1. TGaq Agenda Date: 2018-07-12 Authors: July 2018 July 2018
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TGaq Agenda
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Abstract
Agenda for TGaq Pre-Association Discovery meeting for July 2018, San Diego, California, USA
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3. Thursday 12 July 2018, 08:00 – 10:00 Room: <tbd>
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Thursday 12 July 2018, 08:00 – 10:00
Room: <tbd>
Call Meeting to Order
Chair’s welcome
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4. Participants have a duty to inform the IEEE
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Participants have a duty to inform the IEEE
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
Participants should inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed) of the identity of any other holders of potential Essential Patent Claims
Early identification of holders of potential Essential Patent Claims is encouraged
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Ways to inform IEEE
Cause an LOA to be submitted to the IEEE-SA 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
Speak up now and respond to this 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, please respond at this time by providing relevant information to the WG Chair
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6. Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings
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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 of different technical approaches that include relative costs of patent licensing terms may be discussed in standards development meetings.
Technical considerations remain the 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.
For more details, see IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual, clause and Antitrust and Competition Policy: What You Need to Know at
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7. Patent-related information
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Patent-related information
The patent policy and the procedures used to execute that policy are documented in the:
IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws ( )
IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual ( )
Material about the patent policy is available at
If you have questions, contact the IEEE-SA Standards Board Patent Committee Administrator at
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8. Link to IEEE Disclosure of Affiliation
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Resources – URLs
Link to IEEE Disclosure of Affiliation
Links to IEEE Antitrust Guidelines
Link to IEEE Code of Ethics
Link to IEEE Patent Policy
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9. Participation in IEEE 802 Meetings
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Participation in IEEE 802 Meetings
Participation in any IEEE 802 meeting (Sponsor, Sponsor subgroup, Working Group, Working Group subgroup, etc.) is on an individual basis
Participants in the IEEE standards development individual process shall act based on their qualifications and experience. ( section 5.2.1)
IEEE 802 Working Group membership is by individual; “Working Group members shall participate in the consensus process in a manner consistent with their professional expert opinion as individuals, and not as organizational representatives”. (subclause “Establishment”, of the IEEE 802 LMSC Working Group Policies and Procedures)
Participants have an obligation to act and vote as an individual and not under the direction of any other individual or group. A Participant’s obligation to act and vote as an individual applies in all cases, regardless of any external commitments, agreements, contracts, or orders.
Participants shall not direct the actions or votes of any other member of an IEEE 802 Working Group or retaliate against any other member for their actions or votes within IEEE 802 Working Group meetings, see section and the IEEE 802 LMSC Working Group Policies and Procedures, subclause “Chair”, list item x.
By participating in IEEE 802 meetings, you accept these requirements. If you do not agree to these policies then you shall not participate.
(Latest revision of IEEE 802 LMSC Working Group Policies and Procedures: )
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10. IEEE 802 is a world-wide professional technical organization
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Meeting Etiquette
IEEE 802 is a world-wide professional technical organization
Meetings are to be conducted in an orderly and professional manner 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.
The Copyright Act of 1976 made a dramatic change to U.S. copyright law. Copyright was now deemed to exist from the moment of creation. Thus anything that is created is deemed to be owned by its creator. Additionally, a work no longer needs to be published in order to be protected. Therefore, even your scribbles on a piece of note paper constitute copyrighted material that you own and control.
The NII (National Information Infrastructure) and the GII (Global Information Infrastructure) are causing lawmakers and copyright owners to assess the ability of current copyright law to protect owners rights in a digital environment. While at this point the changes being talked about are not significant, they will make it clear that copyright protection is afforded to owners in the digital environment making it a requirement to honor the rights accorded to owners.
It is a requirement under the IEEE Bylaws that copyright ownership of all material published by the IEEE resides with the IEEE. The Standards Department accomplishes the transfer of copyright ownership from the volunteer authors to the Institute via the Project Authorization Request (PAR) form.
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11. Thursday cont’ 12 July 2018, 08:00 – 10:00
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Thursday cont’ 12 July 2018, 08:00 – 10:00
Approve Agenda
r1 (this document)
Chair’s welcome
Secretary Position
Establish secretary for the week
Approval of teleconference minutes:
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12. Thursday cont’ 12 July 2018, 08:00 – 10:00
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Thursday cont’ 12 July 2018, 08:00 – 10:00
RevCom meeting
Result and feedback from RevCom meeting on June 13th 2018
Lessons Learnt
Press Release
JTC1/SC6 motion
Teleconferences and September 2018 meeting
If required
Slots for September 2018 meeting if required
Adjourn
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13. Timeline – May 2018 Approval of PAR & 5C: May 2012
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Timeline – May 2018
Approval of PAR & 5C: May 2012
Initial TG meeting: May 2013
Initial Working Group Letter Ballot: May 2015
Re-circulation Working Group Letter Ballot: May 2016
Form Sponsor Ballot Pool: August 2016
Mandatory Draft Review: June 2016
Initial Sponsor Ballot: October 2016
Sponsor Ballot Recirculation: February 2017
Final WG Approval: May 2018
Final EC Approval: May 2018
RevCom/Standards Board Approval: April 2018
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