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The third-generation (3G) mobile communication system, referred to as International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 (IMT-2000) and developed by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), was commercially launched in Japan in May 2001, before any other country in the world. The standard specifications comprising IMT-2000 adopted technologies proposed by many organizations, many of which have been patented by companies that developed the constituent technologies. From a commercial point of view, studies have been conducted the framework for on licensing these patents efficiently. This article reviews the current state of the 3G Patent Platform, a organization to rearize the comprehensive licensing of IMT-2000 patents.

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