PatCom Report To the Standards Board

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PatCom ReportTo the Standards Board

• David Law Chair22 March 2007Piscataway, NJ

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2007 PatCom members

• David Law, Chair
• Chuck Adams
• Rich Hulett
• Rick Townsend
• Don Wright
• Karen Kenney, Staff (non-voting)
• Claire Topp, Michael Lindsay, Legal Counsel
• David Ringle, Administrator

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1Q07 Activity to Date

• 20 LOA forms received posted
• 0 LOA letters received posted
• 13 requests made for 163 LOAs

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Supporting educational material

• Patent Slides for WG Meetings
• FAQ/Update to PatCom guide
• IEEE-SA patent policy tutorial slide set
• Letter of Assurance (LoA) Flowchart
• Updates to Standards Companion
• Includes sample LOA request letter

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Document development process

• Initial drafts completed by core drafting
  committee
• David Law, Michael Lindsay, Claire Topp, Don
  Wright
• Circulated to PatCom
• Comments responded to, drafts updated as required
• Circulated to PatCom, PP-DIALOG and CAG
• One hundred thirty nine (139) comments received
• Responses and updates to drafts developed
• Circulated to BoG, SASB, SASB committees, CAG and
  PP-DIALOG
• Fifty Six (56) comments received
• No comments on WG Slideset, Flowchart
• Responses and updates to drafts developed
• Tutorial given at IEEE 802 plenary
• Update drafts and comments responses circulated

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Educational material - PatCom actions

• All documents adopted without opposition
• Changes to drafts circulated to SASB
• FAQ/PatCom guide
• In answer to Q11 deleted the text The IEEE-SA
  will not approve a standard that includes the
  known use of an Essential Patent Claim.
• In answer to Q32 (c) changed .. users and
  implementers could sue Company C for its failure
  to provide the required notice to Company D. to
  .. users and implementers could themselves seek
  to enforce Company C's agreement to provide
  required notice to Company D.
• In answer to Q39 c) changed .. displaying the
  Letter of Assurance is not .. to read ..
  displaying the Accepted Letter of Assurance as it
  resides on the IEEE website is not ..

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Educational material - PatCom actions

• Tutorial
• Third party claims slide
• Text aligned to match equivalent FAQ text
• WG Slide set
• Added advice to WG Chair about normative
  reference to slide 0
• Flowchart and Standards Companion
• No substantive changes

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ANSI Public Review

• Comments received from
• Cisco Systems
• Intel
• Siemens
• Sun Microsystems
• Reviewed responses