Publishing Working Group Patent Policy Status

Participation

W3C Member Organizations

Adobe Systems Inc. (1 representative)
Associazione Italiana Editori (1 representative)
Benetech (1 representative)
Book Industry Study Group (1 representative)
DAISY Consortium (6 representatives)
Datalogics, Inc. (1 representative)
EDRLab (2 representatives)
Educational Testing Service (2 representatives)
Evident Point Software Corp. (1 representative)
Google, Inc. (2 representatives)
Hachette Livre (4 representatives)
HarperCollins Publishers (2 representatives)
Kaplan Publishing (3 representatives)
Macmillan Higher Education (1 representative)
Monotype (1 representative)
NIC.br - Brazilian Network Information Center (3 representatives)
Pearson plc (3 representatives)
PONS GmbH (1 representative)
The Rebus Foundation (3 representatives)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (4 representatives)
University of Michigan Library (6 representatives)
VitalSource | Ingram Content Group (4 representatives)
Vivliostyle Inc. (2 representatives)
Voyager Japan, Inc. (2 representatives)
W. W. Norton (2 representatives)
Wiley (2 representatives)

Invited Experts

Fred Chasen
Heather Flanagan
Peter Krautzberger

Team members

Ivan Herman
Bill McCoy

See also the list of individuals participating in this group.

Join or leave this group (see general instructions for joining this group). Advisory Committee Representatives of participating Members may also nominate or change representatives in the group.

The Call for Participation for this group was announced on 9 June 2017; see the Patent Policy FAQ for information about continued participation before re-joining the group.

Licensing Commitments

Participants in this group have made certain licensing commitments by joining the group. In addition to these Participants, 1 non-participating W3C Member has committed to the Patent Policy Licensing terms. See the details about licensing commitments from current and past Participants and other parties.

W3C Members not participating in this group who wish to make the same licensing commitments for specifications developed by this group may do so through a form for licensing commitments from non-participating Members.

Other parties who wish to make the licensing commitments for this group should consult the instructions for non-Members to make licensing commitments for this group.

Specifications for this group

The group has not yet published any Working Drafts that are covered by the W3C Patent Policy. When and if it does, this page will list the specifications and provide additional options for disclosing relevant patents, exclusing patent claims, and providing additional license information. This page will also summarize any such information provided through IPP.

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