The Digital Media Project (DMP) is a
non-profit organization devoted to developing worldwide
standards for music, video and other creative works that are
digitally recorded and transmitted. Such standards allow the
rights of creators to be compensated for their works, allow the
public to fully enjoy the benefits of digital recordings, and
allow other businesses to provide products and services
consistent with these principles and the Digital Media
Manifesto.

DMP was founded by Mr. Leonardo Chiariglione, who
developed worldwide standards for digital audio and video
coding, such as MP3 and MPEG, while chairing the working group
of the International Standards Organization ISO/IEC. In April
2005, DMP produced a technical Specification for a Platform for
Interoperable Digital Rights Management, for which it would be
beneficial to establish a patent pool in order to have clear and
acceptable licensing terms for the underlying patents. The
standardization approved in 20045 refers in particular to
portable audio and video devices (PAV)

One of the members of
the Digital Media Project is helping set up the patent pool:
Sisvel, S.p.A., a company with an international network
specialized in licensing, with offices in Europe and
subsidiaries in America and Asia, will arrange for a team of
independent patent experts to evaluate patents that may be
essential in this field.

Any company having related patents
and wishing to participate in the patent pool is requested to
submit patents to Sisvel for evaluation. The objective is to
create a ?one-stop-shop? licensing mechanism for intellectual
property rights (IPR) that will help to standardize the digital
media project, providing a clear view of the exposure to
royalties relating to the standard.

About the author:
S.I.SV.EL. is a company
active in the field of exploiting industrial and intellectual
property rights. For instance Sisvel has the right to grant
licenses for the use of several patent families concerning the
MPEG Audio standard comprising the Mp3 standard.
Contact mailto:segretaria@sisvel.com for information.