ETSI IPR Database

Where can I find the ETSI IPR database?

You can access the ETSI IPR Database at the following URL: http://webapp.etsi.org/IPR/

What is the ETSI IPR Database?

The ETSI IPR Database allows public access to information at any time with respect to IPRs which have been notified to ETSI as being essential, or potentially essential, to ETSI Standards and Technical Specifications. Unless otherwise specified, all IPRs contained in the ETSI IPR Database have been notified to ETSI, with an undertaking from the IPR owner to grant licenses according to the terms and conditions of Clause 6.1 of the ETSI IPR Policy (Annex 6 of the ETSI Rules of Procedure).

You should however note that the ETSI IPR Database provides data that is based on the information received. This means that ETSI has not checked the validity of the information, nor the relevance of the identified IPRs to the ETSI Standards and Technical Specifications and cannot confirm, or deny, that the IPRs applications are, in fact, essential, or potentially essential. No investigation, or IPR searches, have been carried out by ETSI and therefore no guarantee can be given concerning the existence of other IPRs which are, or may become, essential.

Potential Licensees should use the information in this database at their discretion and should contact the IPR owner, for example to establish the status of a disclosed patent family, prior to making a patent licensing decision.

How do I search the ETSI IPR database?

The ETSI IPR Database can be searched by using different selection criteria, which can be used alone or in combination. Once the search criteria have been filled in the menu of the left frame, clicking on the 'Search' button will display all IPR declarations matching the selected criteria.

The results of the search can then be sorted in multiple ways by clicking on the arrow button  which is placed next to the titles of the fields, thus enabling to sort the results either ascending  or descending .

For further information, you may wish to consult the User Guide of the ETSI IPR Database, which can be accessed at any time during your work in the ETSI IPR Database over the Help-button located at the top right hand-side of the ETSI IPR Database.

Questions?

Should you have questions relating to the ETSI IPR Database, you may find some answers in the ETSI IPR Database FAQs.

The ETSI IPR Online Declaration Service  is a unique application that allows members and third party IPR owners to declare their IPRs to ETSI online and to manage them! It consists of two parts:

 1. A user-friendly single web interface

This part of the ETSI IPR Online Declaration Service is providing a web-user interface enabling IPR owners to make IPR declarations online by using an electronic version of the known paper IPR Licensing Declarations forms (Appendix to the ETSI IPR Policy (ROP, Annex 6) of the ETSI Directives). Furthermore, it also provides the possibility to view ones declarations made via this service.

 2. An XML application

This second part of the ETSI Online Declaration Service is providing an XML template which Members and IPR owners can download and may use to submit IPR declarations to ETSI. It is tailored for IPR owners with a bigger IP-portfolio as it should ideally enable IPR owners to automatically extract from their IPR-databases the essential IPRs that they wish to declare to ETSI  and transmit them into the XML-template. The XML-application also provides the possibility to view and manage recent declarations which have been submitted to ETSI via the XML-application. However, it should be noted that the use of the XML-application requires some knowledge of the XML-language.

Please note that you have to be registered to access the ETSI Online Declaration Service.

Declare your IPRs using the IS&LD Forms

You may also declare your IPRs to ETSI by sending us a copy of the duly completed and signed ETSI IPR Licensing Declaration Forms that you can also find in the Appendix to the ETSI IPR Policy itself (ROP, Annex 6) of the ETSI Directives.

Questions?

To further assist you in your declaration process, ETSI has prepared some Guidelines on how to declare an essential IPR and how to make a licensing declaration to ETSI.