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How to Start Using SD Technology in Your Product

Memory Cards

If your company is planning to manufacture SD memory cards (eg. flash memory card, ROM cards, SD I/O combination cards, miniSD cards or microSD cards) or contract to have SD memory cards manufactured by a third party on your behalf, your company is required to:

  1. Execute a Card License Agreement (CLA)**  with the SD 3-C, LLC and
  2. Execute a License Agreement for SD Association Memory Card Specification or LAMS with the SD Card Association

Contact the SD 3-C, LLC at SD-3CAdmin@millerkaplan.com

Recording and/or Copy Protecting Content Via CPRM

If your company chooses to record content on SD memory cards utilizing CPRM and purchase the cards from an SD Card Licensee, your company is required to:

  1. Execute a Copy Protection for Recordable Media (CPRM) License by contacting the 4C Entity, LLC at : info@lmicp.com or visit www.4centity.com

Host and Ancillary Products

If your company is planning to manufacture or have manufactured SD host products (eg. cell phones, cameras or computers) or SD ancillary products (eg. adapters or SD I/O cards), your company is required to:

  1. Join the SD Card Association and
  2. Enter into a Host/Ancillary Product License Agreement (HALA)** with the SD Card Association and the SD-3C, LLC.  Latest Revision:  December 12, 2009

 

Contact the SD 3-C, LLC at SD-3CAdmin@millerkaplan.com

Research and Development Phase

If your company is in the R&D phase and needs access to the SD specifications, a one-year (non-membership) contract is available. Your company is required to:

  1. Complete Non-Disclosure Agreement and
  2. Provide payment of $1000 USD to SD Association.

If your company becomes a member of the SD Card Association within ninety (90) days of the effective date of the Non-Disclosure Agreement, then the SD Card Association will credit the $1000 USD payment  towards your company's membership dues.

 

**The CLA and HALA licenses are available for the convenience of licensees and no statements herein should be construed as suggesting that a party could not obtain the necessary intellectual property rights through individual licenses with the owners of the essential patents and relevant trademarks, copyrights and design patents.