Call for Exclusions: Payment Request API; Payment Method Identifiers

Dear Advisory Committee representative,

This is a W3C Patent Policy Call for Exclusions for the following
Recommendation Track documents:

- Payment Request API
   (http://www.w3.org/TR/2016/WD-payment-request-20160421/),
   exclusion opportunity ending on 18 September 2016 23:59 UTC

- Payment Method Identifiers
   (http://www.w3.org/TR/2016/WD-payment-method-id-20160421/),
   exclusion opportunity ending on 18 September 2016 23:59 UTC


These specifications were produced by the Web Payments 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 made a Royalty-Free licensing commitment upon joining this
Working Group. With the publication of this document, per section 4.1 of
the Patent Policy [1] Participants have an opportunity until 18 September
2016 23:59 UTC to exclude patent 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:
  https://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/83744/exclude

The Patent Policy anticipates that the documents will evolve during the 90
days following the first publication.  Per section 4.1 of the Patent Policy
[1], whatever draft is available on 20 July 2016 establishes the reference
material [3] for the purposes of this exclusion opportunity. Just after 20
July 2016, we will send a reminder and identify the reference draft. Due to
the anticipated instability of the documents prior to 20 July 2016,
Participants may wish to exclude any claims only after publication of the
reference draft (and no later than the end of the exclusion opportunity).

Per section 4.2 of the Patent Policy [2], a Participant may resign from the
Working Group before 20 July 2016 and be excused from all licensing
commitments arising out of Working Group participation.

To resign from the Working Group before 20 July 2016, please use the
following form:
  https://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/83744/leave

Summary information for this group related to the W3C Patent Policy is
available at:
  http://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/83744/status

If you have any questions or need further information, please contact,
for the Web Payments Working Group:
  * Ian Jacobs at ij@w3.org
  * Doug Schepers at schepers@w3.org
  * 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;
Xueyuan Jia, W3C Marketing and 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
[3] http://www.w3.org/2003/12/22-pp-faq#exclusion-date

Received on Thursday, 21 April 2016 14:11:15 UTC