IP: Wired Story on Intermind patent and P3P

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

It is indeed a very interesting story and one that will, if successful, be a model for "bad" behavior in net standards

Dave
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 17:17:59 -0500
To: farber () central cis upenn edu
From: Daniel Weitzner <djweitzner () w3 org>
Subject: Wired Story on Intermind patent and P3P

Hi Dave,

This is an interesting story on the interaction between technical standards
and patents, with an added layer of questions about the impact of patents
on the web community's ability to address social policy issues.

A Wired story on patent rights asserted by a company called Intermind
related to the W3C's Platform for Privacy Preferences,
http://www.w3.org/P3P, is up at
http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/16180.html.

Feedback appreciated.

Enjoy.

Danny 
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