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Terms of Reference for
an IPR Committee
Version adopted by General Assembly 48, 21-22 November 2006
Scope:
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to provide
advice and guidance to the Director-General, General Assembly, and ETSI Board
with regard to IPR related issues when requested.
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to assess, elaborate and propose
necessary changes to the IPR Policy and IPR Guide resulting from requests from
the Director-General, General Assembly, and ETSI Board, as appropriate.
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the members of the IPR Committee may
use the IPR email list for exchange of views on the evolution of IPR related
issues and developments.
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the members of the IPR Committee may
use the IPR email list to indicate important changes in the environment and to
request activation of the Committee by its Chair.
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Unless specifically identified by the
General Assembly or the ETSI Board, the functions of the IPR Committee are
purely consultative.
Membership:
Membership of the IPR Committee is open to;
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Any ETSI Full or Associate Member,
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The ETSI Secretariat,
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The ETSI Counsellors,
Other guests and experts, as appropriate, may be invited at
the discretion of the Chair.
Responsibility and Chairmanship:
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The IPR Committee will be a Special
Committee under the responsibility of the General Assembly.
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The Chair of the IPR Committee
shall be appointed by the GA.
Meetings/activities
The IPR Committee shall not meet, and
shall not be active, on a regular basis but shall be activated in cases where
the Chair finds that urgent and important IPR-related issues arise.
The Chair shall, in any case, call a
meeting of the IPR Committee when requested to do so by at least five members of
the IPR Committee.
The IPR
Committee shall make use of electronic document handling tools and electronic
meeting facilities to the best extent possible.
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