Tom, many thanks for this to Nortel. H.248 is generally a very important standard, so - in my view - for an easier breakthrough in the market it would be nice if at least all essential parts of H.248 could follow the same pattern. Is there somewhere a compilation on a working group level on a best effort basis (I mean not an internal patent search...) who has IPRs on what, and on what general conditions? Regards, Istvan Sebestyen -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Istvan Sebestyen Siemens AG, ICN M SR 3, Hofmannstr. 51, D-81359 Munich, Germany Tel:+49-89-722-47230 Fax:+49-89-722-47713 E-Mail office: istvan.sebestyen@icn.siemens.de; istvan@sebestyen.de E-mail private: istvan_sebestyen@yahoo.com; Siemens Intranet:http://intranet.icn.siemens.de/marketing/cs27/ Siemens FTP: ftp://mchhpn006a.mch.pn.siemens.de/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------

---------- From: Taylor, Tom-PT [NORSE:B901:EXCH][SMTP:taylor@AMERICASM01.NT.COM] Reply To: Taylor, Tom-PT [NORSE:B901:EXCH] Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 8:55 PM To: ITU-SG16@mailbag.cps.intel.com Subject: H.248 Annex M IPR

As I have indicated in the past, my company, Nortel Networks, claims IPR in the draft H.248 Annex M (Advanced Audio Server packages). I am pleased to say that management has decided to licence this IPR royalty-free. For further information, contact Rick Witcher mailto:jrwitcher@nortelnetworks.com.

Tom Taylor Multimedia Control and Applications Standards Ph. +1 613 736 0961 Cell +1 613 290 0844 taylor@nortelnetworks.com

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