- From: Carine Bournez <carine@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:08:37 -0400
- To: Gengo Suzuki <suzuki.gengo@lab.ntt.co.jp>
- Cc: public-exi@w3.org
Hi Gengo, On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 03:14:55PM +0900, Gengo Suzuki wrote: > I am worried about patent violation of EXI specification. > In Japan there are some patent and pending patent about XML compression, > which wrote by Expway. They are also international publication. > > For example, in PCT/FR2001/002719, there is a claim about data compression > method for structured documents using automata which is compiled from structural > schema. > > This is a basic principle, and I think that there is a little possibility of its registration. > But its priority date is 2000.9.6, and there are few public XML compression document > before that day. > > Expway was EXI-WG member, so is there any restriction for them to use right driving > from their patents ? The W3C Patent policy applies. See http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/Overview.html#sec-W3C-RF-license and http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/Overview.html#sec-Exclusion -- Carine Bournez -+- W3C Europe
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