OASIS Web Services for Remote Portlets (WSRP) TC

Submitted to OASIS on 25 March 2003

IBM Published Patent Application Disclosure and Licensing Statement Regarding the OASIS Web Services for Remote Portlets (WSRP) Version 1 Specification

IBM submits this Statement, to the OASIS Board of Directors for the Web Services for Remote Portals Technical Committee of OASIS, dated January 29, 2003, for the WSRP Version 1 Specification (hereafter "Specification").

IBM, as a Web Services for Remote Portals Technical Committee participant, supports the intellectual property rights disclosure policy in the OASIS Policy on Intellectual Property Rights.

IBM patent and patent application disclosures are based upon the working knowledge of those individuals involved with the respective Technical Committee and do not represent the results of an IBM patent portfolio search.

IBM believes the following published patent applications may, at this time, contain one or more claims which, if issued, may be Essential Claims with respect to the Specification.

Boehme et al. "Distributing Information in a Markup Language Within a Computer System." Pub. No. US 2002/0116511, August 22, 2002.

Schaeck et al. "System and Method for Dynamically Integrating Remote Portlets Into Portals." Pub. No. US 2002/0169852, November 14, 2002.

IBM will, upon written request, provide a nonexclusive, royalty free patent license, with other reasonable and nondiscriminatory terms and conditions, for those patents issued to IBM which contain claims essential, in IBM's judgment, to implementations of the Specification and for which IBM is able to provide patent licenses (including patents issuing on the published patent applications disclosed above), for implementing the Specification. This patent license is available to all entities. If a party requesting a patent license also has claims essential to the implementation of the Specification (hereafter "Requestor Claims"), IBM will grant this patent license only if the recipient, in return, will grant IBM a reciprocal license, with substantially identical terms and conditions, under the Requestor's Claims. If a party has a license with respect to IBM Essential Claims and acquires, by any means, one or more Requestor Claims and refuses to grant IBM a reciprocal license (with substantially identical terms and conditions) under such Requestor Claims, IBM may suspend or revoke the license IBM granted to such party.

Any party wishing to request an IBM patent license, in support of the OASIS WSRP Version 1 specification should write to:

IBM Director of Intellectual Property & Licensing
IBM Corporation
North Castle Drive, Armonk, N.Y., 10504

Or fax to:
IBM Director of Intellectual Property & Licensing
(914) 765-4420

Submitted by Chuck Adams, Program Director of Standards, Intellectual Property & Licensing, IBM Corporation wcadams@us.ibm.com, 25 March 2003

Submitted to OASIS on 20 March 2003

To: OASIS Executive Director
From: Mr. Chai Natovich, VP Finance and Operations, WebCollage
Re: WebCollage Intellectual Property Rights

WebCollage is a participant in the development of the OASIS WSRP Version 1.0 specification and the OASIS WSIA Version 1.0 specification.

Consistent with the OASIS Policy on Intellectual Property Rights (http://www.oasis-open.org/who/intellectualproperty.shtml), WebCollage hereby notifies the OASIS Board of Directors that it believes it has at least one patent application with one or more pending claims related to compliant implementations of the OASIS WSRP Version 1.0 specification and the OASIS WSIA Version 1.0 specification. For example, WebCollage owns a published international patent application, DYNAMIC INTEGRATION OF WEB SITES, International Publication No. WO 01/77838, which claims priority to an unpublished U.S. patent application.

WebCollage requests that the OASIS Board of Directors include in the specification documents a note indicating the existence of WebCollage's claimed intellectual property rights.

To the extent WebCollage has or later obtains one or more patent claims necessary, in WebCollage's judgment, for implementation of the OASIS WSRP Version 1.0 specification and/or the OASIS WSIA Version 1.0 specification, WebCollage will, upon written request and if able, provide, to implementers of the OASIS WSRP Version 1.0 specification and/or the OASIS WSIA Version 1.0 specification, a nonexclusive and royalty-free patent license, with reasonable terms and conditions, for implementing the OASIS WSRP Version 1.0 specification and/or the OASIS WSIA Version 1.0 specification. The patent license shall be in writing and signed by WebCollage and the requesting entity, and it shall not include a license to any other intellectual property rights. If such entity has or later obtains rights related to one or both of these specifications, the requesting entity shall grant WebCollage a reciprocal license.

All communications should be directed to:
Mr. Chai Natovich
VP Finance and Operations
WebCollage Inc.
462 Seventh Avenue, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10018

Submitted to OASIS on 7 February 2003

IBM Published Patent Application Disclosure and Licensing Statement Regarding the OASIS Web Server for Remote Portals (WSRP) Version 1 Specification

IBM submits this Statement to the Web Services for Remote Portals Technical Committee of Oasis dated January 29, 2003 for the WSRP Version 1 Specification (hereafter "Specification").

IBM, as a Web Services for Remote Portals Technical Committee participant, supports the intellectual property rights disclosure policy in the OASIS Policy on Intellectual Property Rights.

IBM believes the following published patent applications may, at this time, contain one or more claims which, if issued, may be Essential Claims with respect to the Specification.

Boehme et al. "Distributing Information in a Markup Language Within a Computer System." Pub. No. US 2002/0116511, August 22, 2002.

Schaeck et al. "System and Method for Dynamically Integrating Remote Portlets Into Portals." Pub. No. US 2002/0169852, November 14, 2002.

Any party wishing to request an IBM patent license, in support of the OASIS WSRP Version 1 specification should write to:

IBM Director of Intellectual Property & Licensing
IBM Corporation
North Castle Drive, Armonk, N.Y., 10504

Or fax to:
IBM Director of Intellectual Property & Licensing
(914) 765-4420

Submitted by Chuck Adams, Program Director of Standards, Intellectual Property & Licensing, IBM Corporation wcadams@us.ibm.com, 7 February 2003

Submitted to OASIS on 31 October 2002

To: OASIS Executive Director
From: Mr. Chai Natovich, VP Finance and Operations, WebCollage
Inc., 462 7th Avenue, New York, NY 10018
mailto:chai.natovich@webcollage.com

Re: WebCollage Intellectual Property Rights

WebCollage is an OASIS WSRP and OASIS WSIA specification development participant.

Consistent with the OASIS Policy on Intellectual Property Rights (http://www.oasis-open.org/who/intellectualproperty.shtml), WebCollage hereby notifies the OASIS Board of Directors that it believes it has proprietary rights related to compliant implementations of the OASIS WSRP and WSIA specifications. For example, WebCollage owns a published international patent application, DYNAMIC INTEGRATION OF WEB SITES, International Publication No. WO 01/77838, which claims priority to an unpublished U.S. patent application, both of which WebCollage believes are related to these specifications.

WebCollage requests that the OASIS Board of Directors include in the specification documents a note indicating the existence of WebCollage's claimed intellectual property rights.

WebCollage will, upon written request and if able, provide a nonexclusive license, with reasonable terms and conditions, for the OASIS WSRP and OASIS WSIA specifications. The license will be in writing and shall be signed by WebCollage and the requesting entity. If such entity has, or at later stage obtains, rights related to one or both of these specifications, the requesting entity shall grant WebCollage a reciprocal license.

Best regards,
Mr. Chai Natovich
WebCollage Inc.