- From: Rob Glidden <rob.glidden@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 10:23:55 -0700
- To: Steve Lhomme <slhomme@matroska.org>
- CC: Mark Watson <watsonm@netflix.com>, "Ali C. Begen \(abegen\)" <abegen@cisco.com>, Gerard Fernando <gerardmxf@yahoo.co.uk>, "juhani.huttunen@nokia.com" <juhani.huttunen@nokia.com>, "hj08.lee@lge.com" <hj08.lee@lge.com>, "public-web-and-tv@w3.org" <public-web-and-tv@w3.org>
ISO disclosure obligations are clearly documented at http://www.itscj.ipsj.or.jp/sc29/29w7proc.htm. Short incomplete summary: proposers, preparers and liaisons "shall", participants "should", non-participants "may", multiple other shalls and shall nots. Slickly-worded AFAIKs to the contrary, DASH as-is has multiple patent-disclosed normative references (and outstanding patent call). For one, the UK Intellectual Property Office offers a freedom-to-operate search service, but there are many private services. "[G]ood reasons to hope for an outcome" and "requirements/recommendations should be reasonable and also provide a basis for discussion/negotiation and not require a yes/no answer" look like code for a belief that W3C should bend its royalty-free policy. I disagree. Rob On 3/19/2011 2:54 AM, Steve Lhomme wrote: > On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 11:12 PM, Mark Watson<watsonm@netflix.com> wrote: >> There are no known patents AFAIK. If someone turns up with a solid patent >> and insists they deserve royalties for it, then I've no doubt it will be >> profiled out. But we are nowhere close to that yet and it's unlikely anyway >> for the reasons I've described. We should not assume we are in that >> situation unless and until we actually get there, that is all. >> ...Mark > If I find such a patent, should I disclose it ? And even if there is > none known as of today, what is the guarantee there won't be one > published tomorrow ? In which case the patent holder may well seek > retribution from a booming business. Among the companies/organisations > there will be those who can afford to pay anyway, and those who can't > and will have to abandon the technology and still being threatened for > having used it in the past, and leave the market to those who can > afford. > > What are the guarantees that this cannot happen ? Is the MPEG, 3GPP > and/or W3C responsible for doing a deep patent search to make sure it > can be declared royalty free ? > > Side Note: shouldn't it be a service provided by patent offices anyway ? >
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