[opendtv] Re: Single-chip HDTV solution powers new DTV products for U.S. ATSC market
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 08:01:43 -0500
At 1:43 PM -0500 1/23/07, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
Mark Schubin wrote:
You confuse me with someone making an argument in favor of
DVB-T. You are pointing to a $50-retail box of which,
according to your figures (higher ones are also published),
half would be IP costs.
I think we're talking past one another. My point was only that if DVB-T
boxes have been sold at prices well below $100, and we've seen some
prices even below $50, then how do they do it? The IP fees in large part
apply to both.
With reasonable royalties?
http://www.mpegla.com/dvb/dvb-agreement.cfm
Product Categories and Royalties
Under the DVB-T Patent Portfolio License, the party that offers DVB-T
Royalty Products (Section 1.12) for "Sale" (Section 1.20) to the End
User (Section 1.13) is responsible for royalties on DVB-T Receiver
Products (Section 1.10) manufactured or sold in a country with
Portfolio patents. Sections 3.1 and 3.2 of the License Agreement
provide the schedule of royalties that apply to the sublicenses
granted under Section 2. For each DVB-T Receiver Product (Section
1.10), Licensee pays 0.75 euro if it selects coverage under all DVB-T
essential patents (hierarchical and non-hierarchical) or 0.50 euro if
it selects coverage only under the DVB-T Non-Hierarchical Essential
Patents. A Licensee that selects coverage under Section 2.1.2 of the
License may make this election on a product-by-product basis, simply
by reporting and paying the applicable royalty for each product (as
provided in Section 3.2).
Regards
Craig
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