[8023-10GEPON] IEEE-SA Patent Policy - Effective 1 May 2007 at 12:01 p.m. ET
Dear colleagues,
The e-mail below is an announcement of the new IEEE-SA Patent Policy,
which went into effect on May 1st at 12:01 p.m. Please, review it
carefully.
According to the new procedures, a Call for Patents shall be made at
every standards-development meeting, which includes Working Group, Task
Force, Task Group, Study Group, Ad Hocs, and conference calls.
At all future Task Force meetings, the following slides shall be shown
or distributed as either electronic or hard copies:
http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-slideset.pdf
For conference calls or ad hoc meetings, the URL to these slides should
be distributed together with the meeting or call announcement.
At the beginning of each meeting or conference call, all participants
shall acknowledge that they have read the patent policy. Sufficient time
shall be provided to all participants not familiar with the patent
policy to review it before the meeting can progress.
Ad hoc leaders, please note these procedures for the conference calls
you are planning.
If you have more questions, please contact me or Dave Ringle (contact
info is at the end).
Regards,
Glen Kramer
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From: Dave Ringle <d.ringle@ieee.org
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,
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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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