Legal, IPR, & Copyright

TIA Standards Legal Guidelines

Patent Holder Statements – For companies wishing to disclose when they have a patent referenced in a TIA standard.

TIA's IPR patent holder statements contain patent holder statements or copyright holder statements which have been provided to TIA and claim IPR or pending patent applications as being essential, or potentially essential, to the implementation of TIA standards. Unless otherwise specified, all patent holder or copyright holder statements contained herein have been provided to TIA, with an undertaking from the owner to grant licenses according to the terms and conditions of TIA's Engineering Manual which contains TIA's patent policy.
 
TIA makes no representations or warranties, and disclaims any and all responsibility, with respect to the accuracy, correctness, completeness or scope of such statements, or any claims of IPR contained or identified therein.

Copyright Permission from TIA

TIA holds copyright for all Standards, Specifications, or Bulletins produced by its Engineering Committees. Reproduction and/or distribution of these documents either in hard copy or soft copy is prohibited without copyright permission. All requests for copyright permission should be sent using the online copyright permission form.

The request should include the following information:

  • The purpose for which permission is needed
  • The specific document name and document number
  • The portion of the document which will be reproduced (Include tables and charts)
  • NOTE: if a proposed mockup or sample is available, please include it with the request
  • The intended audience (i.e. type of person, such as installers, sales staff, students)
  • The number of copies that will be reproduced
  • The type of media format that will be used for the copy (i.e. hard copy, soft copy)

Examples of instances in which copyright permission may be granted include:

  • For academic purposes such as a presentation at a conference
  • For reference by another association or standards developing organization
  • For insertion into government procurement contracts
  • For translation into another language
  • For publication in a textbook or other manuals

TIA Standards Anti-Trust Tutorial

TIA's General Counsel Paul Vishny, gives an in-depth overview of TIA as a ANSI-accredited standards-developing organization and how its engineering committee activities fit within the framework of U.S. and European competition laws.

 

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