[cabfpub] Ballot 157 Adopt version 1.2 of the Intellectual Property Rights Policy

[Dimitris Zacharopoulos]

On 1/2/2016 8:08 μμ, Doug Beattie wrote:
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> GlobalSign votes Yes
>
> Doug
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> On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 2:48 PM, Ben Wilson <ben.wilson at digicert.com 
> <mailto:ben.wilson at digicert.com>> wrote:
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>     Ballot 157 - Adopt version 1.2 of the Intellectual Property Rights
>     Policy
>
>     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.
>
>     -- MOTION BEGINS --
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>     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
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>     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
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>     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
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>     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.
>
>     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.
>
>     -- MOTION ENDS --
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>     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.
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>     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
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>     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.
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HARICA abstains.

Regards,
Dimitris Zacharopoulos
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