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Apple patent claim threatens to block or delay W3C specification
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| Early last month, it became clear that Apple might be causing trouble for the
| W3C Widgets specification. They are unwilling to make patent 5,764,992 (W3C
| information), which covers automatic software upates, royalty-free if the
| Widgets Update specification is found to use anything covered by the patent.
| This basically means a lot of additional work for the Working Group at the
| W3C, and might slow down the process of finalizing the widgets specification.
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http://my.opera.com/haavard/blog/2009/04/07/apple-widgets-patent
Widgets Updates Patent Advisory Group Charter
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| This PAG is triggered by Section 7.1 (PAG Formation) of the Patent Policy,
| which states that a PAG is triggered in the event “a patent has been
| disclosed that may be essential, but is not available under W3C Royalty-Free
| licensing requirements”. The specific patent is 5,764,992 (U.S.), held by
| Apple, Inc. Apple Inc. has excluded all claims of patent 5,764,992 (U.S.)
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http://www.w3.org/2009/03/widgets-pag-charter
Apple threatens to block W3C widget standard
http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/07/apple.threatens.w3c/
Apple refusing royalty-free license to widget patent
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| It's a little hard to tell at the moment exactly what claims overlap between
| Apple's patent and the proposed standard, and why Apple is choosing to exert
| its right to contest the royalty-free licensing terms for those claims. An
| Apple representative did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10214426-37.html
Apple also fought against Ogg.
Recent:
Apple Patent Exclusion on Widgets 1.0: Updates
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2009JanMar/0654.html
Apple Patent Claim Threatens To Block Or Delay W3C
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/07/1654220
Apple Computer's Statement on the Draft W3C Patent Policy
http://www.apple.com/about/w3c/
Microsoft: break up HTML 5
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| The ever-increasing intricacy of the World Wide Web is evidenced by the
| character and scope of the HTML 5 draft specification. Microsoft wants to
| hasten HTML 5’s arrival, but its proposed solution may not sit well with all
| parties.
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| In a recent interview, Internet Explorer platform architect Chris Wilson told
| SD Times that more progress could be made with teams working in parallel, and
| he recommended that portions of the HTML 5 specification be broken off and
| assigned to new workgroups.
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http://www.sdtimes.com/content/article.aspx?ArticleID=32067&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
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