Hi Gil,
I had intended to share a presentation on the patent policy transition process, deferred from the December PatCom, at the current PatCom in Delhi. Due to a company business priority, I am unable
to travel to India for the current PatCom meeting. Don offered to defer the discussion to our June PatCom agenda,
I believe there to be deployment items we can reflect upon and discuss at our next gathering.
Chuck
Dr. W. Charlton Adams, Jr. (Chuck)
Huawei Technologies (USA) -
www.huawei.com
Distinguished Standards Strategist, Corporate Standards & Industry
5340 Legacy Drive, Suite 175, Plano, TX, 75024
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Past President - IEEE Standards Association
From: Gil Ohana (giloh ana) [mailto:gilohana@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2016 11:04 PM
To: PP-DIALOG@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [PP-DIALOG] Process for Issue Resolution
Unfortunately, I will not be able to join the PatCom at the meeting in Delhi on Tuesday. I did want to comment on what I see as the need for PatCom and the Standards Board to put in place a process to make decisions
on a variety of issues that have arisen since the IEEE Board of Director’s decision to approve the IEEE-SA’s updated Patent Policy a little more than a year ago.
One of the issues that invites resolution arises because of Qualcomm’s assertion that a “blanket” Letter of Assurance provided by CSR in 2009 applies to 60-odd patents Qualcomm claims are essential to the current
draft of 802.11ah. It appears that Qualcomm is taking the position that these patents
will be governed by the By-Laws in the form it existed before March 15, 2015 despite Qualcomm not submitting a Letter of Assurance identifying those patents before March 15, 2015. The acceptance of Qualcomm’s approach means different participants in the
same IEEE-SA standards development activity will be bound by different iterations of the Patent Policy, to the detriment of a transparent standards development process at IEEE-SA.
The Patent Committee and the Standards Board should agree on a process to resolve this and other issues, particularly given the implications the issues have for standards development in IEEE 802.11 WG and other
standards development activities occurring at IEEE-SA. It seems to me that the process should, in the best traditions of the Patent Committee, the Standards Board, and IEEE-SA, be an open one, including input provided using the pp-dialog reflector and conference
calls including the members of PatCom and other interested participants.
I’m sorry that I will be unable to join you in Delhi. I hope the meeting is successful.
Best regards,
Gil Ohana