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SSC votes: "Yes".<br>
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Thanks,<br>
M.D.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/22/2016 12:48 AM, Ben Wilson
wrote:<br>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">Ballot 157 - Adopt version 1.2 of the
Intellectual Property Rights Policy <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">The Patent Advisory Group (PAG) was
convened to review potential issues with the interpretation
of the CA/Browser Forum's Intellectual Property Rights
Policy (IPR Policy). The PAG has completed its review of the
IPR Policy, and the PAG recommends that the Forum adopt the
attached v. 1.2 of the IPR Policy. Therefore, the following
resolution has been proposed by PAG Chair Ben Wilson of
Digicert and endorsed by PAG members Scott Peterson of
Google and Virginia Fournier of Apple. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">-- MOTION BEGINS -- <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">RESOLVED, that effective as of February
15, 2016 (“Effective Date”) the CA/B Forum IPR Policy v. 1.2
(the “IPR Policy”) in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A
is hereby adopted; and it is <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chair of CA/B
Forum and/or his delegates are hereby authorized to make
corrections of any typographical, grammatical or formatting
errors in the IPR Policy and the IPR Agreement
(“Agreement”), attached hereto as Exhibit B; and it is <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">FURTHER RESOLVED, that the IPR Policy
shall apply to all CA/B Forum Members that are CA/B Forum
Members on February 15, 2016, as a condition of their
continued Membership in the CA/B Forum; and it is<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">FURTHER RESOLVED, that Members have 30
days from the Effective Date to sign the Agreement. A
member’s failure to sign and remit the Agreement will result
in a suspension of their membership rights. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">FURTHER RESOLVED, that Members have 60
days from the Effective Date to comply with the IPR Policy’s
disclosure requirements for all previously enacted Forum
requirements.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">-- MOTION ENDS -- <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">The review period for this ballot shall
commence at 2300 UTC on 21 January 2016, and will close at
2300 UTC on 28 January 2016. Unless the motion is withdrawn
during the review period, the voting period will start
immediately thereafter and will close at 2300 UTC on 4
February 2016. Votes must be cast by posting an on-list
reply to this thread. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">A vote in favor of the motion must
indicate a clear 'yes' in the response. A vote against must
indicate a clear 'no' in the response. A vote to abstain
must indicate a clear 'abstain' in the response. Unclear
responses will not be counted. The latest vote received from
any representative of a voting member before the close of
the voting period will be counted. Voting members are listed
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">In order for the motion to be adopted,
two thirds or more of the votes cast by members in the CA
category and greater than 50% of the votes cast by members
in the browser category must be in favor. Quorum is
currently nine (9) members– at least nine members must
participate in the ballot, either by voting in favor, voting
against, or abstaining. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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