- From: Ignazio Palmisano <ignazio_io@yahoo.it>
- Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 19:18:07 +0100
- To: semantic-web at W3C <semantic-web@w3c.org>
- Cc: public-lod@w3.org
On 1 August 2013 16:55, Graham Klyne <GK-lists@ninebynine.org> wrote: > I don't have a "legal department to challenge the patent", but in case it > helps: > > > http://www.ninebynine.org/SWAD-E/Scenario-HomeNetwork/HomeNetworkConfig.html > > This was work I did around 2002-03, and includes use of RDF technologies to > set access controls on a Cisco IOS router, which appears to correspond to > the first primary claim of the patent: > > [[ > 1. An enforcement system for enforcing policies with regard to service > requests comprising a processor-readable, non-transient medium storing code > representing instructions that when executed at a processor cause the > processor to implement: a plurality of enforcer agents adapted to enforce > policies; at least one explorer agent adapted to evaluate policy enforcement > capabilities available to the enforcement system; and a policy decision > point adapted to identify the policies that need to be enforced for a > service request and to pass this information to at least one enforcer agent > to enforce the identified policies. > ]] > > I recall there was also an Internet draft published about this time that > talked about using RDF in a network management control layer: see > http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-atarashi-netconfmodel-architecture-00. > > #g More can be found here: tools implemented as far back as 2005. http://groups.csail.mit.edu/dig/2005/05/rein/ I. > -- > > > On 31/07/2013 20:15, Martin Hepp wrote: >> >> Dear all: >> >> Yesterday, Hewlett Packard has been granted a patent on "Policy >> Enforcement": >> >> http://www.freepatentsonline.com/8498959.html >> http://www.freepatentsonline.com/8498959.pdf >> >> As far as I can see, it heavily constrains the commercial exploitation of >> research done in the Semantic Web / Semantic Web Services community from >> 2001-2009. >> >> So if you worked on policies in the context of Semantic Web Services or >> Semantic Business Process Management before November 2009, it may be >> worthwhile to check whether the patent claims inventions that you can prove >> to have been prior art at that time. >> >> This may be particularly relevant for the organizers and contributors to >> the various policy workshops co-located with ISWC/ESWC conferences. >> >> I am not familiar with the legal process, but if you feel this patent >> claims what was already publicly known / discussed at conferences back then, >> please ask your employer or legal department to challenge the patent. It may >> otherwise put the usage of SWS in business applications at risk. >> >> Best wishes >> >> Martin >> >> -------------------------------------------------------- >> martin hepp >> e-business & web science research group >> universitaet der bundeswehr muenchen >> >> e-mail: hepp@ebusiness-unibw.org >> phone: +49-(0)89-6004-4217 >> fax: +49-(0)89-6004-4620 >> www: http://www.unibw.de/ebusiness/ (group) >> http://www.heppnetz.de/ (personal) >> skype: mfhepp >> twitter: mfhepp >> >> >> > >
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