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HARICA votes "yes" to ballot FORUM-022.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 15/5/2024 6:02 μ.μ., Ben Wilson via
Public wrote:<br>
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FORUM-022:<span> </span>Establish Forum IPR
Subcommittee</span></b><span
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style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Proposed
by Ben Wilson of Mozilla and endorsed by Roman Fischer of
SwissSign and Clint
Wilson of Apple.<span></span></span></p>
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style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><b><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Purpose
of Ballot</span></b><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span></span></span></p>
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style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The
CA/Browser Forum’s Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy
and associated
documentation were last revised in 2018. Since then, there
have been requests
for clarification about application of the IPR Policy to
contributions of
non-Forum Members, and sections of the IPR Policy and
documentation have been
identified as needing amendment, including the form for
filing and handling of Essential
Claim Exclusion Notices. It is proposed that a Charter be
adopted establishing
a Forum IPR Subcommittee (FIPR) and that the proposed scope
of the FIPR be to update
and improve the IPR Policy and associated documentation and
to discuss the following:<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">(a)
How to address contributions
provided by non-Forum Members (e.g., invited experts, guest
speakers,
researchers, etc.);<span></span></span></p>
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style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">(b)
If any clarifications and/or
changes are necessary to the IPR Policy in view of recent
events; and<span></span></span></p>
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style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">(c)
A potential contributor license
agreement for the Forum’s GitHub repository and policy for
contributing to the
Forum’s GitHub repository.<span></span></span></p>
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style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><b><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Following
the passage of this ballot:</span></b><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span></span></span></p>
<ul style="margin-bottom:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">A
new Forum IPR Subcommittee will be formed under the
CA/Browser Forum, as outlined in section 5.6 of the Bylaws
(Forum Subcommittees);<span></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Mailing
list(s), GitHub repository(ies), Wiki resource(s), and
other collaboration tools will be established as needed to
enable the Forum Subcommittee to fulfill its charter; and<span></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The
Forum Subcommittee will publish a set of recommended
revisions to the IPR Policy and associated documentation
for the Forum to adopt.<span></span></span></li>
</ul>
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style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><i><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">MOTION
BEGINS</span></i><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span></span></span></p>
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style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><b><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Establish
Forum IPR Subcommittee</span></b><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Upon
approval from the CA/Browser Forum by ballot in accordance
with sections 2.3 and
5.6 of the Forum Bylaws, the Forum IPR Subcommittee (“FIPR”)
is created to
perform the activities as specified in the Charter, which is
found here: <span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><a
href="https://github.com/cabforum/forum/compare/30de00ae9672088cf618706b9e7c464fa8c34c51...b50bc495ced317c437ed6b397bb4fb574484b56b"
style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://github.com/cabforum/forum/compare/30de00ae9672088cf618706b9e7c464fa8c34c51...b50bc495ced317c437ed6b397bb4fb574484b56b</a><span></span></span></p>
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style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><i><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">MOTION
ENDS</span></i><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><b><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The
procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows:</span></b><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span></span></span></p>
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style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><u><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Discussion</span></u><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> (7+
days)<span></span></span></p>
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style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>
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style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><b><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Start
Time</span></b><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">:
2024-May-06 22:00 UTC<span></span></span></p>
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style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><b><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">End
Time</span></b><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">:
After
2024-May-13 22:00 UTC<span></span></span></p>
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style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><u><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Vote
for
approval</span></u><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> (7
days)<span></span></span></p>
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style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><b>Start
Time:</b> </span>
<span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">2024-May-15
15:00 UTC</span>
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style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><b>End
Time: </b></span>
<span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">2024-May-22
15:00 UTC</span>
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