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Re: [PP-DIALOG] Reciprocity clause needed



Don-

(As a non-lawyer ) From my past observations of PatCom, I don't think any information can be assumed about the reasonableness of suspension (or anything else).

Therefore, its inclusion or exclusion would be a judgement call by PatCom and tilt PatCom down the slippery slope of judging Terms and Conditions.

Much as I might like to have some particular T&C always included to facilitate standards development, I don't think the IEEE should get into the business of deciding those. The cost of defending its decisions is potentially too high.

I believe that we need to open the discussion to creative solutions wrt to evaluating (or not) T&C. Historically, T&C were evaluated by PatCom. With the voting membership of PatCom now consisting solely of industry volunteers, the question of conflict of interest looms large.

Geoff

Disclaimer: The above opinion is that of only an individual and not necessarily representative of any corporation, much less my employer.

Nothing above should be taken as an opinion against reciprocity clauses.




At 10:03 AM 3/17/2006 , Don Wright wrote:

Hung, et al:

Reciprocity, defensive suspension, choice of jurisdiction are among those implicitly included in "reasonable terms and conditions" of a RAND (either with or without monetary compensation) commitment.

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