Rue du Rhône 114 - CH-1204 Geneva - T: +41 22 849 6000 - F: +41 22 849 6001 - www.ecma-international.org 7 Evolution of Ecma code of conduct in patent matters A few principles of the original policy No standard should be approved if there is an identified patent and no license is available to implementers on RAND terms In case such patents become known later and no commitment to license on RAND terms is available, standard needs to withdrawn For pending patent applications of Ecma members, which are later obtained later, a positive vote on standard or continuation in the development binds the member to license such patents on RAND terms TC had to create a survey report on the patent situation for a draft standard Statements related to patents owned by the companies participating in the TC List of patents of 3rd parties, which are known by the members of the TC If licensing problems were found an ad-hoc committee was created to find solutions
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