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<p class="MsoNormal">Colleagues - As you all know, we are one of many companies that decided not to continue with the CAB Forum after a radical change was made to the nature of the organization with the introduction of a mandatory IPR many years after the Forum
was originally created. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We did not agree with the IPR for three reasons:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The presumption that innovation protected by patents – but not other IP -- should be free. Unlike many members of the forum, we have spent significant sums to create a substantial patent portfolio related
to certificate management and saw the IPR policy as a coercive attempt to decrease significantly the value of that portfolio<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The administrative requirement to maintain our portfolio exempt from the royalty free licensing provisions of the IPR would be burdensome for a small company with a large relevant portfolio<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The provision in the IPR requiring us to bind all our related companies would require us to bind portfolio companies of our owner in unrelated businesses, and that is particularly problematic for privately-held
portfolio companies.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Many<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>members had<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>similar or<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>other reasons for not signing<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>up to
the IPR<span class="apple-converted-space"> policy</span> and we understand that about 40% of the membership has withdrawn. We made a sound business judgment that it did not work for us and were not alone in that decision.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Unfortunately, we are aware that a few remaining forum members have inaccurately described both our motives for leaving the Forum and our resulting ability to provide standards compliant solutions. We are disappointed with this tactic
and will pursue any means necessary to protect our reputation and business. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We left the Forum because the IPR policy was problematic and compromise could not be found. Should the IPR be withdrawn or revised to meet our concerns we would rejoin the group. We do see value in the Forum and have devoted significant
energy to the Forum in the past. Otherwise, we intend to remain involved in progressing browser security through different less adversarial avenues and industry associations. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards. Tim.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">T: +1 613 270 3183<o:p></o:p></p>
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