Patent Assertion Entity Activity

“PAE Special Order” means the information requests sent to Responding PAEs pursuant to Section 6(b)
of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. § 46(b). 352
“Responding Firm” means any Responding PAE or any Wireless Manufacturer or NPE respondent from
the Wireless Case Study.
“Responding PAE” means one of the 22 PAEs who received the PAE Special Order and submitted
information used in this study.
“Standard setting organization” or “SSO” means any organization, group, joint venture, or consortium
that develops standards for the design, performance, or other characteristics of products or technologies.
“Study PAE” means any PAE for whom this study presents patent assertion data. The group of Study
PAEs includes any Responding PAE or Affiliate that engaged in assertion activity.
“Study period” means January 1, 2009, through September 15, 2014.
“Subject Firm” means all firms that received a demand, were a defendant in patent litigation, or were a
licensee of one (or more) of the Responding Firms or their Affiliates.
“Wireless chipset” means any baseband processor, radio frequency transceiver, integrated circuit, chip,
or chipset, or any combination thereof, and any related software, used to implement wireless
communication.
“Wireless communications device” means any device, including wireless chipsets, which implements
wireless communication, including, but not limited to, software, user equipment, base stations, and
network infrastructure.
“Wireless Manufacturer” means, for purposes of the Wireless Case Study, a manufacturer whose
data are reported in the Wireless Case Study.
“Wireless patent” means any patent asserted against a wireless communication device.
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Appendix C reproduces the PAE Special Order.
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