Patent Advisory Group Recommends Continuing Work on Widgets Access Request Policy spec

FYI, the WARP Patent Advisory Group recommended the WebApps WG continue 
to work on the Widgets Access Request Policy (WARP) spec:

    http://www.w3.org/News/2011.html#entry-9270

The PAG Report's summary:

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http://www.w3.org/2009/11/widgets-pag/pagreport

*Executive Summary *

In reponse to Apple's withdrawal of IP, the Widgets Access Request 
Policy (WARP) PAG <http://www.w3.org/2009/11/widgets-pag/Overview.html> 
concluded that the claims in US patent 7,743,336: Widget security 
<http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7743336.PN.&OS=PN/7743336&RS=PN/7743336> 
(hereinafter also called 'the 336 patent') which could potentially be 
read to cover the WARP Specification 
<http://www.w3.org/TR/widgets-access/> are anticipated by substantial 
prior art <http://www.w3.org/2009/11/widgets-pag/prior-art.html>. 
Consequently, the PAG does not believe there are valid 'Essential 
Claims' against the WARP Specification 
<http://www.w3.org/TR/widgets-access/>. Furthermore, the US Patent 
Application 20070101146: Safe distribution and use of content 
<http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220070101146%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20070101146&RS=DN/20070101146> 
(hereinafter also called 'the 1146 Application') is seen as orthogonal 
to the Widget Access Request Policy Candidate Recommendation 20 April 
2010 <http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/CR-widgets-access-20100420/> 
(hereinafter 'WARP Specification').

Consequently, the WARP PAG recommends that work on the Widget Access 
Request Policy <http://www.w3.org/TR/widgets-access/> should be 
continued without changes.
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-Art Barstow

Received on Tuesday, 29 November 2011 12:32:50 UTC