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    Kirk,<br>
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    We forgot to include the deadline of August 1st 2018 in section
    1.2.2 (Relevant Dates) for the deprecation of methods #1 and #5. It
    is an uncontroversial change but unfortunately, as previously
    discussed, we don't have a process for "editorial" changes.<br>
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    Dimitris.<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/2/2018 8:35 μμ, Kirk Hall via
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          <b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NOTICE
              OF REVIEW PERIOD – BALLOT 218<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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            style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This Review
            Notice is sent pursuant to Section 4.1 of the CA/Browser
            Forum’s Intellectual Property Rights Policy (v1.2).  This
            Review Period is for Final Maintenance Guidelines (30 day
            Review Period).  A complete draft of the Draft Guideline
            that is the subject of this Review Notice is provided with
            this Notice.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Date Review
            Notice Sent:                         February 7, 2018<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
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            style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ballot for
            Review:                                      Ballot
          </span><span
            style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;border:none
            windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">218 - Remove validation
            methods #1 and #5</span><span
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            style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Draft
            Guideline Sent with Notice:              CA-Browser Forum BR
            1.5.6<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
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            style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Start of
            Review Period:                             February 7, 2018
            at 22:00 UTC<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
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            Review Period:                              March 9, 2018 at
            22:00 UTC<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
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            style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">. 
            Prior to the approval of a CAB Forum Draft Guideline as a
            CAB Forum Final Guideline or Final Maintenance Guideline
            there shall be a review period during which Participants may
            exclude certain Essential Claims from CAB Forum RF Licenses.
            The CAB Forum Chair shall initiate the Review Period by
            distributing to each CAB Forum Participant a notice of
            review period and a complete draft of the Draft Guideline
            that is the subject of such notice (“Review Notice”). Each
            Participant on behalf of itself and its Affiliates shall
            have sixty (60) days following the date of the receipt of
            such Review Notice (“Review Period”) to review such Draft
            Guideline and consider any licensing obligations with
            respect to any Essential Claims that may be encompassed by
            such Draft Guideline. The approval of a CAB Forum Final
            Maintenance Guideline shall follow the same process except
            that the Review Period shall be thirty (30) days.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Section
              4.2 - Excluding Patents and/or Patent Applications From
              Royalty Free Licensing Obligations During Review Period. 
            </span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial
            Narrow",sans-serif">Except for Essential Claims
            encompassed by a Participant’s Contributions that are
            actually incorporated into a Final Guideline or Final
            Maintenance Guideline approved in accordance with the CAB
            Forum Guideline approval process, Participants may within
            the Review Period exclude Essential Claims from the CAB
            Forum RF License. In such case, Participant shall be
            permitted to either make an election, (i) not to grant a
            license or (ii) to provide a license with all of the
            requirements of Section 5.1 with the exception of subsection
            5.1 f.<br clear="all">
            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              Section 2.4 - Requirements for Draft Guideline Ballots ***<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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          <span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">(e) 
            If a Draft Guideline Ballot passes the Initial Vote, the
            Chair shall initiate, no later than the 3rd business day
            after the announcement of the Initial Vote results, the
            Review Period of 30 or 60 days, as applicable and as
            described in Section 4.1 of the IPR Policy.  The Chair will
            initiate the Review Period by sending the Review Notice to
            both the Member Mail List and the Public Mail List.  The
            Review Notice will clearly specify the open and close dates
            and times (with time zone) of the Review Period.  If the
            Chair does not initiate the Review Period within 5 business
            days after the announcement of the Initial Vote results, the
            Vice Chair may initiate the Review Period, using the same
            process as the Chair would have been required to use. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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          <span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">(f) 
            The Review Period will continue to the end of the 30- or
            60-day period, as applicable, regardless of the number of
            Exclusion Notices filed pursuant to the IPR Policy during
            such period, if any.  No later than 3 business days after
            the conclusion of the applicable Review Period, the Chair
            will distribute any Exclusion Notices submitted in
            accordance with Section 4.2 of the IPR Policy via the Public
            Mail List; provided, however, that the Chair may distribute
            such Exclusion Notices earlier.***<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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