2 more items about W3C patent policy

[Ssdb Admin]

Here are two more items you may find of interest regarding the proposed
W3C plicy that would allow companies to patent technologies used in
standards, and then charge royalties for using those technologies.

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/cn/20011012/tc/apple_hp_protest_patent_plan_1.html
  Apple, HP protest patent plan
  Friday October 12 04:00 PM EDT 

http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2001/10/10/patents-web-future.html
  Patents, Royalties, and the Future of the Web
  October 10, 2001 


jim

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