Press on W3C Patent Policy

This is a selection of press reports and active threads on W3C patent policy. More information may be found in W3C in the Press and the W3C Press Release Archive and How to Contact W3C.

OpenPhD tracks W3C patent policy news.

Response to 20 May 2003 W3C Patent Policy:

• 18 May 2003: W3C readies new tech patent policy by Carol Sliwa, Computerworld Australia
• 19 May 2003: W3C Poised To Release New Patent Policy, Slashdot
• 19 May 2003: W3C unveils tech patent policy, ComputerWeekly
• 20 May 2003: W3C Approves Patent Policy Supporting Development of Royalty-Free Web Standards by Robin Cover, Cover Pages
• 21 May 2003: W3C Adopts Patent Policy by Thor Olavsrud, InternetNews.com
  • 22 May 2003: W3C's Royalty-Free Patent Policy includes Exceptional Regulations (in Japanese), by Thor Olavsrud, japan.internet.com, The Internet & IT Network
• 21 May 2003: W3C Approves Royalty-Free Patent Policy (in Japanese), Impress Internet Watch
• 21 May 2003: W3C Approved Patent Policy: Royalty Free Standards, Slashdot
• 21 May 2003: W3C finalizes stance on royalty-free Web services specs by Paul Krill, InfoWorld
• 21 May 2003: W3C announces royalty-free patent policy by Edd Dumbill, xmlhack
• 21 May 2003: Le W3C préserve les standards Web en mode libre (in French), SophiaNet
• >21 May 2003: Accord sur les brevets au W3C (in French), Mac Plus
• 21 May 2003: W3C makes patent ban final by Paul Festa, CNET News.com
  • 22 May 2003: W3C makes patent ban final by Paul Festa, BusinessWeek
  • 22 May 2003: W3C makes patent ban final by Paul Festa, ZDNet Australia
  • 22 May 2003: W3C makes patent ban final by Paul Festa, CNET Asia
  • 22 May 2003: W3C makes patent ban final by Paul Festa, MSNBC
  • 22 May 2003: Web standards body finalises anti-patent policy by Paul Festa, ZDNet UK
  • 22 May 2003: W3C curbs patent use; warns of 'submarines' by Paul Festa, ZDNet, also linked from eWeek
  • 22 May 2003: W3C makes patent ban final by Paul Festa, The Globe and Mail, Canada
  • 22 May 2003: W3C Approves Royalty-Free Patent Policy but has an Exception (in Japanese), CNET Japan
  • 23 May 2003: Pas de royalties sur les normes du web, mais le W3C pourra faire des exceptions (in French) by Paul Festa, ZDNet.fr
  • 23 May 2003: W3C finally Approves Patent Policy incorporating a compromise (in Japanese) by Paul Festa, ZDNet JAPAN Enterprise
• 22 May 2003: W3C Approves Patent Policy at last (in Japanese), Nikkei BP Network, BizTech
• 22 May 2003: W3C finally Approves Patent Policy (in Japanese), ZDNet JAPAN News
• 22 May 2003: Web 'Shaman' Fights His Demons by Michelle Delio, Wired News
• 22 May 2003: Le W3C se protège des brevets relatifs aux composants qu'il recommande (in French) by Fabrice Deblock, JDNet
• 22 May 2003: Keeping the Web Royalty-Free by David Legard, PC World
  • 22 May 2003: W3C unveils formal patent policy by David Legard, Network World Fusion
  • 23 May 2003: W3C unveils formal patent policy by David Legard, IDG.com Singapore
• 23 May 2003: W3C Approves Royalty-Free Patent Policy with an Exception (in Japanese), Bureau of Intellectual Property Information @braina.com, IP NEWS
• 23 May 2003: Patent policy announced by W3C, Out-Law.com
• 23 May 2003: Consortium says Web tech must be royalty-free, Associated Press, USA Today
• 24 May 2003: Michael Tiemann on the new W3C patent policy, NewsForge
• 26 May 2003: W3C Royalty-Free Patent Policy Set in Stone, Client Server News
• 26 May 2003: Le W3C libère ses normes ou presque (in French), 01net.com
• 27 May 2003: Web specs go royalty-free by David Neal, IT Week UK
• 29 May 2003: New W3C Patent Policy Reaffirms Royalty-Free Principles by Christine M. Santariga, Consortium Standards Bulletin
• 30 May 2003: Le W3C protège la gratuité des standards du Web (in French), NetEconomie.com
• 30 May 2003: Le W3C donne des gages aux développeurs libres (in French), Philippe Davy, 01 Informatique
• 2 June 2003: Le W3C approuve le règlement relatif aux brevets (in French), All HTML
• 9 June 2003: Patent Progress, eWEEK

