Call for Exclusions (Update): W3C HTML Ruby Markup Extensions

Dear Advisory Committee representative,

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

- W3C HTML Ruby Markup Extensions
   (http://www.w3.org/TR/html-ruby-extensions/),
   exclusion opportunity ending on 21 March 2014 23:59 UTC


This specification was produced by the HTML 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 21 March 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/40318/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:

    W3C HTML Ruby Markup Extensions
    http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/WD-html-ruby-extensions-20131022/


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/40318/status

If you have any questions or need further information, please contact, for  
the HTML Working Group:
  * Michael[tm] Smith at mike@w3.org

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 Tuesday, 21 January 2014 15:24:10 UTC