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From: carranza28/8/2005 11:10:33 AM
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The EPC is the standards making organization for the RFID industry; many heavy weight players, including the Defense Department of Defense, WalMart, etc.

Here is its policy with respect to "necessary" IPR:

epcglobalinc.org

What IP is subject to license?
The licensing obligation under the Policy is limited only to “Necessary” intellectual property. What may be “necessary” is intended to mean only those things which a Participant might own, and which is fundamental to a Specification – i.e. there is no way that a Specification might be carried out in practice without using the intellectual property owned by a Participant. In other words, the Policy is directed at obtaining a licensing commitment in what is sometimes called “blocking” intellectual property.

EPCglobal Inc. desires to discourage abuse of its standards-making process as a vehicle by which a Participant may obtain a monopoly on the practice of an EPCglobal Specification. We further desire to encourage the development and exploitation of intellectual property which is built upon a common set of interoperable standards.

At the same time, EPCglobal Inc. desires to encourage independent development of intellectual property based on EPCglobal Specifications. By limiting licensed IP only to what is “necessary”, or essential to the Specifications themselves, we fully expect that parties will develop and benefitfrom exploiting proprietary implementations and improved systems and methods which utilize EPCglobal Specifications.
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