The contributing companies and research institutes as above own intellectual
property rights (including but not limited to patents) and have agreed to the ITU, to make
PEAQ available as an international recommendation under clause 2.2 of the ITU patent
policy. This means that the technology provided under BS.1387 will be made available to
third parties for commercial applications on reasonable fair and non-discriminatory terms.
This implies that every commerical entity offering products and services that incorporate
PEAQ should contact the above organizations and conduct a proper license agreement.
OPTICOM GmbH has offered to arrange for license agreements as a single point of contact
and share royalty revenues with the other developers.