[Fwd: RE: [CEFACT-LWG:261] ebXML legal issues]

["Monica J. Martin" <monica.martin@sun.com>]

This is the response I received from my question.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	RE: [CEFACT-LWG:261] ebXML legal issues
Date: 	Wed, 9 Jul 2003 23:37:52 +0100
From: 	Marsh, David <David.Marsh@dickinson-dees.com>
To: 	'Monica J. Martin' <monica.martin@sun.com>



Dear Ms Martin,

I am concentrating on ebXML because that is the major concern of UN/CEFACT
but, yes, the principles apply to all XML "standards" and also to all IT
electronic business standards which could come into conflict with roadblock
business process patents.  I put the word "standard" in inverted commas
because there are in fact no true XML standards as yet.

David Marsh
Head of IT and Electronic Business Law
Dickinson Dees
Direct Dial: 0191 279 9503


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Monica J. Martin [SMTP:monica.martin@sun.com]
> Sent:	09 July 2003 23:21
> To:	Marsh, David
> Cc:	Monica Martin
> Subject:	Re: [CEFACT-LWG:261] ebXML legal issues
> 
> Marsh, David wrote:
> 
> >Dear All,
> >
> >By way of background to our work, both on ebXML legal issues and the
> >question of the UN/CEFACT IP policy, I attach a pdf file containing an
> >article that I recently wrote for the UK's National Computing Centre
> >magazine. 
> >
> >David Marsh
> >Head of IT and Electronic Business Law
> >Dickinson Dees
> >Direct Dial: 0191 279 9503
> >
> >
> > <<ebXML.pdf>> 
> >  
> >
> mm1: David, can you tell me if this article was targeting the openness 
> of the standards development process, the use of XML (re: XML tags - 
> which is related to the business document payload, correct?) or to the 
> technology in general.  Would not these legal issues apply to any 
> standards using XML, not just ebXML, or any notation for that matter 
> that results in an executable or electronically transmittable form?
> 
> Thank you.
> 


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