XForms Patent Statements
The following statements are the patent disclosures and license
commitments associated with the W3C XForms 1.0 Working
Draft 18 January 2002 and provided by members of the XForms WG as required by W3C procedure. These
statements may be subject to modification based on discussions during the W3C
Advisory Council review period.
W3C does not take a position regarding the
validity or scope of any intellectual property right or other rights that
might be claimed to pertain to the implementation or use of the technology,
nor the extent to which any license under such rights might or might not be
available. Copyright of the XForms specification document and other WG
deliverables is vested in the W3C.
This table summarizes patent statements for XForms 1.0 from XForms WG members who are in good standing and those in not in good standing. Either these members have provided patent disclosures and license commitments statements or have stated that they do not have intellectual property rights relating to the XForms WG. The 'license summary' column is a W3C Team characterization of the Member's statement into one of three general types of licenses: 1) Royalty-free, 2) Reasonable and non-discriminatory terms (RAND), or 3) no license offer because the Member claims it has no relevant patents. This summary is not offered to suggest the exact licensing terms. The precise terms of any licence, however, are governed entirely by the Member's statement. Names in the 'Member name' column mentionned with an * are invited experts.
Shana had a press release that claimed they had a patent that "impacts"
XForms. The release used to be at http://www.shana.com/press/releases/48.asp
but was removed.
The relevant quote from the release is at
http://www.xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1035
and also some bits at http://www.entrust.com/news/files/01_22_01_656.htm
XForms WG:
Digital signature: XForms 1.0 does not address signatures of digest authentication, but technically it should be possible in a future version. However, the XForms WG is aware of a patent (note: we believe the scope of the patent is outside the scope of XForms 1.0). cf. current W3C Team knowledge on the Shana Patent: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-forms/2001JanMar/0105.html
Note that the disclosure at http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/patent-issues/2001JanMar/0025.html
does not mention XForms at all.
Intellectual Property Rights (please choose one)
[ X ] Based upon our current knowledge, and without making an exhaustive
search, we do not have essential patent claims relating to this proposal
[ ] We do have patent claims that we believe will be essential for the
implementation of the proposed W3C Specification and have chosen to make them
available to all on (check one)
[ ] royalty-free, with other reasonable and non-discriminatory terms (or)
[ ] reasonable and non-discriminatory terms, with the potential for charging
fees
Please list details of the associated patents or patent applications as
appropriate.
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Intellectual Property Rights (please choose one)
[X] Based upon our current knowledge, and without making an exhaustive search, we do not have essential patent claims relating to this proposal
[no] We do have patent claims that we believe will be essential for the implementation of the proposed W3C Specification and have chosen to make them available to all on (check one)
[no] royalty-free, with other reasonable and non-discriminatory terms (or) [no] reasonable and non-discriminatory terms, with the potential for charging fees Please list details of the associated patents or patent applications as appropriate.
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Hi, here is the patent form.
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Intellectual Property Rights (please choose one)
[ X ] Based upon our current knowledge, and without making an exhaustive
search, we do not have essential patent claims relating to this proposal
[ ] We do have patent claims that we believe will be essential for the
implementation of the proposed W3C Specification and have chosen to make them
available to all on (check one)
[ ] royalty-free, with other reasonable and non-discriminatory terms (or)
[ ] reasonable and non-discriminatory terms, with the potential for charging
fees
Please list details of the associated patents or patent applications as
appropriate.
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Regards, Vincent Godefroy
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Intellectual Property Rights (please choose one)
[X] Based upon our current knowledge, and without making an exhaustive
search, we do not have essential patent claims relating to this proposal
[ ] We do have patent claims that we believe will be essential for the
implementation of the proposed W3C Specification and have chosen to make them
available to all on (check one) [ ] royalty-free, with other reasonable and
non-discriminatory terms (or)
[ ] reasonable and non-discriminatory terms, with the potential for charging
fees
Please list details of the associated patents or patent applications as
appropriate.
Regards, Mikko Honkala Invited Expert Helsinki University Of Technology
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Intellectual Property Rights (please choose one)
[X] Based upon our current knowledge, and without making an exhaustive search, we do not have essential patent claims relating to this Working Group
NOTE: In the event we find any patents with essential patent claims we will disclose such claims to the Working Group with the terms under which they will be available for licensing
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Here is the patent statement of XForms from NTT DoCoMo.
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Intellectual Property Rights (please choose one)
[X] Based upon our current knowledge, and without making an exhaustive
search, we do not have essential patent claims relating to this proposal
[ ] We do have patent claims that we believe will be essential for the
implementation of the proposed W3C Specification and have chosen to make them
available to all on (check one)
[ ] royalty-free, with other reasonable and non-discriminatory terms (or)
[ ] reasonable and non-discriminatory terms, with the potential for charging
fees
Please list details of the associated patents or patent applications as
appropriate.
Best Regards, Kaori Nakai
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Intellectual Property Rights (please choose one)
[X] Based upon our current knowledge, and without making an exhaustive search, we do not have essential patent claims relating to this proposal
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Intellectual Property Rights (please choose one)
[ X ] Based upon our current knowledge, and without making an exhaustive search, we do not have essential patent claims relating to this proposal
[ ] We do have patent claims that we believe will be essential for the implementation of the proposed W3C Specification and have chosen to make them available to all on (check one)
[ ] royalty-free, with other reasonable and non-discriminatory terms (or)
[ ] reasonable and non-discriminatory terms, with the potential for charging fees Please list details of the associated patents or patent applications as appropriate.
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Intellectual Property Rights statement:
[X] Based upon our current knowledge, and without making an exhaustive search, we do not have essential patent claims relating to this proposal.
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Thierry Michel tmichel@w3.org