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The mission of the Patent Policy Working Group (PPWG) is advise W3C on the means to address the growing challenge that patent claims pose to the development of open standards for the Web.

News

• 2002:
  • 28 July: Public summary of PPWG 15-17 July meeting
  • 11 July: Public summary of PPWG 8 July teleconference
  • 8 July: Public summary of PPWG 1 July teleconference
  • 27 June: Public summary of PPWG 17 June teleconference
  • 17 June: Public summary of PPWG 10 June teleconference
  • 11 June: Public summary of PPWG 3 June teleconference
  • 19 May: Public summary of PPWG 29 April teleconference
  • 29 April: Public summary of PPWG 15 April teleconference
  • 16 April: Public summary of PPWG 8 April teleconference
  • 9 April: Public summary of PPWG 1 April teleconference
  • 1 April: Public summary of PPWG 25 March teleconference
  • 26 March: Public summary of PPWG 18 March teleconference
  • 15 March: Public summary of PPWG 11 March teleconference
  • 26 February: Public Working Draft of Royalty-Free Patent Policy published
  • 26 February: Last Call Issues published
  • 15 February: Public summary of PPWG 11 February teleconference
  • 15 February: Public summary of PPWG 5-6 February meeting
  • 11 February: Public summary of PPWG 28 January teleconference
  • 27 January: Public summary of PPWG 21 January teleconference
  • 24 January: Current Patent Practice published as a W3C Note
  • 17 January: Public summary of PPWG 14 January teleconference
• 2001:
  • Public summary of PPWG 15-17 October face-to-face meeting available.
  • Public summary of PPWG 25 October teleconference available.

Documents and Deliverables

• Public Working Draft, W3C Working Draft, 26 February 2002
• Current Patent Practice, W3C Note, 24 January 2002
• Latest draft: W3C Patent Policy Framework, 16 August 2001
• Objections prior to last call: objection 1, objection 2
• Patent Policy Framework FAQ
• Backgrounder for W3C Patent Policy Framework
• past deliverables ...

Public Mailing List

• The public mailing list is www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org (visit the public mailing list archives).
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Upcoming

Coming soon: Future dates will be added after discussion in the PPWG.

• Second public review
• Advisory Committee review of revised proposal
• 2002: Final policy published.

Past

• 2 October 2001: W3C published a response to public comments received on the W3C Patent Policy Framework.
• Deadline for comments on the proposed Patent Policy extended to 11 October 2001. Refer to the response to public comments for information about sending your suggestions.
• 16 Aug 2001: 16 August 2001 Patent Policy Framework published as last call draft. Prior to this draft, there were two internal W3C reviews of the framework.
• Oct 1999: Patent Policy Working Group formed.

About the Patent Policy Working Group

The participants of the Patent Policy Working Group involved in the creation of the framework are: Jean-François Abramatic (W3C), Chuck Adams (IBM), Angela Anderson (Nortel Networks), Martin Ashton (Reuters, Ltd.), Carl Cargill (Sun Microsystems), Wanda Cox (Apple Computer), W. Mike Deese (Microsoft), Mark DeLuca (Woodcock Washburn Kurtz Mackiewicz & Norris LLP for Microsoft), Don Deutsch (Oracle), Michael Gelblum (Oracle), Mari Georges (ILOG S.A.), Toon Groenendaal (Philips Electronics), Michele Herman (Microsoft), Ian Jacobs (W3C), Glen Johnson (Nortel Networks), George Kerscher (Daisy Consortium), Alan Kotok (W3C), Gerry Lane (IBM), Bede McCall (MITRE), Lloyd McIntyre (Xerox), Earl Nied (Intel), Steve Nunn (The Open Group), Scott K. Peterson (Hewlett-Packard), Tony E. Piotrowski (Philips Electronics), Gene Potkay (Avaya), Barry Rein (Pennie & Edmonds for W3C), Gib Ritenour (Nortel Networks), Michael Schallop (Sun Microsystems), Kevin Smith (Nortel Networks), David Turner (Microsoft), Daniel Weitzner (W3C, Chair), Helene Plotka Workman (Apple Computer), and Don Wright (Lexmark). Invited experts are Eben Moglen (Free Software Foundation), Bruce Perens (Software in the Public Interest), Larry Rosen (Rosenlaw.com for Open Source Initiative).

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