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8. Intellectual Property and Confidentiality
8.1. Intellectual Property
In the course of standards work, the PWG receives contributions
in various forms and from many individuals and companies.
The following applies to all written submissions to the PWG.
It does not apply to intellectual property simply mentioned
during discussions at meetings, in telephone conference calls
or via e-mail reflector discussions within the PWG or any of
its working groups.
· Copyrights:
1. To the extent that a submission is or may be
subject to copyright, the individual or organization
grants an unlimited perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free,
world-wide right and license to the PWG under any
copyrights in the contribution. This license includes
the right to copy, publish and distribute the contribution
in any way, and to prepare derivative works that are based
on or incorporate all or part of the contribution, the
license to such derivative works to be of the same scope
as the license of the original contribution.
2. The contributor represents that the contribution properly
acknowledges all major contributors, and the contributor
grants permission to reference the name(s) and address(es)
of the contributor(s) and of the organization(s) they
represents (if any).
· Patents:
1. The individual or organization must disclose the existence
of any proprietary or intellectual property rights in the
contribution that are reasonably known to the contributor.
The contributor does not represent that he personally
knows of all potentially pertinent proprietary and
intellectual property rights owned or claimed by third
parties not involved in the contribution.
2. Where any patents, patent applications, or other proprietary
rights are known, or claimed, with respect to any
specification on the standards track, and brought to the
attention of the PWG, the PWG shall not advance the
specification unless the individual or organization that
owns these rights agree to license the patent or other
property right with reasonable and non-discriminatory
terms and conditions. In such cases, the Working Group
chair shall obtain from the owner of such rights, a
written assurance that upon Formal Approval of the PWG
standard, any party will be able to obtain the right to
implement, use and distribute the technology or works
based upon the specific specification(s) under reasonable,
non-discriminatory terms and conditions.
3. Where multiple options are available for standardization
and where no significant technical differences can be
identified (in the opinion of the Working Group) preference
shall be given to options in the following order:
a) No patents issued or pending
b) Patents available without license fee or conditions
c) Patents available with reasonable, non-discriminatory
terms and conditions.
8.2. Confidentiality
The operation of the Printer Working Group is conducted without
non-disclosure agreements among the parties. Information shared
at meetings, telephone conference calls, via e-mail reflector
discussions or any other public event within the PWG or any of its
working groups is considered to be public knowledge.
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* Don Wright don at lexmark.com *
* Product Manager, Strategic Alliances *
* Lexmark International *
* 740 New Circle Rd *
* Lexington, Ky 40550 *
* 606-232-4808 (phone) 606-232-6740 (fax) *
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