Call for Exclusions: WebVTT: The Web Video Text Tracks Format

Dear Advisory Committee representative,

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

- WebVTT: The Web Video Text Tracks Format
   (https://www.w3.org/TR/2018/CR-webvtt1-20180510/),
   exclusion opportunity ending on  9 July 2018 23:59 UTC

This specification was produced by the Timed Text 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.

This Recommendation Track document is being developed under the 2018 W3C
Process Document.

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  9 July 2018
23:59 UTC to exclude patent claims reading on this Candidate
Recommendation. In this exclusion opportunity, exclusions are limited to
matter in the Candidate Recommendation that was not present or apparent in
the Reference Draft:
   http://www.w3.org/TR/2014/WD-webvtt1-20141113/

Note that other exclusion opportunities may still be open on the same
document, covering earlier material.

Excluded claims are not subject to the licensing requirements of the W3C
Patent Policy for this document. For more information about exclusions,
please see
   https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy/#sec-Exclusion

To make exclusions, please use the following form:
  https://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/34314/exclude

Summary information for this group related to the W3C Patent Policy is
available at:
  https://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/34314/status

If you have any questions or need further information, please contact,
for the Timed Text Working Group:
  * Thierry Michel at tmichel@w3.org
  * Philippe Le Hégaret at plh@w3.org

For more information on the W3C Patent Policy and patent claim
exclusions, see:
   https://www.w3.org/2003/12/22-pp-faq

Thank you,

For Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director;
Xueyuan Jia, W3C Marketing & Communications

[1] https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy/#sec-exclusion-with

Received on Friday, 11 May 2018 02:09:50 UTC