New IP Rules

[David Snelling <David.Snelling@UK.Fujitsu.com>]

Folks,

There are two aspects of the new IP proposals from OASIS that we need  
to discuss and act up on. This will not be on the agenda for a couple  
of week to give time to read the background material. The two items  
are:

1) Selecting an IP strategy for the TC, see the first attached message.

2) Members who are listed as individuals will need to talk to their  
employers to see if they will be allowed to be individual members in  
future. I believe that this impacts University folks, since  
Universities are becoming more possessive of IP. See second attached  
note.

First Attached message:

> TC chairs:
>
> On 9 July OASIS announced to its membership a draft IPR Policy that  
> has been developed by our Board, and requested that members review and  
> provide comment on this draft. (See  
> http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200407/msg00002.html)
>
> One of the documents in this review is the proposed Transition Policy,  
> which describes how TCs will transition to the new IPR Policy by  
> selecting an IPR mode to operate under, after which the OASIS members  
> (organizations and individuals) represented in the TC will vote to  
> ratify that selection.
>
> In addition to the other issues in the IPR Policy that you  
> individually and your companies may be interested in, I would also  
> appreciate your TCs looking at, discussing, and commenting on the  
> transition to the new IPR Policy, as well as any other parts of the  
> Policy that will affect the day-to-day operations of the TC.
>
> -Karl

Second attached message:

> Other OASIS chairs,
>
> I suspect you may not be aware of the major changes
> in requirements for Individual Members included in
> the recent proposed IPR Policy. Individual Membership
> would no longer be available to anyone whose IP is
> owned by his or her employer (as required by most
> employment agreements).
>
> Please review my comments below. Whatever your
> opinions on this topic, I encourage you to submit
> comments to ipr-member-review@lists.oasis-open.org
> before the end of the comment period (September 10).
> I also encourage you to inform your TCs of this
> proposed change and encourage your members to submit
> comments on this or any other aspects of the proposed
> revised IPR Policy.
>
> For your reference, the draft IPR Policy is at
> http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/members-only/ 
> download.php/7515
> and the FAQ is at
> http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/members-only/ 
> download.php/7554
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve Hanna
> Co-chair, OASIS PKI TC

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