Can a Committee increase or decrease the scope of its work to alter IPR obligations?
Each Committee selects an IPR mode in its charter, and prospective participants rely on that information when they decide whether or not to join. Once formed, a Committee cannot broaden the scope of its work, therefore, the IPR obligations of its members will not be increased beyond its original charter. This makes standards participation easier: it allows members to decide to join a Committee based on its charter, without having to worry about the scope of their IPR commitment varying over time. By voting to narrow the scope of its work, a Committee could change the amount of obligations incurred, but again, it could not increase those obligations. In the unlikely event a Committee identifies a compelling reason to alter its choice of IPR modes, it is possible for it to close, and for a new TC operating under a different mode to form.
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