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I am not sure it is necessary (or appropriate) to remove any materials from the PWG archives. In fact, I feel the work accomplished in the PWG should certainly be preserved. A separate topic is whether or not we should continue moving the current work forward to Candidate Standard at this time. If we do move to CS, we will need to make it very clear and visible that IPP MailTo will not likely become a PWG Standard while the patent right continues to be asserted according to the registered LOA.   ---------------------------------------------- Harry Lewis IBM STSM Chairman - IEEE-ISTO Printer Working Group http://www.pwg.org IBM Printing Systems http://www.ibm.com/printers 303-924-5337 ---------------------------------------------- <table width=100%> <tr valign=top> <td width=40%>"Bergman, Ron" <Ron.Bergman@rpsa.ricoh.com> Sent by: owner-ipp@pwg.org 07/28/2005 05:23 PM <td width=59%> <table width=100%> <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=right>To</div> <td><ipp@pwg.org> <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=right>cc</div> <td> <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=right>Subject</div> <td>IPP> IPP 'mailto' Specification and Ricoh Patent</table> <table> <tr valign=top> <td> <td></table> </table> Due to the stated position of Ricoh Company, Ltd. (RCL) with respect to patent #6,889,263 and the IPP 'mailto' specification, all work on this document will end immediately.  The draft documents will remain in the IPP archives, but all references to IPP 'mailto' will be removed from the web site.  My sincere thanks to all who have contributed to this effort over the last 5 to 7 years. See attached email for further details.         Ron Bergman        Ricoh Printing Systems America <<email.pdf>>