Thank you for your help in this important matter.
Tom
Narumi Hirose wrote:
>
> Mr. Stienstra,
>
> First of all, please accept my apologies for not
> responding to you soon due to the trouble of our e-mail
> system.
>
> Please be informed that no patents have been identified
> during the development of MHEG-5 International Standard.
> Thus, as requested, after consultation with Dr. Thomas
> Casey, the SC 29/WG 12 Convener, I will forward to you
> a list of companies and their contact address who have
> made the most significant contributions to MHEG-5 work
> as soon as possible.
>
> I would appreciate it if you could address further
> communication to me instead of Ms. Kimura of ITSCJ at the
> address below. Also please note the following contact
> information of the SC 29/WG 12 Convener:
>
> Dr. Thomas Casey
> 59 Florin Crt
> 6-9 Charterhouse Sq.
> London EC1M 6EU
> UK
> Tel: and Fax: +44-171-388-6351
> E-mail: tcasey@tcasey.demon.co.uk
> (Tel: +44-171-490-5645 after October 1, 1997)
>
> Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to
> contact me.
>
> Thank you very much for your attention.
>
> Regards,
>
> Narumi
> ==============================================
> Narumi Hirose
> Secretariat, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29
> IPSJ/ITSCJ Room 308-3 Kikai-Shinko-Kaikan Bldg
> 3-5-8 Shiba-koen Minato-ku Tokyo 105 Japan
> Tel: +81-3-3431-2808 Fax: +81-3-3431-6493
> internet: hirose@itscj.ipsj.or.jp
> ==============================================
>
> >From stienstr@natlab.research.philips.com Fri Aug 15 12:46:34 EDT
> 1997
> To: kimura@itscj.ipsj.or.jp
> Cc: info@bsi.org.uk
> Subject: ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG12, MHEG
>
> To: the Secretary of ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29
>
> cc: the Convener of SC29/WG12
>
> Dear Ms. Kimura,
>
> in order to maximize the conditions in favour of market application
> of
> MHEG-5 in digital TV in Europe (DVB), it is essential to provide a
> jointly agreed statement (for the time being informal) from
> companies
> with major contributions to MHEG, about royalties payable for MHEG
> IPR.
> The general ISO/IEC statement about fair and reasonable terms does
> not
> suffice at this moment, it is entirely too vague.
>
> My company's experts have not been able to identify patents valid for
> MHEG technology. My company has contributed to MHEG, like CCETT and
> US
> West, but I need a complete picture of the most significant
> contributors
> and/or IPR owners, if they are known.
>
> Please be so kind to furnish a list of those companies/people owning
> IPR
> for MHEG, or, if this is not known, of those companies and their
> contact
> persons who have made the most significant contributions. Using this
> list my company will undertake getting agreement on a joint statement
> concerning MHEG royalties.
>
> The time frame in which a joint statement from major "MHEG companies"
> is
> needed is the Internationale Funk Ausstellung in Berlin, i.e. the
> beginning of September, so please inform me with the utmost haste, I
> regret very much having to ask this.
>
> Yours sincerely,
> --
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> --------
> Albert Stienstra E-mailto:stienstr@natlab.research.philips.com
>
> General Manager Technology Strategy and Planning
> Philips Business Electronics
> Glaslaan
> P.O. Box 80002
> Building SX-4
> 5600 MD Eindhoven Phone: +31 40 2734442
> The Netherlands Fax: +31 40 2733268
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> --------
> Subject:
> URGENT URGENT URGENT Request
> Date:
> Tue, 26 Aug 1997 20:35:20 +0900
> From:
> "Narumi Hirose" <hirose@itscj.ipsj.or.jp>
> CC:
> "Tom Casey" <tcasey@tcasey.demon.co.uk>
>
>
> URGENT URGENT URGENT!
>
> Tom,
>
> I think you have read my previous mail to
> Mr. Albert Stienstra. I sent a copy to you.
>
> Could you please provide me with the list
> of companies and their contact persons who
> made the most significant contributions to
> MHEG-5 at your earliest convenience?
>
> According to him, it is the time of decision
> for MHEG or OpenTC in European digital TV...
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
> Regards,
>
> Narumi
> ==============================================
> Narumi Hirose
> Secretariat, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29
> IPSJ/ITSCJ Room 308-3 Kikai-Shinko-Kaikan Bldg
> 3-5-8 Shiba-koen Minato-ku Tokyo 105 Japan
> Tel: +81-3-3431-2808 Fax: +81-3-3431-6493
> internet: hirose@itscj.ipsj.or.jp
> ==============================================
>