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Notice of IPR Review Period for Amendments to Baseline Requirements per Ballots 112 and 120

Pursuant to Section 4.1 of the CA/Browser Forum’s IPR Policy, this is notice of the commencement of a 30-day IPR maintenance-guideline review period by which certain provisions of the IPR will become applicable to these recent changes made to the Baseline Requirements by Ballots 112 and 120.

Ballot 112 replaced “Internal Server Name” with use of the term “Internal Name” in the Baseline Requirements

Ballot 120 made certain changes to the Baseline Requirements concerning the ability of Affiliates to verify domain registration, ownership, or control on behalf of an Applicant.

During this IPR review period you are to review these amendments and consider any licensing obligations with respect to any Essential Claims that may be encompassed by such amendments.

The IPR review period for these changes shall end on Friday, 8 August 2014.

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