• To: "Bullard, Claude L \(Len\)" <len.bullard@i...>, "David RR Webber \(XML eBusiness\)" <w3c@d...>
• Subject: RE: Patent Redux
• From: "Chiusano Joseph" <chiusano_joseph@b...>
• Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 16:38:31 -0400
• Cc: <xml-dev@l...>
• Thread-index: AcSy0yTl2mzNZJC3SVGZR0OC9sJ50AAI7Ssw
• Thread-topic: Patent Redux

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bullard, Claude L (Len) [mailto:len.bullard@i...] 
> Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 11:38 AM
> To: 'David RR Webber (XML eBusiness)'
> Cc: xml-dev@l...
> Subject: RE:  Patent Redux
> 
> Possibly.  This one will take negotiation and commitment plus really 
> good skills in international relations and law.   I hope this 
> is where 
> the semantic web proves its utility.   If the sofware world 
> wants this, 
> it has to step up to proposing some technical solutions to 
> manpower and competence problems.
> 
> Don't expect much from the US until we get past the current 
> election.  

And possibly not much afterward either.

Kind Regards,
Joe Chiusano
Booz Allen Hamilton
Strategy and Technology Consultants to the World

> "A house divided against itself" etc.
> 
> len
> 
> 
> From: David RR Webber (XML eBusiness) [mailto:w3c@d...]
> 
> 
> Len,
> 
> I totally agree - the solution is at the WTO level.
> 
> My suggest would be that any certified accredited 
> international software standards body approved specifications 
> and open source implementations of them should be exempt from 
> any IPR infringement claims.  They could name the org's that 
> qualify - ISO, W3C, UN, OASIS, etc.  This would then 
> incentive participation in those processes.
> 
> The WTO have created this mess, the USPTO and its downstream 
> symbiants feed and live off the money it generates.  Time to 
> cut that umbylical cord.
> 
> DW
> 
> Bullard, Claude L (Len) wrote:
> 
> >http://tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2004/10/12/PatentTheory
> >
> >Tim Bray takes a position somewhat different from the past.  
> Maybe he's 
> >become a flip-flopper. ;-)
> >
> >Seriously, it is past time for the open source community to 
> understand 
> >why consortia participation agreements are vital to the 
> community's health.
> 
> >
> >It is also necessary for Tim and others to understand that this is a 
> >global
> 
> >problem, not just a US problem.  Only a global fix will get 
> the results 
> >they are after in the long term.  I've blogged this topic 
> often enough but:
> >
> >1) Bashing the USPTO gets you exactly zero.  You need a 
> global means to 
> >denote and set terms and conditions for patents.
> >
> >2) Innovation is required here.  The Semantic Web may be the means.
> >
> >3) Acquiring and managing IP using clear participation 
> agreements and 
> >royalty-free terms is the current and near term solution for 
> the open 
> >source community under legal entities such as the specifications 
> >consortia that submit these to international standards bodies.
> 
> 
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