- From: Jay Wack <jayw@tecsec.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 10:44:49 -0400
- To: "'xml-encryption@w3.org'" <xml-encryption@w3.org>
Dear Sir: This letter sets forth Tecsec's patent licensing policy regarding any W3C Standard. Tecsec, in accordance with RFC 2026 and its own general licensing policy, is prepared to license its IPR on reasonable, non-exclusive, non-discriminatory terms and conditions. In particular, Tecsec is willing to negotiate nonexclusive, worldwide licenses under its IPR to allow the manufacture, use, sale, offer for sale and importation of the portions of any product that implement and are compliant with all relevant portions of the standard; provided that these licenses may not extend to any part or function of a product that is not required to implement or comply with the standard. In given circumstances, Tecsec's license grant may be conditioned upon the licensee's grant of a reciprocal license under the licensee's IPR and IPR owned by parties with which licensee is affiliated. In assessing reasonable royalty rates, Tecsec may refer to the royalty rates that a potential licensee has set for its own IPR and IPR of parties with which it may be affiliated. Tecsec also reserves the right to grant licenses to its IPR as part of a cross-license with any other party. With respect to XML encryption and signature, we refer you to the following U.S. patents, which are of particular interest: Patent Name Patent Number Issue Date Distributed cryptographic object method 5,369,702 11/29/1994 5,680,452 10/21/1997 5,717,755 02/10/1998 5,898,781 04/27/1999 XML encryption scheme 6,694,433 02/17/2004 Sincerely, Jay Wack Tecsec, Inc 1953 Gallows Road Vienna, Virginia 22182 3934 703 744 8447 direct 703 744 8400 main 703 506 1484 fax 301 758 6344 cell http://www.tecsec.com
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