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Patent Reviews

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A lesson to be learned from this is that it is important to be sure that the various ways the technology can
be commercially exploited are considered when entering into standard-essential licensing agreements. That
can increase the likelihood that every contributor to the
end result of meeting the specification will be required
to participate in the licensing program. Furthermore,
there is no substitute for proof that the actions of the
party accused of infringing (and its customer in the case
of contributory or induced infringement) do actually infringe. Relying on a "they must be infringing" inference
is not enough.

About the Author
Art MacCord (amaccord@maccordmason.com) has practiced patent, trademark, copyright, and trade-secret law for
over 35 years and is a graduate of the University of Virginia
and George Washington University Law School. He currently practices with MacCord Mason PLLC in Greensboro,
North Carolina, United States.

Reference
[1] A. MacCord, "Standard essential patents-The IEEE approach," IEEE
Power Electron. Mag., vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 10-11, Sept. 2015.

White Hot

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professional development) but also to promote the profession. As I showed in the previous examples, start your
speech with something that will appeal to the other person's
self-interest, such as the statement about designing electronics that saves him or her money on an energy bill. Once
you have their attention, take that opportunity to tell them
how power electronics is making their life and everyone's
life a little better in many different ways. In that way, we can
promote our profession and ourselves and let world know
that there are people working hard on a sustainable future.

About the Author
Robert V. White (bob.white@ieee.org) has over 30 years
of industry experience as a power electronics engineer. He
has worked in product design, systems and applications
engineering, and technology development. He has been an
active volunteer with the IEEE Power Electronics Society,
serving several years on the Administrative Committee,
two terms as technical vice president, and as a Chapter
chair. He earned a B.S.E.E. degree from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology and an M.S.E.E. degree from
Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He is currently pursuing a
Ph.D. degree in power electronics at the University of Colorado-Boulder, United States. Presently, he is the chief engineer of Embedded Power Labs, a power electronics consulting company. He is a Fellow of the IEEE.

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