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To: lml who wrote (144589)8/28/2006 9:15:14 AM
From: rkral  Read Replies (1) of 152472
 
Re: "(iii) each member not submitting, nor participating in the development of a standard or spec, be held [ed: to] a standard, but somewhat less than members described in (ii)."

I agree with that sentence and that entire (nicely written) paragraph.

Re: "If you examine the sentence a little closer, you will notice it says "inform ETSI of ESSENTIAL IPRs" ... not "inform ETSI of his/her/its own ESSENTIAL IPRs" or "inform ETSI of that MEMBER's ESSENTIAL IPRs".

"The position you take is but one interpretation, but it is clearly not dispositive. There is other language in Sec. 4.1 that suggests "Essential IPRs" relate to THAT member's IPRs."

Although I suspect the "ETSI Guide on IPR" is not legally binding, it provides some insight into ETSI's interpretation, an interpretation more meaningful than ours.

From a table of rights and obligations deriving from the IPR policy:

Member obligation -- "to inform ETSI about their own, and other people’s Essential IPRs (clause 4.1)."
etsi.org (pg 6)

From an example of a technical committee chairman's formal call for IPRs at the beginning of each meeting:

Suggested statement by chairmen -- "The attention of the members of this Technical Body is drawn to the fact that ETSI Members shall use reasonable endeavours under clause 4.1 of the ETSI IPR Policy, Annex 6 of the Rules of Procedure, to inform ETSI of Essential IPRs in a timely fashion. This section covers the obligation to notify its own IPRs but also other companies’ IPRs."
(pg 10 in above link)
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