Hi All, About OpenID intellectual property in Japan, As I have (the TM) it has already been protected... But it's a long process. Finally it's now in the WIPO Database http://www.wipo.int/ipdl/en/search/madrid/search-struct.jsp Enter "OpenID" 4th box At the bottom of page (832) = JP Japan But we have to wait 3 months for this to show up in the Japanese database http://www3.ipdl.inpit.go.jp/cgi-bin/ET/ep_main.cgi?1199846471880 There are also a second registration of 2007 that will appear in 5 month in WIPO But the first priority is March 2007
By coincidence I meet in Paris this week a motivated person (An Kiet) to propose "OpenID Asia" Mozilla is a good example but careful because the operation of OpenID Foundation is different and OIDF is not a new ICANN? ;-) I know that create an NPO in Japan is most complicated than USA or Europe And tomorrow the same question de asked to Korea, China... For me it's better to create "OpenID Asia" like in Europe with the Representative in each Asian country Of course the Japan can be the Pilot like France in Europe After (When? :) I think that OIDF must establish a protocol between "OpenID Europe" and "Asia OpenID" For example : Mozilla Europe is affiliated at Mozilla Foundation David, ready to create an Asian Mailing List? = [EMAIL PROTECTED] ? :) Cheers -Snorri -----Message d'origine----- De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] De la part de David Recordon Envoyé : dimanche 10 février 2008 21:00 À : [email protected]; Nobuhiro Seki; Sakimura Nat; Kentaro Sakamoto Objet : [OpenID board] OpenID Foundation and Japan Hi all, I'm trying to bring together a few different threads of conversation around formalizing OpenID in Japan. Six Apart KK, NRI, and VeriSign KK have been speaking for the past few months about the desire to both protect OpenID intellectual property in Japan as well as having an organization to promote and encourage adoption of OpenID via. So far there seem to be a few possibilities (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong): 1) Do not establish any legal entity or formal recognition of members of the OpenID Foundation from Japan 2) Do not establish a legal entity in Japan but somehow recognize members of the OpenID Foundation from Japan 3) Establish a legal entity in Japan which is not formally part of the OpenID Foundation, but is recognized like OpenID Europe Foundation 4) Establish a legal entity in Japan which is formally a part of the OpenID Foundation (eg Mozilla Europe) Obviously there are various pros and cons to each choice, though we should also remember that the decision here will most likely dictate the outcome of future similar scenarios. I'd be especially interested in the views of the multi-national companies especially those also working with OpenID internationally. --David _______________________________________________ board mailing list [email protected] http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board _______________________________________________ board mailing list [email protected] http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board
