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30,
2015
Institute
of
Electrical
and
Electronics
Engineers
Mr.
Howard
E.
Michel,
President
&
CEO,
IEEE
(h.michel@ieee.org)
Mr.
Bruce
Kraemer,
President,
IEEE-SA
&
Director,
IEEE
(bkraemer@marvell.com)
3
Park
Avenue,
17th
Floor
New
York,
NY
10016-5997
VIA
EMAIL
RE:
IEEE-SA
Bylaw
Updates
Dear
Mr.
Michel
and
Mr.
Kraemer,
The
IEEE-SA
has
now
approved
certain
clarifications
to
the
text
of
Section
6
of
the
IEEE
Standard
Association
Bylaws,
addressing
policies
relating
to
intellectual
property
rights
and
commitments
made
for
essential
patents
applicable
to
IEEE
standards
(the
IPR
Updates).
The
signatories
below
represent
a
broad
cross-
section
of
companies
and
thought
leaders
interested
in
IEEE
standards.
We
include
chipmakers,
OEMs
and
technology
developers
that
utilize
and
rely
on
IEEE-
standardized
devices.
We
each
have
an
interest
in
continued
innovation
at
IEEE,
and
the
continued
viability
of
the
IEEEs
ecosystem.
Now
that
the
IPR
Updates
are
being
provided
for
final
approval
by
the
IEEE
Board
of
Directors,
we
write
to
express
our
support
for
the
IPR
Updates,
and
to
urge
the
IEEE
Board
to
support
the
IEEE-SAs
efforts.
We
request
that
you
please
share
our
letter
with
the
full
Board.
The
IPR
Updates
reflect
a
careful,
reasonable
approach
to
IEEE-SAs
IPR
policy.
They
earned
approval
via
three
separate
votes
at
the
IEEE-SA
including
supermajority
approval
at
the
Board
of
Governors
and
Standards
Board.
They
support
legitimate
patent
holder
interests
in
obtaining
reasonable
compensation
for
declared-essential
patents,
while
also
protecting
companies
that
make,
use
and
sell
devices
using
IEEE
standards
from
unfair
licensing
and
litigation
practices
that
can
degrade
the
IEEE
ecosystem.
For
example,
in
one
recent
case
a
patent
assertion
entity
sought
license
fees
of
thousands
of
dollars
per
Wi-Fi
chip
against
hotels
and
small
retail
businesses.
The
IPR
Updates
will
help
to
protect
businesses
using
IEEE
standards
from
such
improper
patent
assertions
by
providing
considerations
that
should
be
followed
in
assessing
royalties
for
SEPs.
This
is
particularly
important
as
the
market
for
connected
devices
expands
with
the
growth
of
the
Internet
of
Things
and
incorporation
of
IEEE
standards
into
retail,
automotive,
industrial
and
many
other
applications
of
interest
to
the
signatories
below.
The
IPR
Updates
address
significant
issues
for
the
IEEE
and
its
Members,
including
at
least
the
following:
We
appreciate
and
support
the
IEEE-SAs
efforts
to
address
these
important
matters
in
the
IPR
Updates.
We
thank
you
for
your
attention
to
these
matters
and
urge
the
IEEE
Board
of
Directors
to
support
the
IPR
Updates.
Sincerely,
Ira
Blumberg
Michael
A.
Carrier
Vice
President
of
Distinguished
Professor
Intellectual
Property
Rutgers
Law
School
Lenovo
Group
Limited
Mark
Chandler
Senior
Vice
President
and
General
Counsel
Cisco
Systems,
Inc.
Cathy
Chou
Vice
President
Sceptre
Inc.
Jorge
L.
Contreras
Associate
Professor
S.J.
Quinney
College
of
Law
University
of
Utah
David
Djavaherian
President
PacTech
Law,
P.C.
Cindy
L.
Faatz
Director
of
Intel
Standards
Group
Intel
Corporation
Richard
J.
Gilbert
Emeritus
Professor
of
Economics
and
Professor
of
the
Graduate
School,
Department
of
Economics
University
of
California,
Berkeley
Tae
Kim
Vice
President
Samsung
Electronics
Co
Ltd.
Calvin
Leong
Director
of
Legal
Department
Kingston
Technology
Company,
Inc.
Mark
A.
Lemley
William
H.
Neukom
Professor
Stanford
Law
School
Daryl
Lim
Assistant
Professor
John
Marshall
School
of
Law
Meredith
McKenzie
Vice
President
and
Deputy
General
Counsel
Juniper
Networks,
Inc.
Alessandro
Orsi
Sr.
Director
&
Managing
Counsel,
IP
Transactions
and
Counseling
Hewlett-Packard
Espaola
S.L.
Anthony
Peterman
Executive
Director
&
Chief
Patent
Counsel
Dell
Inc.
Martin
L.
Shively
General
Manager,
Corporate
Standards
Microsoft
Corporation
A.J.
Wang
Chief
Technology
Officer
D-Link
Systems,
Inc.
BJ
Watrous
Vice
President
and
Chief
IP
Counsel
Apple
Inc.
Gail
Levine
Vice
President,
Intellectual
Property
&
Public
Policy
Verizon
Communications
Inc.