Sisvel offers a royalty-bearing, non-transferable, non-assignable, non-exclusive license, with no right to grant sublicenses, under patents essential to the TS-UNB Specification (adopted by ETSI as formally specified in the document TS 103 357). The patent owners hold additional patents which are not essential to the TS-UNB Specification, but which are deemed complementary to MIOTY implementations. An additional license to these patents is also offered. The MIOTY Portfolio License Agreement offered by Sisvel covers any end products implementing TS-UNB functionality.
The MIOTY Portfolio License Agreement does not cover components or subassemblies such as, without limitation, chipsets, semiconductor components, embedded modules or firmware components.
The royalty rates are offered on a per product basis, respectively applicable only for end devices making use of the TS-UNB Specification, as per the table below:
Combined royalty rates for licenses under the TS-UNB Patents and under the Complementary Patents
| Product category | Standard Rate | Compliant Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Unidirectional End Point | EUR 0.40 | EUR 0.32 |
| Bidirectional End Point | EUR 1.00 | EUR 0.80 |
| Gateway | EUR 10.00 | EUR 8.00 |
Provided a licensee is in full compliance with its obligations under the MIOTY license agreement, the royalty rate payable for each licensed product shall be subject to the Compliant Rate.
As alternative to a running royalty scheme as per above, a committed volume scheme can be chosen. Under such scheme, the royalty shall be paid in advance per calendar year for the committed volumes of a relevant TS-UNB product category.
For more details visit the Committed Volumes page.
Separate license under the TS-UNB Patents
| Product category | Standard Rate | Compliant Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Unidirectional End Point | EUR 0.32 | EUR 0.26 |
| Bidirectional End Point | EUR 0.80 | EUR 0.65 |
| Gateway | EUR 8.00 | EUR 6.50 |
Provided a licensee is in full compliance with its obligations under the MIOTY license agreement, the royalty rate payable for each licensed product shall be subject to the Compliant Rate.
As alternative to a running royalty scheme as per above, a committed volume scheme can be chosen. Under such scheme, the royalty shall be paid in advance per calendar year for the committed volumes of a relevant TS-UNB product category.
For more details visit the Committed Volumes page.
Additional license under the Complementary Patents
| Product category | Standard Rate | Compliant Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Unidirectional End Point | EUR 0.08 | EUR 0.06 |
| Bidirectional End Point | EUR 0.20 | EUR 0.15 |
| Gateway | EUR 2.00 | EUR 1.50 |
Provided a licensee is in full compliance with its obligations under the MIOTY license agreement, the royalty rate payable for each licensed product shall be subject to the Compliant Rate.
As alternative to a running royalty scheme as per above, a committed volume scheme can be chosen. Under such scheme, the royalty shall be paid in advance per calendar year for the committed volumes of a relevant TS-UNB product category.
For more details visit the Committed Volumes page.
More information are available upon request.