From dmarti@zgp.org  Thu Nov 15 18:32:27 2001
From: dmarti@zgp.org (Don Marti)
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 10:32:27 -0800
Subject: [Patents] patents on ITU-proposals (g.723.1)
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begin DIETRICH Yann FTRD/VAT/ISS quotation of Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 11:50:48AM +0100:

> It is not very easy to understand, but
> everyone can be proprietary of his own implementation of a standard, but he
> is sure to have a license of all necessary rights to make this
> implementation. 

Do ITU's requirements of "fair and reasonable" patent terms allow a
patent holder to impose a minimum royalty for a patent license?  

A minimum royalty excludes smaller implementors of a standard,
even if they implement it in hardware or in software distributed
under a proprietary license.

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