Posted 31 March 2003: The W3C and its Patent Policy Controversy: A Case Study of Authority and Legitimacy in Internet Governance ( PDF and Word) by Andrew L. Russell, Ph.D student, Department of History, University of Colorado-Boulder

Response to 19 March 2003 Royalty-Free Patent Policy Working Draft:

• 19 March 2003: W3C unveils its patent plans, Lisa M. Bowman, CNET News.com
• 19 March 2003: W3C seeks royalty-free standards by Paul Krill, InfoWorld
• 19 March 2003: W3C Publishes Patent Policy Draft by Clint Boulton, InternetNews.com
• 19 March 2003: Revised W3C Patent Policy Out, Comments Invited, Slashdot
• 19 March 2003: W3C works compromise for patent specs, Lisa M. Bowman, ZDNet, also linked from eWeek
• 20 March 2003: Web Consortium looking to finalize patent policy, Dennis Sellers, MacCentral/Macworld
• 20 March 2003: Final Call on W3C Patent Policy Draft, ComputerWire (subscription required)
• 24 March 2003: W3C unveils its patent plans, Lisa M. Bowman, BusinessWeek

Response to 14 November 2002 Royalty-Free Patent Policy Working Draft:

• 14 November 2002: The Royalty-Frees Have It at W3C, Clint Boulton, InternetNews.com
• 14 November 2002: W3C bows to royalty-free pressure, Margaret Kane, CNET
• 14 November 2002: W3C bows to royalty-free pressure, Margaret Kane, ZDNet
• 14 November 2002: W3C promotes royalty-free Web services standards, Paul Krill, InfoWorld
• 14 November 2002: Topic - Patents and Trademarks, Lawrence Rosen, NewsForge
• 14 November 2002: W3C Policy To Favor Royalty-Free Patents Only, Slashdot
• 15 November 2002: W3C Rejects Patents on Net Tech, Robert McMillan, Wired News
• 16 November 2002: W3C rejects net patent tax, avoids web schism, Andrew Orlowski, The Register
• 25 November 2002: FSF's Position on Proposed W3 Consortium "Royalty-Free" Patent Policy

Paul Festa interviews Daniel Weitzner, PPWG Chair:

• 24 September 2002: At the center of the patent storm, Paul Festa, CNET
• 24 September 2002: Standards chief caught in patent storm, Paul Festa, ZDNet

Commentary:

• 10 September 2002: How baseball and you could learn from the Web, David Berlind, ZDNet
• 7 October 2002: Perspective: The patent threat to the Web, Bruce Perens, CNET

Response to PPWG internal Core/Extension RAND exception proposal:

• 10 July 2002: W3C Ponders RAND Again, Slashdot
• 11 July 2002: Royalties may force standards stalemate, Paul Festa, CNET

Response to W3C participation in the US Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission hearing "Competition and Intellectual Property Law and Policy in the Knowledge-Based Economy" in Washington, DC, USA:

• 18 April 2002: W3C strives for royalty-free patent policy, Daniel Weitzner, special to ZDNet
• 22 April 2002: West Wing meets Web services, Dan Farber, ZDNet

Patents and Web services:

• 18 April 2002: Internet standards must be royalty free, David Berlind, ZDNet

Response to 26 February 2002 Royalty-Free Patent Policy Working Draft:

