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IEEE's patent policy need not be changed, app association says

( February 10, 2021, 06:40 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The patent policy of standards body Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers from 2015 has fostered growth and has lent predictability to licensing negotiations and ought not to be changed, ACT, The App Association said. In a letter written to IEEE general counsel Sophia Muirhead, ACT along with 41 other organizations said the US Department of Justice's unilateral revision in September 2020 to a business review letter issued to IEEE encouraging a change in patent policy is "now fueling calls from some SEP holders" to have the standards body start a process to reverse the its 2015 policy.Statement and document follow below:...

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