Rules and Procedures

The DVB Steering Board during 2008 adopted Rules and Procedures covering, among other matters, membership, participation in DVB activities and elections.  The Rules and Procedures are largely a compilation of practices DVB has developed since its inception.

Antitrust Guidelines

Also in 2008 the Steering Board adopted Antitrust Guidelines prohibiting certain anticompetitive conduct in its working group. These Guidelines are an attachment to the Rules and Procedures and are also separately available here.

Intellectual Property Rights

Article 14 of DVB’s Memorandum of Understanding sets out the basic terms of the IPR policy of the DVB Project. Further detailed information can be found here. On the same page can be found links to:

• a commentary on Article 14 and DVB’s experience in fostering patent pools covering its specifications;
• arrangements put in place governing licensing for certain “gateway” technologies;
  
• DVB’s copyright policy.

Liaisons with sister standards fora

DVB forms liaisons with sister standards fora. These are undertaken after a review of the IPR policy of the sister forum and negotiation of a liaison agreement. There is a special regime for liaisons with DVB’s partners for Globally Executable MHP (GEM). For the form of liaison agreement, and further information, contact the Legal Director DVB: eltzroth@dvb.org.

Here is a list of DVB’s present liaison partners.

Disclosure (Confidentiality) Policy

DVB has adopted a policy on disclosure of materials and other information in its working groups.  This is an attachment to the Rules and Procedures and is separately available here: