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PWG Members, The following email note was sent to the primary/designated representatives of all currently PWG member companies.  The attachement (a .zip file with the extension changed to .piz) that is removed in this email, is roughly 2.5 MBytes therefore some email systems may quaranteen the email. If you did not receive this email, and think you should have, please let me know.. Jerry Thrasher Printer Working Group Chair Senior Engineer, WW Corporate Standards Lexmark International Inc. Ph:859-825-4056, Fax:859-232-7628 Email:thrasher(at)lexmark(dot)com ----- Forwarded by Jerry Thrasher/Lex/Lexmark on 09/02/2008 01:51 PM ----- <table width=100%> <tr valign=top> <td width=40%> <td width=59%></table> Greetings: As the primary, or designated, contact for the Printer Working Group. I am sending you this announcement regarding an upcoming change in the operating procedures and intellectual property policy for membership in the Printer Working Group. Background: The PWG's IP policy was originally drafted more than ten years ago before the PWG became affiliated with the IEEE-ISTO. Since then there have been many changes to the language used in IP policies of peer organizations to the PWG and other standards setting organizations to increase the precision of the language used in the policy. The PWG Officers and Steering Committee have determined that the PWG's IP Policy needs to be updated to reflect the current generally accepted language used in the industry. In fact the new IP Policy is EXACTLY the same as the IEEE Standards Association (used with permission). Note: The basic intent of the PWG's policy is NOT changing. The PWG has operated with the ability for a PWG member to choose whether they will license IP or not and under what "reasonable" terms if they choose.   Attached is a (zip) file (please rename the extension from piz to zip), that contains the following: 1. A presentation (PWG_IP_Policy_Update_Overview.pdf) that describes what changes are being made to the PWG Process and the PWG IP Policy. 2. The NEW IP Policy (pwg-ip-policy-20080827.pdf) 3. The Updated PWG Process (pwg-process30-20080827, clean and changebar,.pdf) 4. The NEW PWG Letter of Assurance (PWG_LOA_20080827.pdf) 5. The updated PWG membership form (pwg_membership_form_20080827.pdf) 6. The original PWG Process 2.0 (pwg-process20.pdf) that contains the PWG's original IP Policy (Section 10). This (zip) file can also be downloaded from the PWG's FTP site at: ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/general/New_PWG_IP.zip It is EXTREMELY important that you review the new IP Policy,LOA, and PWG Process document with your companies legal staff, and respond with any issues.  Note: Since the IP Policy was adopted verbatim from the IEEE's, only issues that would cause your company to withdraw from the PWG should be raised. Please try to complete this review by the end of October 2008.   In November, when the ISTO sends out invoices for PWG membership renewal for 2009, a new membership agreement acknowledging the new IP policy and PWG Process 3.0 will also be required. Please send any questions or issues to the PWG Officers. <email addresses removed> Thank you for your prompt action: Jerry Thrasher Printer Working Group Chair Senior Engineer, WW Corporate Standards Lexmark International Inc. Ph:859-825-4056, Fax:859-232-7628 Email:thrasher(at)lexmark(dot)com [attachment "New_PWG_IP.piz" deleted by Jerry Thrasher/Lex/Lexmark]