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Session #1: WiMAX/LTE

Presenters: Gregory Gorrie, Esq., Garth Vivier, Esq., Michael Lynch, Esq.
Length of time: 2 hours (with translation)

Program Description
The WiMAX-LTE presentation will present highlights of the WiMAX and LTE Patent Reports. The WiMAX and LTE Patent Reports are a panoramic analysis of issued US patents and US published patent applications that relate to fourth-generation (4G) Wireless technologies relevant to the WiMAX and LTE standards. The presentation will highlight the distribution of US patent and patent application holdings, the major players in the WiMAX and LTE technology fields and the distribution of US patent and patent application holdings by technical category. Value ratings on the US patents of the major players in the WiMAX and LTE technology fields as well as graphical representations of assignee, filing, issuance, and publication trends will be presented.

The presentation will also include a discussion on the selection of patents and patent applications that are included in the reports. The reports identify issued US patents and US published patent applications having claims that are relevant to implementing WiMAX under the IEEE 802.16 standards and LTE under the 3GPP standards. Persons attending may learn what WiMAX and LTE technology areas with respect to intellectual property rights (IPR) should be prioritized in a business strategy, including which areas to evaluate most aggressively.

Session #2: U.S. and PCT Patent Coverage for the IEEE 802.11n Standard

Presenters: Gregory Gorrie, Esq., Garth Vivier, Esq., Michael Lynch, Esq.
Length of time: 2 hours (with translation)

Program Description
This program will present an overview of the U.S. and PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) patent landscape for the IEEE 802.11n WLAN standard. The presentation will identify patents relevant to the 802.11n standard according to technical category and parts of the standard, the number of patents applicable to each part of the standard, and the number and quality of 802.11n patents held by all significant patent owners. In addition, 802.11n licensing organizations will be identified, and strategies for licensing key 802.11n patents will be identified and discussed.

Background: 802.11n is the most current and version of the 802.11 standard, which defines the standard for wireless local area network (WLAN) computer communication in the 2.4, 3.6 and 5 GHz frequency bands.
802.11n adds multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) and many other newer features. The IEEE has approved the amendment and enterprises have already begun migrating to 802.11n networks based on the Wi-Fi
Alliance's certification of products conforming to a 2007 draft of the 802.11n proposal.

Session #3: WIMAX Patent Claim Chart Introduction

Presenters: Gregory Gorrie, Esq., Garth Vivier, Esq., Michael Lynch, Esq.
Length of time: 2 hours (with translation)

Program Description
This program will review Sunlight Research's Claimbot(r) claim chart representing the precise claim coverage of all relevant WIMAX patents. This "super" claim chart, consisting of a map of all pertinent claim limitations for all relevant WIMAX patent claims, allows patent attorneys and/or technology experts to rapidly and accurately ascertain whether a proposed product or system is covered by any of the charted WIMAX patent claims. This interactive "super chart" enables an analyst to review the applicability of any and all charted WIMAX patents to any given product or system in as little as thirty minutes. Any patents deemed potentially applicable after application of　the chart review are analyzed further using conventional patent　analysis.