Call for Exclusions (Update): Web NFC API

Dear Advisory Committee representative,

This update establishes the reference draft of the current W3C Patent
Policy exclusion opportunity for:

- Web NFC API
   (http://www.w3.org/TR/nfc/),
   exclusion opportunity ending on 13 June 2014 23:59 UTC


This specification was produced by the Near Field Communications Working
Group.

If you do not wish to exclude patent claims during this exclusion
opportunity, no further action is required. Member participants who think
their organization may have patent claims to exclude should contact their
Advisory Committee Representative.

Participants have until 13 June 2014 23:59 UTC to exclude claims reading on
this Recommendation track document; excluded claims are not subject to the
licensing requirements of the W3C Patent Policy for this document. For more
information about exclusions, please see
   http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#sec-Exclusion

To make exclusions, please use the following form:
  http://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/58584/exclude


Per section 4.1 of the Patent Policy [1], the draft identified by the
following URI establishes the reference material for the purposes of this
exclusion opportunity:

    Web NFC API
    http://www.w3.org/TR/2014/WD-nfc-20140114/


All Participants currently in the Working Group have made Royalty-Free
licensing commitments for this document. Participants wishing to resign
 from this group should review licensing obligations and exclusion
opportunities described in section 4.2 of the Patent Policy [2].

Summary information for this group related to the W3C Patent Policy is
available at:
  http://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/58584/status

If you have any questions or need further information, please contact,
for the Near Field Communications Working Group:

For more information on the W3C Patent Policy and patent claim
exclusions, see:
   http://www.w3.org/2003/12/22-pp-faq

Thank you,

For Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director;
Coralie Mercier, W3C Communications

[1] http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#sec-exclusion-with
[2]  
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#sec-exclusion-resign

-- 
  Coralie Mercier  -  W3C Communications Team  -  http://www.w3.org
mailto:coralie@w3.org +336 4322 0001 http://www.w3.org/People/CMercier/

Received on Thursday, 17 April 2014 08:24:42 UTC