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Subject: Re: [ubl-dev] Patent encumberances as they apply to UBL?
[david.lyon@computergrid.net:] | Does anybody know what patents are held that | might inhibit the use of UBL? I don't believe that anyone on earth knows this. There are certainly patents out there broad enough that someone could claim infringement; for example http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39200357,00.htm | is it safe to implement a UBL based system and | be free from a big company claiming patent abuse? I Am Not A Lawyer, but it's my understanding that you cannot implement anything and be sure that someone won't claim patent infringement. | There seems to be much talk on xml-dev about | various companies holding patents over xml work. | | Do any of these patents apply to UBL? Do any of them apply in reality to anything? I have it on good authority that a certain large company has a patent on the idea of an electronic purchase order. Whether such a patent means anything in practice is an open question. | What patent encumberances are there that might | apply to UBL? I think that this is impossible to know; see above. [chiusano_joseph@bah.com:] | I believe this type of information for an OASIS TC is always | posted on the TC's home page, per OASIS policy. [david@drrw.info:] | OASIS does not track patents held by non-members, nor members who | are not participating in that TC's activities. Nor can it. Nor can anyone. Jon
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