Re: [emergency] Azos AI, LLC Patent

[Rex Brooks <rexb@starbourne.com>]

Title: Re: [emergency] Azos AI, LLC Patent

Thanks Patti,

This is the first time I have heard of this. My question to OASIS would be: How did this get here? I don't recall this company being associated with this OASIS TC, let alone contributing anything that could be claimed to be ipr essential to CAP. I wonder if this is somehow connected to CAP before it was brought under OASIS? A cursory glance at their website indicates that their technology is "wireless" specific and CAP is transport independent.

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Rex

At 3:36 PM -0500 5/1/07, Aymond, Patti wrote:

> While
> reviewing the EDXL-RM document, I found a surprising (to me, anyway)
> comment on the EM-TC IPR page (http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/emergency/ipr.php):
> "Azos AI,
> LLC. (Azos) holds United States Patent Number 6,359,970 which we
> believe to be essential to the compliant implementation of the
> Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
> (OASIS) Common Alerting Protocol Committee Specification Version 1.1
> (the "Specification"). Azos is willing to offer nonexclusive
> licenses under this issued patent, upon written request from
> implementers wishing to pursue compliant implementation of the
> Specification. These licenses will be provided under reasonable and
> non-discriminatory terms and conditions, in accordance with Azos' then
> current licensing practices."
> Someone
> seeing this may conclude that a license for Azos AI technology is
> required for CAP compliance. Do we have any recourse in removing the
> comment or at least refuting it on the EM-TC IPR page?
> Patti
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