Call for Exclusions (Update): Web Payments HTTP Messages 1.0; Web Payments HTTP API 1.0

Dear Advisory Committee representative,

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

- Web Payments HTTP Messages 1.0
(https://www.w3.org/TR/2016/WD-webpayments-http-messages-20160915/),
   exclusion opportunity ending on 12 February 2017 23:59 UTC

- Web Payments HTTP API 1.0
   (https://www.w3.org/TR/2016/WD-webpayments-http-api-20160915/),
   exclusion opportunity ending on 12 February 2017 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 have until 12 February 2017 23:59 UTC to exclude claims
reading on these Recommendation track documents; 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


See section 4.1 of the Patent Policy [1] for more information about
exclusion with continued participation.

    Web Payments HTTP Messages 1.0
https://www.w3.org/TR/2016/WD-webpayments-http-messages-20160915/

    Web Payments HTTP API 1.0
    https://www.w3.org/TR/2016/WD-webpayments-http-api-20160915/


All Participants currently in the Working Group have made Royalty-Free
licensing commitments for these documents. 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/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
  * 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 & 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

Received on Monday, 19 December 2016 03:41:45 UTC