Timed-Text Patent Statements

The following statements are the patent disclosures and license commitments associated with the W3C Timed-Text deliverables and provided by members of the Timed-Text WG as required by W3C procedure. These statements may be subject to modification based on discussions during the W3C Advisory Council review period.
W3C does not take a position regarding the validity or scope of any intellectual property right or other rights that might be claimed to pertain to the implementation or use of the technology, nor the extent to which any license under such rights might or might not be available. Copyright of the Timed-Text specification document and other WG deliverables is vested in the W3C.

Summary of patent statements for Timed-Text

This table summarizes patent statements for Timed-Text from Timed-Text WG members who are in good standing and those in not in good standing. Either these members have provided patent disclosures and license commitments statements or have stated that they do not have intellectual property rights relating to the Timed-Text WG. The 'license summary' column is a W3C Team characterization of the Member's statement into one of three general types of licenses: 1) Royalty-free, 2) Reasonable and non-discriminatory terms (RAND), or 3) no license offer because the Member claims it has no relevant patents. This summary is not offered to suggest the exact licensing terms. The precise terms of any licence, however, are governed entirely by the Member's statement. Names in the 'Member name' column mentionned with an * are invited experts.

1- Provided patent statements from Timed Text WG Members

Apple:

2a) Disclosure. Please select one of the following three options:
Patents essential to the deliverables should be disclosed according to section 3 of W3C's Current Patent Practice Note [2].
[X] To the best of my personal knowledge, my organization has no patents essential to the above deliverables.

Wanda Cox

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BBC:

2a) Disclosure. Please select one of the following three options:
Patents essential to the deliverables should be disclosed according to section 3 of W3C's Current Patent Practice Note [2].

[X] To the best of my personal knowledge, my organization has no patents essential to the above deliverables.

Euan Semple

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DAISY:

3a) Disclosure. Please select one of the following three options: Patents essential to these deliverables should be disclosed according to section 3 of W3C's Current Patent Practice Note [2].

[x ] To the best of my personal knowledge, my organization has no patents essential to the above deliverables.

George Kerscher

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Hewlett-Packard

3a) Disclosure. Please select one of the following three options: Patents essential to these deliverables should be disclosed according to section 3 of W3C's Current Patent Practice Note [2].

[x ] To the best of my personal knowledge, my organization has no patents essential to the above deliverables.

[ ] My organization has patents that may be essential to the above deliverables. (Patent numbers must be listed here.)

[ ] My organization will respond to this question at a later date, indicating one of the two previous options. I understand that failure to indicate one of the above two options by the time the Recommendation-track deliverable(s) enter Candidate Recommendation (or Proposed Recommendation if there is no Candidate Recommendation) will render my disclosure obligation incomplete, as described in the Current Patent Practice Note.

3b) Licensing. Please select the following option if applicable:

[x ] My organization may or may not have patents essential to the above deliverables. If we do, we agree to license them on Royalty-Free terms (as defined in section 6 of the Current Patent Practice Note [3]) to all implementers, whether or not they are Members of W3C. .

Jim Bell, W3C Advisory Committee representative, as representative for Hewlett-Packard:

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Japanese Society for Rehabilitation of Persons Disabilities

2a) Disclosure. Please select one of the following three options:
Patents essential to the deliverables should be disclosed according to section 3 of W3C's Current Patent Practice Note [2].

[X] To the best of my personal knowledge, my organization has no patents essential to the above deliverables.

Hiroshi Kawamura

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Microsoft:

2b) Licensing.

Please select the following option if applicable:

[X] My organization may or may not have patents essential to the above deliverables. If we do, we agree to license them on Royalty-Free terms (as defined in section 6 of the Current Patent Practice Note [3]) to all implementers, whether or not they are Members of W3C.

David Turner

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XFSI:

Patents essential to the deliverables should be disclosed according to section 3 of W3C's Current Patent Practice Note [2].
[X] To the best of my personal knowledge, my organization has no patents essential to the above deliverables.

Glenn Adams

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RealNetworks:

2b) Licensing. Please select the following option if applicable:
[X] My organization may or may not have patents essential to the above deliverables. If we do, we agree to license them on Royalty-Free terms (as defined in section 6 of the Current Patent Practice Note [3]) to all implementers, whether or not they are Members of W3C.

M. Eric Hyche (ehyche@real.com)

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CWI:

2a) Disclosure. Please select one of the following three options:

Patents essential to the deliverables should be disclosed according to section 3 of W3C's Current Patent Practice Note [2].

[X] To the best of my personal knowledge, my organization has no patents essential to the above deliverables.

2b) Licensing. Please select the following option if applicable:

[X] My organization may or may not have patents essential to the above deliverables. If we do, we agree to license them on Royalty-Free terms (as defined in section 6 of the Current Patent Practice Note [3]) to all implementers,whether or not they are Members of W3C.

Lloyd Rutledge (Lloyd.Rutledge@cwi.nl)

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WGBH/NCAM :

2a) Disclosure. Please select one of the following three options:

Patents essential to the deliverables should be disclosed according to section 3 of W3C's Current Patent Practice Note [2].

[XX] To the best of my personal knowledge, my organization has no patents essential to the above deliverables.

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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.:

2a) Disclosure. Please select one of the following three options:

Patents essential to the deliverables should be disclosed according to section 3 of W3C's Current Patent Practice Note [2].

[X] To the best of my personal knowledge, my organization has no patents essential to the above deliverables.

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2- Provided patent statements from Timed Text WG Invited Experts

Michael Dolan from TBT:

2a) Disclosure. Please select one of the following three options: Patents essential to the deliverables should be disclosed according to section 3 of W3C's Current Patent Practice Note [2].

[ X] To the best of my personal knowledge, my organization has no patents essential to the above deliverables.

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Patrick Schmitz from Ludicrum Enterprises:

2a) Disclosure. Please select one of the following three options: Patents essential to the deliverables should be disclosed according to section 3 of W3C's Current Patent Practice Note [2].

[ X] To the best of my personal knowledge, my organization has no patents essential to the above deliverables.

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3- Provided patent statements from non Invited Experts

John Birch :

2a) Disclosure. Please select one of the following three options:

Patents essential to the deliverables should be disclosed according to section 3 of W3C's Current Patent Practice Note [2].

[X] To the best of my personal knowledge, my organization has no patents essential to the above deliverables.

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For potential new members, the Call for participation email-form to TTWG is available at:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-ac-members/2003JanMar/0014.html

Thierry Michel, tmichel@w3.org, W3C Activity Lead.