[802.3_DIALOG] IEEE-SA Patent Policy - updated patent materials
Dear Colleagues,
As I announced during my IEEE 802.3 opening plenary report, the updates to the IEEE-SA Patent Policy (Clause 6 of the IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws) became effective on 15th March 2015. Please see the two emails below for further information.
Best regards,
David
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From: Dave Ringle [mailto:d.ringle@xxxxxxxx]
Sent: 16 March 2015 13:51
Subject: IEEE-SA Patent Policy - updated patent materials
The following patent materials, available from http://standards.ieee.org/about/sasb/patcom/materials.html, have been updated:
a) Patent Slides for Standards Development Meetings
b) Patent Letter of Assurance (LOA) Form
c) Patent Letter of Assurance (LOA) Cover Letter
d) FAQs: Understanding Patent Issues during IEEE Standards Development
e) Relationship of IEEE-SA Patent Policy/LoAs to Modification of IEEE Standards by Other Standards Bodies
You may need to refresh your web browser (or clear the cache) to see the current (2015) versions.
Regards,
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David L. Ringle
Director, IEEE-SA Governance
IEEE Standards Association
445 Hoes Lane
Piscataway, NJ 08854-4141 USA
TEL: +1 732 562 3806
FAX: +1 732 875 0524
EMAIL: d.ringle@xxxxxxxx
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From: Dave Ringle <d.ringle@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 2:41 PM
Subject: IEEE-SA Patent Policy
Please note that updates to the IEEE-SA Patent Policy (Clause 6 of the IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws) will become effective on 15 March 2015. See http://standards.ieee.org/develop/policies/bylaws/approved-changes.pdf, which shows the text of Clause 6 of the IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws as it will appear once the patent policy updates are enacted.
Please also see the 'IEEE Statement Regarding Updating of its Standards-Related Patent Policy' at http://www.ieee.org/about/news/2015/8_february_2015.html.
You should be aware that the conduct and responsibilities of participants within IEEE standards development groups, including the Call for Patents process (as discussed in IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual 6.3.2 [see http://standards.ieee.org/develop/policies/opman/sect6.html#6.3.2]) and the Antitrust and Competition Policy [see http://standards.ieee.org/develop/policies/antitrust.pdf], have not been updated. This means that the normal practice for conducting working group (standards development) meetings has not changed.
There are various patent materials available from http://standards.ieee.org/about/sasb/patcom/materials.html. The necessary items will be updated. I will send another communication to you on (or just after) the effective date of the patent policy updates, to let you know which items on the patent materials web page have been updated.
If you have any questions, please address them to patcom@xxxxxxxx
Regards,
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David L. Ringle
Director, IEEE-SA Governance
IEEE Standards Association
445 Hoes Lane
Piscataway, NJ 08854-4141 USA
TEL: +1 732 562 3806
FAX: +1 732 875 0524
EMAIL: d.ringle@xxxxxxxx
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