MEDIA RELEASE PR41795
Sisvel to Create Patent Pool for DVB-C2
STUTTGART, Germany, Oct. 19 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
Call for Essential DVB-C2 Patents Issued
Sisvel announced today that a group of leading patent owners have asked Sisvel to act as the facilitator for
the creation of a DVB-C2 joint patent licensing program, or patent pool. Accordingly, Sisvel issues a call for
patents and patent applications essential to the DVB-C2 Standard.
A joint licensing program will offer convenient access to DVB-C2 technology to all users on fair, reasonable,
and non-discriminatory terms and conditions. Sisvel invites all parties holding a patent or a patent application
that they believe to be essential to the DVB-C2 standard to submit it for an evaluation of essentiality by
Sisvel's designated independent patent evaluator.
Holders of patents or patent applications deemed to be essential will be invited to participate in the
formation of the licensing program (subject to certain terms and conditions). The formation process will begin
with a meeting in Barcelona on February 16, 2011. To complete patent evaluations in time for this meeting,
applications are requested to be filed as soon as possible and no later than December 15, 2010. Detailed
information on patent submission procedures can be obtained from Sisvel by sending an email to the following
address: dvb-c2@sisvel.com.
Sisvel's selection as facilitator of a DVB-C2 patent pool follows its recent launch of the DVB-T2 joint patent
licensing program. In issuing the call for patents, Giustino de Sanctis, Managing Director of Sisvel Germany,
GmbH, noted: "Sisvel is delighted to start work on a DVB-C2 pool to provide greater certainty and predictability
around licensing terms and conditions. DVB-C2 technology represents an important step forward in digital
cable television and promises to be great complement to the DVB family of standards for broadcasting." He
added, "Sisvel is delighted to continue creating joint licensing programs that promote faster adoption of DVB
standards."
About DVB-C2
The second generation of the DVB standard for cable makes use of state of the art communication
technologies which provide greater transmission capabilities compared to existing systems, and have never
been implemented in broadband cable networks before. The DVB-C2 Standard was published as formal
standard ETSI EN 302 769.
About Sisvel
Started in 1982 when Sisvel S.p.A. was founded in Italy, the Sisvel Group has become a world leader in
managing intellectual property and maximizing the value of patent rights. The Sisvel Group is global in scope
and reach, with companies in Italy (Sisvel in None Torinese and Edico in Rome), Luxembourg (Sisvel
International), the United States (Sisvel US and Audio MPEG in Metropolitan Washington, DC), China (Sisvel
Hong Kong), Japan (Sisvel Japan in Tokyo), and Germany (Sisvel Germany in Stuttgart), and with almost one
hundred professionals worldwide with technical, legal, and licensing expertise.
Sisvel has a long history of managing successful patent portfolios including those related to the audio
compression standards known as MP3 and MPEG Audio. In addition, Sisvel administers patent pools for the
CDMA2000 family of cellular telecommunications standards, the UHF-RFID air interface standard, and the
DVB-T and DVB-T2 broadcast standard, and is currently facilitating the creation of a LTE and DVB-C2 patent
pool. Through its subsidiary Sisvel Technology, Sisvel is also engaged in the development of new
technologies, including projects for 3D television and broadcasting.
SOURCE: Sisvel
CONTACT: Technical, Massimo Mancin, Sisvel S.p.A., +39-011-9904114, dvb-c2@sisvel.com, or Media,
Federica Brotto, Sisvel S.p.A., +39-011-9904114, press@sisvel.com
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