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

News in 2004

2004-02-15: W3C Patent Policy operative. 5 February 2004 version has only administrative and no substantive changes.
Past news

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Future dates will be added after discussion in the PPWG.

Documents and Deliverables

2004-02-15: W3C Patent Policy operative. 5 February 2004 version has only administrative and no substantive changes.
2003-05-20: W3C published the W3C Patent Policy
2003-03-19: W3C published the Royalty-Free Patent Policy Working Draft
2003-03-19: Overview and Summary of W3C Royalty-Free Patent Policy
2002-12-10: Call for Comments by 31 December 2002
2002-11-14: W3C published the Royalty-Free Patent Policy Last Call Working Draft.
2002-02-26: W3C published the Royalty-Free Patent Policy Working Draft.
2002-01-24: W3C published the Current Patent Practice W3C Note.
2001-10-02: W3C published a response to public comments received on the W3C Patent Policy Framework.
2001-10-02: Response to public comments. Deadline for comments on the proposed Patent Policy was extended to 11 October 2001.
2001-08-16: 16 August 2001 Patent Policy Framework published as Last Call draft. Prior to this draft, there were two internal W3C reviews of the framework.
2001-08-16: Patent Policy Framework FAQ
2001-08-16: Backgrounder for W3C Patent Policy Framework
Objections prior to Last Call: objection 1, objection 2

Past News

2003

2003-05-20: W3C Patent Policy approved and published
- 2003-05-21: Public Director's Decision
- 2003-05-21: Press Release
2003-03-19: W3C published the Royalty-Free Patent Policy Working Draft. The comment period ended on 30 April.
- 2003-03-19: Overview and Summary of W3C Royalty-Free Patent Policy
- 2003-03-19: Press Release
2003-03-18: Public summary of PPWG 3 March teleconference
2003-03-18: Public summary of PPWG 24 February teleconference
2003-03-18: Public summary of PPWG 13 February teleconference
2003-03-18: Public summary of PPWG 28-30 January meeting
2003-01-24: Public summary of PPWG 13 January teleconference
2003-01-13: Public summary of PPWG 6 January teleconference
2003-01-06: Public summary of PPWG 16 December teleconference

2002

2002-12-10: Last Call information sheet (summary request for comments)
2002-12-06: Public summary of PPWG 2 December teleconference
2002-11-14: Last Call Working Draft of Royalty-Free Patent Policy published
2002-11-14: Public summary of PPWG 11 November teleconference
2002-11-10: Public summary of PPWG 4 November teleconference
2002-11-04: Public summary of PPWG 28 October teleconference
2002-10-25: Public summary of PPWG 21 October teleconference
2002-10-11: Public summary of PPWG 7 October teleconference
2002-10-06: Public summary of PPWG 30 September - 1 October meeting
2002-09-22: Public summary of PPWG 18 September teleconference
2002-09-19: Public summary of PPWG 9 September teleconference
2002-09-08: Public summary of PPWG 3 September teleconference
2002-09-02: Public summary of PPWG 26 August teleconference
2002-07-28: Public summary of PPWG 15-17 July meeting
2002-07-11: Public summary of PPWG 8 July teleconference
2002-07-08: Public summary of PPWG 1 July teleconference
2002-06-27: Public summary of PPWG 17 June teleconference
2002-06-17: Public summary of PPWG 10 June teleconference
2002-06-11: Public summary of PPWG 3 June teleconference
2002-05-19: Public summary of PPWG 29 April teleconference
2002-04-29: Public summary of PPWG 15 April teleconference
2002-04-16: Public summary of PPWG 8 April teleconference
2002-04-09: Public summary of PPWG 1 April teleconference
2002-04-01: Public summary of PPWG 25 March teleconference
2002-03-26: Public summary of PPWG 18 March teleconference
2002-03-15: Public summary of PPWG 11 March teleconference
2002-02-26: Public Working Draft of Royalty-Free Patent Policy published
2002-02-26: Last Call Issues published
2002-02-15: Public summary of PPWG 11 February teleconference
2002-02-15: Public summary of PPWG 5-6 February meeting
2002-02-11: Public summary of PPWG 28 January teleconference
2002-01-27: Public summary of PPWG 21 January teleconference
2002-01-24: Current Patent Practice published as a W3C Note
2002-01-17: Public summary of PPWG 14 January teleconference

2001

2001-10-25: Public summary of PPWG 25 October teleconference
2001-10-17: Public summary of PPWG 15-17 October meeting

1999

1999-10: 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), Anders Arvidsson (Nokia), Martin Ashton (Reuters, Ltd.), Carl Cargill (Sun Microsystems), Wanda Cox (Apple Computer), W. Mike Deese (Microsoft), Mark DeLuca (Cozen O'Connor for Microsoft), Don Deutsch (Oracle), Tom Frost (AT&T), Michael Gelblum (Oracle), Mari Georges (ILOG S.A.), Lisa Goldman (Sun Microsystems), Eduardo Gutentag (Sun Microsystems), Toon Groenendaal (Philips Electronics), Michele Herman (Microsoft), Richard J. Holleman (IBM), Ian Jacobs (W3C), Glen Johnson (Nortel Networks), Jerry Kellenbenz (Apple Computer), George Kerscher (Daisy Consortium), Alan Kotok (W3C), Gerry Lane (IBM), Arnaud Le Hors (IBM), Susan Lesch (W3C, Team Contact), Roger Martin (AOL), Bede McCall (MITRE), Catherine McCarthy (Sun Microsystems), Lloyd McIntyre (Xerox), Earl Nied (Intel), Steve Nunn (The Open Group), Scott K. Peterson (Hewlett-Packard), Tony E. Piotrowski (Philips Electronics), Gene Potkay (Avaya), Chuck Powers (Motorola), Barry Rein (Pennie & Edmonds for W3C), Gib Ritenour (Nortel Networks), Michael Schallop (then Sun Microsystems), Kevin Smith (Nortel Networks), George Tacticos (IBM), David Turner (Microsoft), Daniel Weitzner (W3C, Working Group Chair), George Willingmyre (GTW Associates), Helene Plotka Workman (Apple Computer), Don Wright (Lexmark), Joe Young (Xerox), and Tom Zell (Xerox). Invited experts are Eben Moglen (Free Software Foundation), Bruce Perens (Software in the Public Interest), and Larry Rosen (Rosenlaw.com for Open Source Initiative).

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