Sisvel offers a royalty-bearing, non-transferable, non-assignable, non-exclusive license, with no right to grant sublicenses, under patents essential to the DVB-T2 standard (adopted by ETSI as formally specified in the ETSI document EN 302 755).
The DVB-T2 Portfolio License Agreement offered by Sisvel covers any Consumer* and/or Professional product implementing a DVB-T2 encoding or decoding functionality.
The DVB-T2 Portfolio License Agreement does not cover:
- functionality that is not DVB-T2 (including, for example DVB-T functionality); or
- components or subcomponents of ready-to-use devices, such as integrated circuit chips, that may include DVB-T2 decoding or encoding functionality.
The DVB-T2 Portfolio license has a non-refundable entrance fee of € 10.000,00 and the royalty rates are as follows:
| Type of DVB-T2 Licensed Products | Standard Royalty Rate per Unit | Royalty Rate per Unit for compliant licensees |
|---|---|---|
| Licensed Consumer Product with one of Encoder1 or Decoder2 function | € 0.75 (seventy-five Eurocents) |
€ 0.60 (sixty Eurocents) |
| Licensed Consumer Product with both Encoder1 and Decoder2 functions | € 1.00 (one Euro) |
€ 0.80 (eighty Eurocents) |
| Licensed Professional Product3 with one of Encoder1 or Decoder2 function | € 18.00 (eighteen Euros) |
€ 15.00 (fifteen Euros) |
| Licensed Professional Product3 with both Encoder1 and Decoder2 functions | € 24.00 (twenty-four Euros) |
€ 20.00 (twenty Euros) |
1 “Encoder function” means: a functionality for framing / modulating / encoding digital signals in compliance with the DVB-T2 Standard.
2 “Decoder function” means: a functionality for de-framing / demodulating / decoding digital signals that are compliant with the DVB-T2 Standard.
3 For professional products having a sales price greater than 1,000 € (or if a product is sold in a currency other than euro, the equivalent value of € 1,000 in that currency will be considered), the above royalty rate for Licensed Professional Products are applied; while for professional products having a sales price equal to or less than 1,000 €, the above royalty rate for Licensed Consumer Products are applied.
Royalty statements and payments for royalties accrued during each calendar quarter are due within one month after the end of that quarter.
*Sisvel's rights to grant sublicenses under the Sony’s patents for DVB-T2 Consumer Products exclude Standalone Displays.
“Standalone Display” shall mean a standalone television or monitor designed primarily for consumer use, regardless of who purchases the device (whether an individual or an enterprise, and including, for clarity, enterprise versions of devices sold to mass market consumers without substantial customization for specialized or niche enterprise markets), with a direct view display, designed or adapted to provide visual presentation of video, alphanumeric and/or graphic information transmitted over terrestrial broadcast, cable, internet protocol, and/or satellite television systems, and/or from an external set top box, computer, gaming console, character generator or other similar types of equipment, including all Components that are incorporated into such standalone televisions and monitors solely to the extent such Components are actually incorporated therein. “Standalone Display” shall not include vehicular displays. “Standalone Display” shall also include displays with secondary integrated computing capability (e.g. “Smart TVs”) and any separate device sold with such standalone television or monitor with an integral capability to receive, process/decode, and display content contained in compressed digital audio and/or video signals (e.g. MPEG-2, HEVC, AVC, MP3) over broadcast, cablecast, satellite, internet or similar communications systems from a geographically remote source (excluding short range connections, such as VGA, DVI, HDMI or DisplayPort). “Standalone Display” shall exclude any wearable device, mobile phone, smartphone, or portable media player or gaming device, and/or any desktop, tablet, laptop, or notebook computer.
Our standard DVB-T2 Patent Portfolio License Agreement for Consumer Products can be found here.
Our standard DVB-T2 Patent Portfolio License Agreement for Professional Products can be found here.