Sisvel to Create Patent Pool for DVB-C2

STUTTGART, Germany, Oct. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- 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: [email protected].

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.

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