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ITU plays a leading role in crafting the policies that ITU-T Focus Groups have proved effective in
govern the interplay of standards and intellectual responding to immediate ICT standardization
property rights. demands, establishing the basis for subsequent
TSB Director’s AHG on standardization work in ITU-T Study Groups.
Intellectual Property Rights Focus Groups are open to ITU members as well as
(IPR AHG) continues its work organizations outside ITU’s membership, and these groups
to protect the integrity of are afforded great flexibility in their chosen deliverables and
the standards-development working methods.
process by clarifying aspects Active Focus Groups are investigating the networking
of the ITU-R/ITU-T/ISO/IEC innovations required to support the ambitious performance
Patent Policy and related targets of IMT-2020 (5G) systems as well as means of fast-
Guidelines – the Union’s tracking policies aimed at leveraging digital financial services
main tool to manage the (DFS) to increase financial inclusion in developing countries
challenges associated and emerging markets.
with the incorporation of
patents in ITU-T and ITU-R Focus Groups that concluded their activities in the study
Recommendations. period explored aviation applications of cloud computing for
flight-data monitoring; smart sustainable cities; smart water
management; developing-country innovations to benefit
from international standardization; disaster relief, network
resilience and recovery; smart cable TV; M2M communications;
audiovisual media accessibility; driver distraction; and car
communications.

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