- From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:18:23 -0500
- To: "ri@odrl.net" <ri@odrl.net>
- Cc: Kristian Sons <kristian.sons@dfki.de>, public-council@w3.org
On 30 Jun 2011, at 8:13 AM, ri@odrl.net wrote: > > On 30 Jun 2011, at 20:07, Kristian Sons wrote: > >> Company A has a bright idea for CG B and contributes it. Now it's published as agreed by CLA. For some reason, CG B is not successful and discontinues its work. Now company A decides to exploit the bright idea in a proprietary product and would like to protect the idea using a patent. > > <non-legal-advice> > > Hi Kristian - since you have contributed (ie made public) the "bright idea", you will not be able to Patent it. > > </non-legal-advice> That's not exactly it. You can patent whatever you would like. However, essential patents must be available according to the terms of the CLA (which includes RF licensing). Ian > > Cheers > > Renato Iannella > ODRL Initiative > http://odrl.net > > > > -- Ian Jacobs (ij@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs/ Tel: +1 718 260 9447
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