- From: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:55:49 +0100
- To: "Philip TAYLOR" <P.Taylor@rhul.ac.uk>, www-style@w3.org
- Cc: "Giovanni Campagna" <scampa.giovanni@gmail.com>
On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:50:35 +0100, Philip TAYLOR <P.Taylor@rhul.ac.uk> wrote: > Inspired by Giovanni's observation (below), I took a quick look > at the cited draft, and found fairly early on in the text > the following : > >> An individual who has actual knowledge of a patent which the individual >> believes contains Essential Claim(s) must disclose the information in >> accordance with section 6 of the W3C Patent Policy. > > Whilst I am reasonably confident that this is so-called > "boilerplate" text, it seems to me to be making an > assertion to which the W3C has no right : that is, that > /any/ individual (not just a member of the WG, or of W3C) > who "has actual knowledge of a patent which the individual > believes contains Essential Claim(s)" /must/ "disclose the > information in accordance with section 6 of the W3C Patent > Policy". Has this statement ever been vetted by the W3C's > lawyers ? http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#sec-Disclosure -- Anne van Kesteren <http://annevankesteren.nl/> <http://www.opera.com/>
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