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IEEE-SA Patent Policy Guidelines for TGmb Meeting in Beijing, China

This document outlines the agenda and guidelines for the TGmb meeting in Beijing, China, including participants' obligations under the IEEE-SA Patent Policy. It provides information on patent-related links and resources for further reference.

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IEEE-SA Patent Policy Guidelines for TGmb Meeting in Beijing, China

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  1. TGmb Agenda, May 2010 Authors: Date: 2010-05-16 Matthew Gast, Aerohive Networks

  2. Abstract Agenda for the TGmb meeting in Beijing, China from May 15-18, 2010. Matthew Gast, Aerohive Networks

  3. Tuesday PM118 May 2010, 13:30 – 15:30 • Call meeting to order Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

  4. Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform • All participants in this meeting have certain obligations under the IEEE-SA Patent Policy. Participants: • “Shall inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed)” of the identity of each “holder of any potential Essential Patent Claims of which they are personally aware” if the claims are owned or controlled by the participant or the entity the participant is from, employed by, or otherwise represents • “Personal awareness” means that the participant “is personally aware that the holder may have a potential Essential Patent Claim,” even if the participant is not personally aware of the specific patents orpatent claims • “Should inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed)” of the identity of “any other holders of such potential Essential Patent Claims” (that is, third parties that are not affiliated with the participant, with the participant’s employer, or with anyone else that the participant is from or otherwise represents) • The above does not apply if the patentclaim is already the subject of an Accepted Letter of Assurance that applies to the proposed standard(s) under consideration by this group • Quoted text excerpted from IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws subclause 6.2 • Early identification of holders of potential Essential Patent Claims is strongly encouraged • No duty to perform a patent search Slide #1 Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

  5. Patent Related Links All participants should be familiar with their obligations under the IEEE-SA Policies & Procedures for standards development. Patent Policy is stated in these sources: IEEE-SA Standards Boards Bylaws http://standards.ieee.org/guides/bylaws/sect6-7.html#6 IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual http://standards.ieee.org/guides/opman/sect6.html#6.3 Material about the patent policy is available at http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-material.html If you have questions, contact the IEEE-SA Standards Board Patent Committee Administrator at patcom@ieee.org or visit http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/index.html This slide set is available at http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-slideset.ppt Slide #2 Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

  6. Call for Potentially Essential Patents • If anyone in this meeting is personally aware of the holder of any patent claims that are potentially essential to implementation of the proposed standard(s) under consideration by this group and that are not already the subject of an Accepted Letter of Assurance: • Either speak up now or • Provide the chair of this group with the identity of the holder(s) of any and all such claims as soon as possible or • Cause an LOA to be submitted Slide #3 Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

  7. Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings • All IEEE-SA standards meetings shall be conducted in compliance with all applicable laws, including antitrust and competition laws. • Don’t discuss the interpretation, validity, or essentiality of patents/patent claims. • Don’t discuss specific license rates, terms, or conditions. • Relative costs, including licensing costs of essential patent claims, of different technical approaches may be discussed in standards development meetings. • Technical considerations remain primary focus • Don’t discuss or engage in the fixing of product prices, allocation of customers, or division of sales markets. • Don’t discuss the status or substance of ongoing or threatened litigation. • Don’t be silent if inappropriate topics are discussed … do formally object. • --------------------------------------------------------------- • See IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual, clause 5.3.10 and “Promoting Competition and Innovation: What You Need to Know about the IEEE Standards Association's Antitrust and Competition Policy” for more details. Slide #4 Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

  8. Resources – URLs • Link to IEEE Disclosure of Affiliation • http://standards.ieee.org/faqs/affiliationFAQ.html • Links to IEEE Antitrust Guidelines • http://standards.ieee.org/resources/antitrust-guidelines.pdf • Link to IEEE Code of Ethics • http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/ethics/code_ethics.html • Link to IEEE Patent Policy • http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-slideset.ppt Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