• 26 February 2002: W3C retreats from royalty policy, Margaret Kane, CNET
• 26 February 2002: W3C Revises Patent Royalty Policy, Slashdot
• 26 February 2002: Royalty-free patent policy, Simon St. Laurent, XMLhack
• 26 February 2002: W3C backs away from royalty policy, Margaret Kane, ZDNet
• 26 February 2002: W3C Won't Let Patent Fees Enter Standards Process, Richard Karpinski, InternetWeek
• 26 February 2002: W3C Removes RAND From Patent Policy, Thor Olavsrud, InternetNews.com
• 27 February 2002: W3C releases new draft Royalty-Free Patent Policy for comment, Danny Weitzner, Linux Today
• 27 February 2002: Le W3C revoit sa position sur les brevets, Silicon.fr
• 27 February 2002: Royalty-free patent policy, Simon St. Laurent (auteur) et Eric van der Vlist (traducteur), XMLfr
• 27 February 2002: Le W3C opte pour le libre, Marc Olanie, Réseaux & Télécoms
• 27 February 2002: World Wide Web Consortium Releases New Draft of Patent Policy, ebizChronicle.com
• 28 February 2002: W3C flips, endorses royalty-free standards, Scarlet Pruitt, CNN

Response to 24 January 2002 Current Patent Practice W3C Note:

• 24 January 2002: W3C Patent Policy Supports Royalty-Free (RF) Working Groups, XML Cover Pages
• 25 January 2002: W3C Publishes "Current Patent Practices", Slashdot
• 25 January 2002: W3C describes existing patent policies, Simon St. Laurent, XMLhack
• 25 January 2002: W3C: current patent practice, Davide Barbieri, FreeGO!
• 25 January 2002: Net patent tax - W3C publishes new advice, Andrew Orlowski, The Register
• 25 January 2002: W3C Publishes it's current Patent Practices, Webmaster World
• 28 January 2002: W3C publishes patent policy, Margaret Kane, CNET
• 1 February 2002: Le W3C décrit ses politiques en matière de brevets, Simon St. Laurent (auteur) et Eric van der Vlist (traducteur), XMLfr
• W3C Releases Interim Patent Policy on January 24, IDEAlliance

Response to 16 August 2001 Patent Policy Framework Last Call Working Draft:

• 30 September 2001: Community: W3C and the Promotion of Fee-based Standards for the Web, Adam Warner, Linux Today
• Slashdot Threads:
  • 1 October 2001: W3C Considers Royalty-Bound Patents In Web Standards
  • 2 October 2001: W3C Looking for More Patent Feedback
• 1 October 2001: The free Web's over, as W3C blesses Net patent taxes, Andrew Orlowski, The Register
• 1 October 2001: W3C patent plan draws protest, Margaret Kane and Mike Ricciuti, CNET
• 2 October 2001: W3C extends patent plan comment time, Margaret Kane, CNET
• 2 October 2001: A Pay-As-You-Go World Wide Web?, Kevin Featherly, Newsbytes
• 2 October 2001: Web standards schism "terrible" - W3C patent policy boss, Andrew Orlowski, The Register
• 2 October 2001: " W3C proposal could allow patent grabs on standards", George A. Chidi, InfoWorld
• 2 October 2001: W3C Extends Comment Period on Patent Policy, Thor Olavsrud, InternetNews.com
• 2 October 2001: Commentary: Standing in way of standards, Kathy Harris, Gartner Analyst, CNET
• 3 October 2001: IBM risks billion dollar Linux strategy with W3C RAND demands, Andrew Orlowski, The Register
• 12 October 2001: The W3C Needs to be Royalty-Free, perspective by Jim Bell (Hewlett-Packard), CNET
• 16 October 2001: W3C debate invites open-source views, Margaret Kane, CNET
• 31 October 2001: Berners Lee: WWW royalties considered harmful, Andrew Orlowski, The Register
• 2 November 2001: Slashdot Interview with Danny Weitzner (aka RAND Man)

10 October 2001: W3C statement in response to flood of comments and extension of time to comment.

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