Uldage Inc, said that the start of patent licensing activities under the system of a patent pool that collectively, and under fair and reasonable conditions, bundles and licenses the patents that are essential to UHDTV satellite broadcasting standards, to business operators that are involved in transmission and reception of UHDTV satellite broadcasting (also known as 4K, 8K broadcasting). As for this patent licensing, 16 entities holding the patents that have been determined by the Japan Intellectual Property Arbitration Center, a neutral organization, to be essential to the standards, have started licensing through Uldage. The entities are:
Dolby Laboratories, Fujitsu, Hitachi Maxell, JVC Kenwood, LG Electronics, Masproh Denkoh, Mitsubishi Electric, NEC, NHK, Orange SA , Panasonic, Samsung Electronics, Sony, Columbia University, Thomson and Toshiba.
With respect to receivers, the rates are set at ¥100 per unit in respect of advanced narrowband CS UHDTV receivers and ¥200 per unit in respect of advanced wideband UHDTV receivers, taking into consideration the development of the market going forward.
