联合声明

        就张平、陶鑫良、单晓光、朱雪忠、徐家力五教授（以下简称 “五教授”）对皇家菲利浦电子有限公司（Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.，即皇家飞利浦电子股份有限公司，以下简称“飞利浦公司”）拥有的并且列于3C DVD播放机专利联合许可协议中的“编码数据的发送和接收方法以及发射机和接收机”(ZL 95192413.3)中国发明专利提出的公益性无效宣告请求案，飞利浦公司与五教授进行了直接、坦率的会谈。在此基础上，联合声明如下：

       双方认同加强知识产权保护和防止知识产权滥用的社会意义；双方认同合理规范和良性实施专利联营（即“专利池”）许可的必要性；双方认同建设公平竞争的市场环境的必要性。

       以建设性地解决所有分歧为出发点，以公众利益最大化为宗旨，双方达成共识。

飞利浦公司表示，为了有效地解决分歧，决定在本联合声明发布之日起，将上述这项中国发明专利从DVD专利许可协议之专利清单中撤出，并就此中国专利不再主张权利。

五教授同时向国家知识产权局专利复审委员会撤回对这一项中国发明专利的无效宣告请求。

       飞利浦公司认同五教授关于推动中国规范专利许可之合理机制、体制和规制，提升中国企业应对“专利池”之意识、认识与能力，促进“专利池”许可政策的理性和良性实施的不懈努力。

       双方表示将遵守本联合声明之内容，并以此为契机，共同探讨和研究有关知识产权的重大问题，为推动中国知识产权事业的健康发展而做出努力。

 本声明共两页，一式六份，以中文本为准，签字方各持一份。

                                                                         2006年12月10日

   于北京大学

北京大学法学院/知识产权学院      

张平                                               

上海大学知识产权学院             

陶鑫良                                    

同济大学知识产权学院

单晓光

中南财经政法大学知识产权学院

朱雪忠

中国政法大学知识产权研究中心

徐家力  

皇家飞利浦电子股份有限公司  代表：钟清明    

JOINT STATEMENT

With respect to the public interest invalidation proceeding filed with the Patent Reexamination Board of the State Intellectual Property Office by the Five Professors --Prof. ZHANG Ping of Peking University, Prof. TAO Xinliang of Shanghai University, Prof. SHAN Xiaoguang of Tongji University, Prof. ZHU Xuezhong of Zhongnan  University of Economics & Law, and Prof. XU Jiali of China University of Political Science and Law--concerning Chinese Patent ZL 95192413.3 owned by Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. and included in the 3C joint DVD player patent license agreement, Philips contacted with the Five Professors and the Parties conducted frank and candid discussions. As a result, the follow understanding is reached:

Both sides recognize the significance of enhancing IPR protection and preventing IPR abuse to the society;

Both sides agree on the essentiality of proper regulation and healthy operation of patent pooling;

Both sides acknowledge that it is necessary to establish fair conditions for market competition;

For the best advancement of public interest and to resolve the proceeding in a constructive manner, the Parties arrive at the agreement below:

Philips to remove the Chinese patent in question from the patent lists attached to the DVD patent license agreements upon the publication of this joint statement and to commit that it will never again claim the rights of the Chinese Patent;

The Five Professors to at meantime withdraw their pending requests from the Patent Reexamination Board of the State Intellectual Property Office;

Philips appreciate the persistent efforts by the Five Professors to promote proper regulation of patent pooling in China, to improve Chinese companies’ insight into patent pooling, and to facilitate the healthy operation of pooling arrangement.

The Parties will abide by the agreement and to further build on it, work together in addressing important Intellectual Property problems and contribute to the balanced development of China’s IPR system. 

This Joint Statement consists of two pages, six copies of which are to be kept respectively by the signatories to this Statement.

This text is an English translation of the official Joint Statement in Chinese.

2006-12-10        at  Peking University