis and under otherreasonable terms and conditions to make, use, and sell implementations of the standard (s)prepared by the above RFTC/RFTG.
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The RFTC/RFTG Member Organization reserves the right to license on reasonable terms andconditions (but not for free) to those who are only willing to license their patent claims,
whose use would be required to implement the above standard, on reasonable terms andconditions (but not for free).
Free of charge: The term “free of charge” does not mean that the Patent Holder (RFTC/RFTG
Member Organization) is waiving all of its rights with respect to the essential patent. Rather,“free of charge” refers to the issue of monetary compensation; i.e., that the Patent Holder(RFTC/RFTG Member Organization) will not seek any monetary compensation as part of thelicensing arrangement (whether such compensation is called a royalty, a one-time licensingfee, etc.). However, while the Patent Holder (RFTC/RFTG Member Organization) in thissituation is committing to not charging any monetary amount, the Patent Holder (RFTC/RFTGMember Organization) is still entitled to require that the implementer of the above document
abide by other reasonable terms and conditions consistent with the Patent Holder’s(RFTC/RFTG Member Organization) commitments under this Form such as those relating togoverning law, field of use, reciprocity, warranties, etc.
Reciprocity: As used herein, the word “reciprocity” means that the Patent Holder(RFTC/RFTG Member Organization) shall only be required to license any prospective licensee
if such prospective licensee will commit to license its essential patent(s) or essential patentclaim(s) for implementation of the same above document for free or under reasonable terms
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