RE: [legalxml-sc] Inquiry About IP

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Subject: RE: [legalxml-sc] Inquiry About IP




From: "Cabral, James E." <>
To: "Winters, Roger" <>,<>
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 14:26:33 -0800









Roger,
 
I believe the OASIS FAQ and current IPR policy covers 
this:
 
http://www.oasis-open.org/who/faqs.php
http://www.oasis-open.org/who/intellectualproperty.php
 
 What are the IPR Policies 
of OASIS?

Most OASIS specifications are provided to the public on a 
Royalty-Free (RF) basis. The OASIS IPR Policy http://www.oasis-open.org/who/intellectualproperty.shtml 
states that contributors of externally developed technical work must identify 
all IP claims (patents, trademarks, etc.) associated with that work, and must 
agree to grant use of this technology under RAND or RF terms for purposes of 
implementing the OASIS specification. 
 
It 
does not say that contributors must be OASIS members.  Therefore, as long 
as he identifies all IP claims and agrees to grant use of the technology under 
the described terms, it should be fine.  
 
However, this all may change under the new IPR 
policy.
Jim 
Cabral 
 



From: Winters, Roger 
[mailto:]
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 
2:12 PM
To: 
Cc: Clarke, 
Tom
Subject: [legalxml-sc] Inquiry About IP




Hello,
 
A question came up to 
me from the LegalXML Court Filing TC asking me to refer it to the Steering 
Committee. Since we are scheduled for a Steering Committee meeting on February 
9, perhaps by then someone will have found answers.
 
Specifically, as 
Eric Tingom was working on 
materials he's reviewing as he prepares to draft "Court Filing-Blue," he noted 
that Tom Griffin of ACS had contributed to developing User Use Cases. Eric noted 
that Mr. Griffin is not an OASIS member, so he emailed Tom Clarke to indicate 
that he wonders what intellectual property issues might be related to 
Griffin's participation in 
our process. 
 
The question seems to 
come down to this: If a non-OASIS member who is from a company, not an 
individual, contributed to our project, are there IP issues that flow from that? 
If so, what are the issues and implications?
 
I do not have an 
intimate knowledge of our IP policies, so I have not ventured any ideas or 
suggestions about this, except to point out to Eric and Tom that any IP issues 
for Mr. Griffin would have to have arisen from the existing IP, not from 
policies that are not yet adopted within OASIS. I do not, however, know how to 
access the pertinent statement of IP that would apply to Mr. Griffin's work with 
Shane Durham.
 
Thoughts? Questions? 

 
Thank 
you!
 
Roger
 
Roger 
Winters
Programs 
and Projects Manager
King 
County
Department of 
Judicial Administration
516 
Third 
Avenue, E-609 
MS: KCC-JA-0609
Seattle, 
Washington 
98104
V: (206) 296-7838 F: (206) 
296-0906

 
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