[STDS-802-16] Fwd: New IEEE-SA Patent Policy in Effect
The new IEEE-SA Patent Policy is now in effect. See the details in
the announcement below.
Note that the two links regarding the U.S. Department of Justice's
Business Review Letter are identical. I suspect that one of these
links should have been:
<http://usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2007/222975.htm>
which points to the Department's press release of yesterday.
Roger
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Dave Ringle <d.ringle@ieee.org>
> Date: May 1, 2007 07:38:53 AM MDT
> Subject: [WGCS:] IEEE-SA Patent Policy - Effective 1 May 2007 at
> 12:01 p.m. ET
>
> All,
>
> The new version of the IEEE-SA patent policy is effective 1 May
> 2007 at
> 12:01 p.m. ET.
>
> The new version of the IEEE-SA policy on legal compliance (antitrust,
> competition, etc.) is effective 1 May 2007 at 12:01 p.m. ET.
>
>
> Please review the following sites:
>
> - IEEE press release. See
> http://standards.ieee.org/announcements/stdspatpol.html
>
> - Patent policy. See IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws 6 at
> http://standards.ieee.org/guides/bylaws/sect6-7.html#6 and IEEE-SA
> Standards Board Operations Manual 6.3 at
> http://standards.ieee.org/guides/opman/sect6.html#6.3
>
> - PatCom home page at http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/index.html
>
> - Listing of patent-related information at
> http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-material.html
> The listing includes:
> - Patent slides to be shown at every standards-development meeting
> - Patent policy tutorial
> - "Understanding Patent Issues during IEEE Standards Development"
> guide/FAQ
> - The IEEE-SA Patent Letter of Assurance Form (LOA Form)
> - Cover letter to be sent when asking for an LOA
> - LOA process flowchart
>
> - History of development of changes to the patent policy and support
> materials. See patent policy dialogue area at
> http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/pp-dialog/
>
> - U.S. Department of Justice and Business Review Letter. See
> http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/busreview/222978.htm and
> http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/busreview/222978.htm
>
>
> - Policy on legal compliance. See IEEE-SA Standards Board
> Operations Manual
> 5.3.10 at http://standards.ieee.org/guides/opman/sect5.html#5.3.10
>
> - Antitrust guidelines document. See "Promoting Competition and
> Innovation:
> What You Need to Know about the IEEE Standards Association's
> Antitrust and
> Competition Policy" at
> http://standards.ieee.org/resources/antitrust-guidelines.pdf
>
>
> If you have any questions, please send them to me via email. Please
> DO NOT
> reply to all. Thank you.
>
> Regards,
> ****************************************************************
> David L. Ringle
> Manager - IEEE-SA Governance, Policy & Procedures
> IEEE Standards Activities Department
> 445 Hoes Lane
> Piscataway, NJ 08854
> TEL: +1 732 562 3806
> FAX: +1 732 875 0524
> d.ringle@ieee.org
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