CTI v2.0 STIX and TAXII specifications, and trademarks

Dear TC Members:

As you know, your special majority
 ballot for the approval of the STIX and TAXII v.2.0 specifications 
looks like it will close successfully, this evening. [1]   Please note 
that we are in discussions among OASIS staff and US DHS, the original 
contributor of the pre-OASIS specifications, seeking to remove the 
posted special trademark license conditions [1], and the related "TM" 
symbols currently used in the specifications. 

You may recall 
that this issue also arose in the 2016 approvals of v1.0, because OASIS 
rules do not permit a third-party retention of trademark rights, which 
is very unusual in open standards industry practice.  For v1.0, the 
OASIS Board of Directors provided a special waiver, as DHS indicated 
that there was not sufficient time to consider our request.  We will 
need to resolve this issue for the current version as well, before our 
staff can certify the specifications as approved.  This may cause a 
delay of the official CS announcement, which triggers the works'  OASIS 
IPR Policy license rights.  We will keep you posted on our progress. 

If you have any questions you should feel free to contact me. 

Thank you.  JBC

[1]  https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ballot.php?id=3102
[2]  https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/cti/ipr.php
 

James Bryce Clark, General Counsel
OASIS: Advancing open standards for the information society 
https://www.oasis-open.org/staff 
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