3GPP2 Legal Issues

Legal Status

The Partnership Project is titled the "Third Generation Partnership Project 2" and may be known by the acronym "3GPP2".

IPR Declarations

"Individual Members of 3GPP2 shall be bound by the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy of their respective Organizational Partner. Individual Members should declare, at the earliest opportunity, any IPRs which they believe to be essential, or potentially essential, to any work ongoing within 3GPP2. Organizational Partners should encourage their respective members to grant licenses on fair, reasonable terms and conditions and on a non-discriminatory basis. The Secretariat shall maintain a register of IPR declarations relevent to 3GPP2, received by the Organizational Partners."

IPR declarations should be made directly to any of 3GPP2's Organizational Partners. Please contact the individuals listed below. For convenience, links to the IPR policies for each Organizational Partner are provided, where available.

Organizational Partner	Contact
Association of Radio Industries and Business (ARIB) - Japan	Mr. Takatsugu Kito Telephone: +81 3 5510 8594 Fax: +81 3 3592 1103
China Communications Standards Association (CCSA) - China	Mr. Wan Yi Telephone: +86 10 680266624 Fax: +86 10 68034801
Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) - North America	Ms. Victoria Mitchell Telephone: +1 703 907 7497 Fax: +1 703 907 7728
Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA) - Korea	Mr. Byoung-Moon Chin Telephone: +82 31 724 0101 Fax: +82 31 724 0109
The Telecommunication Technology Committee (TTC) - Japan	Mr. Shin Suzuki Telephone: +81 3 5776 7796 Fax: +81 3 3432 1553

Click here to access the January 2002 Organizational Partners' meeting summary discussing IPR policies.

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