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1 Guidelines for Implementation of the Common Patent Policy for ITU-T/ITU-R/ISO/IEC Revision 1, effective 23 April 2012 Revises initial edition of 1 March 2007 CONTENTS Part I – Common guidelines 1 1 Purpose 1 2 Explanation of terms 1 3 Patent disclosure 2 4 Patent Statement and Licensing Declaration Form 3 4.1 The purpose of the Declaration Form 3 4.2 Contact information 4 5 Conduct of meetings 4 6 Patent Information database 4 7 Assignment or Transfer of Patent Rights 5 Part II – Organization-specific provisions 6 II.1 Specific provisions for ITU 6 II.2 Specific provisions for ISO and IEC 7 ANNEX 1: COMMON PATENT POLICY FOR ITU-T/ITU-R/ISO/IEC ANNEX 2: PATENT STATEMENT AND LICENSING DECLARATION FORM FOR ITU-T OR ITU-R RECOMMENDATION | ISO OR IEC DELIVERABLE ANNEX 3: GENERAL PATENT STATEMENT AND LICENSING DECLARATION FORM FOR ITU- T OR ITU-R RECOMMENDATION 1 Guidelines for Implementation of the Common Patent Policy for ITU-T/ITU-R/ISO/IEC Revision 1, effective 23 April 2012 Part I – Common guidelines 1 Purpose ITU, in its Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) and its Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R), ISO and IEC have had patent policies for many years, the purpose being to provide in simple words practical guidance to the participants in their Technical Bodies in case patent rights matters arise. Considering that the technical experts are normally not familiar with the complex issue of patent law, the Common Patent Policy for ITU-T/ITU-R/ISO/IEC (hereafter referred to as the “Patent Policy”) was drafted in its operative part as a checklist, covering the three different cases which may arise if a Recommendation | Deliverable requires licences for Patents to be practiced or implemented, fully or partly. The Guidelines for Implementation of the Common Patent Policy for ITU-T/ITU-R/ISO/IEC (hereafter referred to as the “Guidelines”) are intended to clarify and facilitate implementa