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| PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE |
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As we head into the winter holiday season, we hope that you continue to be as pleased as we were with the great engagement and extremely successful Munich Members Meeting, hosted by OSRAM. In Munich, we learned and saw that not only is Thread solving real use cases and product challenges Here And Now in the home and commercial markets for individual organizations but also entire ecosystems are realizing Thread's potential.
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During the opening plenary in Munich, we heard from industry leaders from two of the world's leading ecosystems, Zigbee and KNX, about how they are coming together around the common low power, wireless IP infrastructure provided by Thread to deliver the next generation of their ecosystems in Dotdot and KNX IoT, respectively. Only Thread could bring together two powerful competitors on the same stage on the same day!
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Tobin Richardson
CEO, Zigbee Alliance |
Heinz Lux
CEO, KNX Association |
Hans-Joachim Langels
Executive Board, KNX Association |
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Best Regards,
Grant Erickson,
President, Thread Group
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| Q4 HIGHLIGHTS |
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- Published Thread in Commercial Backgrounder
- Hosted "Particle: Going Beyond the Connected Home" webinar
- Held the 12th Thread Group Member Meeting hosted by OSRAM in Munich, a successful event with industry leaders from Zigbee Alliance, KNX Association, Siemens and Zumtobel. Live Thread demonstrations from Google, OSRAM, Nordic Semiconductor and NXP Semiconductors
- Certified Three Thread Components - OpenThread Border Router, Synopsys DesignWare Combo 802.15.4/BLE Wireless IP, and Cascoda Limited (CA-8211)
- Participated in The Spectra event, hosted by Thread member Particle, where Grant Erickson presented alongside Microsoft and IBM
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| UPCOMING EVENTS |
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CONNECTIONS Summit at CES
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January 8, 2019 | Las Vegas, Nevada
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Thread Group Members Meeting
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April 2-4, 2019 | San Diego, CA
Hosted at Qualcomm
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| HOT TOPICS |
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| THREAD CERTIFIED PRODUCTS |
Congratulations to Nest/Google, Synopsys, and Cascoda for recently certifying their Thread components:
OpenThread Border Router
Synopsys - Synopsys DesignWare Combo 802.15.4/BLE Wireless IP
Cascoda Limited - Cascoda CA-8211
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For a complete list of Thread Certified Products, visit our website.
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| THREAD MEMBERSHIP AND IPR RIGHTS |
Of the questions the Thread Group help desk and Board of Directors receive from members and non-members alike, certification and intellectual property rights (IPR) questions are among the most frequent.
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Recently, a number of members and non-members have asked, "When and under what circumstances precisely do I receive the royalty-free intellectual property rights (IPR) for Thread technology? Isn't membership enough to cover our organization?".
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After careful review of the Thread Group's IPR policy, the Board confirms that membership alone is not sufficient.
To ensure we can keep the promise of broad interoperability made by our rigorous and meaningful Thread Certified Component and Built on Thread certification programs and marks, the Thread technology IPR grant is coupled tightly with our certification programs.
Consequently, to receive a Thread IPR grant from other Thread Group members and to enjoy the rights under that grant, which are typically royalty free, you must:
- Be a Contributor or Sponsor member. These are the two membership classes with access to our certification programs
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Pursue certification for a specific, candidate component or product via one of the following:
- Testing at a Thread Group Authorized Test Lab (ATL), or
- Inheritance of an existing Thread component or product certification
- Achieve certification for the candidate component or product.
Then, and only then, is your organization granted IPR, typically royalty-free, for that specific certified component or product from other Thread Group members pursuant to the provisions of the IPR Policy.
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Note that this clarification from the Board is not a substitute for consultation with your own legal counsel. Please refer to the Thread Group Intellectual Property and Confidentiality Policy for full details regarding IPR and Licensing provisions. The Thread Group IPR Policy is the controlling document relative to all IPR license provisions for Thread Group members.
Please visit our FAQs for more information and don't hesitate to contact Thread Group (help@threadgroup.org) with questions.
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| NEW THREAD VIDEOS |
Thread Group produced eight new videos featuring board members and several member companies. Topics including Delivering on the Promise of IoT with Dotdot & Thread and How Thread is Designed for Low Power Performance as well as testimonials on the value of being a Thread member. Check them out!
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