XP Mail Archive: XP> Intellectual Property on XHTML-Print

XP> Intellectual Property on XHTML-Print

From: don@lexmark.com
Date: Fri May 03 2002 - 12:46:12 EDT

  • Next message: don@lexmark.com: "XP> New XHTML-Print Version"

    As we discussed at the face to face in Boston, the PWG Process Document includes
    a section dealing with intellectual property. That document is available from:

    http://www.pwg.org/chair/pwg-process-991021.pdf

    The relevant section is clause 8.

    It is important for you to review the above, especially if you believe you or
    your company owns intellectual property with essential claims to any of the
    XHTML-Print technology. As soon as possible, please identify to me any
    essential claims you or your company may have in this area and if you will make
    that property available under "Royalty Free" or "Reasonable and
    Non-discriminatory" terms. The absolute deadline based upon our current
    schedule will be in 3Q2002; more precisely when the document is submitted to the
    PWG steering committee for approval as a Proposed Standard. In any case, the
    sooner this information is made available the better.

    Remember, this applies to all Participants not just Members (from clause 8.1):

    "Participants in the standard setting procedure shall disclose any known patents
    whose use would be required for compliance with a proposed PWG standard. Prior
    to PWG's approval of the proposed standard, the PWG should receive a written
    patent statement from the patent holder as described below in section 8.3."

    **********************************************
     Don Wright don@lexmark.com

     Member, IEEE SA Standards Board
     Member, IEEE-ISTO Board of Directors
     f.wright@ieee.org / f.wright@computer.org

     Director, Alliances & Standards
     Lexmark International
     740 New Circle Rd
     Lexington, Ky 40550
     859-825-4808 (phone) 603-963-8352 (fax)
    **********************************************



    This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Fri May 03 2002 - 12:47:59 EDT