Details: W3C Patent Policy

• Goal: Produce Specs implementable on Royalty-Free basis and allow technical work with minimal interruption

• Method:

• W3C Royalty-Free licensing definition: available to all, all Essential Claims ‘owned or controlled’, field of use limitation, reciprocity, no fees, defensive suspension.
• W3C RF obligations for Working Group participants:
• license Essential Claims they hold on an W3C RF basis
• Exclusions opportunities early in the development of a specification
• Disclosure rules for non participants, based on actual knowledge
• Exception Handling: Patent Advisory Group (PAG)