  9. Meeting Etiquette • IEEE 802 is a world-wide professional technical organization • Meetings are to be conducted in an orderly and professionalmanner in accordance with the policies and procedures governed by the organization. • Individuals are to address the “Technical” content of the subject under consideration and refrain from making “personal” comments to or about the presenter. Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

  10. Tuesday PM1 (continued)18 May 2010, 13:30 – 15:30 • Attendance recording procedures • See 11-09/0246r0 • https://murphy.events.ieee.org/imat • Must register before logging attendance • Must log attendance during each 2 hour session • Documentation • http://mentor.ieee.org • Use “TGm” for documents relating to the Revision PAR Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

  11. Tuesday PM1 (continued)18 May 2010, 13:30 – 15:30 • Chair Election (to be run by Vice Chair if not running) • 802.11 P&P require re-election of TG chairs • One declared candidate • Matthew Gast (affiliated with Aerohive Networks) • Call for additional nominations • Matthew is unable to regularly attend, so additional nominations are welcome! • Vote on candidates (next slide) Matthew Gast, Aerohive Networks

  12. Chair Election Results • Candidates • Matthew Gast • (any additional nominated candidates here) • Vote result: Matthew Gast, Aerohive Networks

  13. Tuesday PM1 (continued)18 May 2010, 13:30 – 15:30 • Results from LB162 (REVmb-D3.0) • 167 affirmative (89%), 20 negative (11%), with 25 abstentions • Change from LB 160: +1 affirmative • Change from LB 149: +12 affirmative, -3 negative, -4 abstensions • This was a recirculation ballot; all comments must be against changed text • 149 comments received (130 technical), stored in 11-09/0706r11 as CIDs 3000 to 3148 • Plan of record on next slide Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

  14. Current TGmb Plan of Record • May 2008 – Issue Call for Comment/Input • July 2008 – begin process input and old Interpretation requests Acknowledge previous Task Group referrals • Sept 2008 – PAR revision process started • Nov 2008 – close receipt of new input • Nov 2008 – WG/EC approval of PAR Revision • Dec 2008 – NesCom/SASB approval PAR Revision • May 2009 – First WG Letter ballot • (includes All published Amendments as of May 2009) • Nov 2009 – Recirc start • May 2010 – Form Sponsor Pool (45 days) • July 2010 – Sponsor Ballot Start • (Include all published amendments as of July 2010) • November 2010 – Sponsor Recirc • March 2011 – WG/EC Final Approval • June 2011 – RevCom/SASB Approval Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

  15. Tuesday PM1 (continued)18 May 2010, 13:30 – 15:30 • Approval of minutes of prior meetings • March 2010 minutes: 11-10/0348r0 – https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/10/11-10-0348-00-000m-minutes-of-tgmb-march-2010-orlando-plenary.doc • Draft Update & Editor’s Report (Adrian Stephens) Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

  16. Tuesday PM1 (continued)18 May 2010, 13:30 – 15:30 • Comment Resolution Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

  17. Tuesday PM218 May 2010, 16:00 – 18:00 • Comment Resolution Matthew Gast, Aerohive Networks

  18. Wednesday PM119 May 2010, 13:30 – 15:30 • Comment Resolution Matthew Gast, Aerohive Networks

  19. Wednesday PM219 May 2010, 16:00 – 18:00 • Comment Resolution Matthew Gast, Aerohive Networks

  20. Wednesday EVE19 May 2010, 19:30 – 21:30 • Comment Resolution Matthew Gast, Aerohive Networks

  21. Thursday PM120 May 2010, 13:30 – 15:30 • Comment Resolution Matthew Gast, Aerohive Networks

  22. Thursday PM220 May 2010, 16:00 – 18:00 • Comment Resolution • Preparation for July 2010 meeting • Teleconferences/ad hocs • Review Timeline (slide 14) • AOB • Adjourn Matthew Gast, Aerohive Networks

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