Have larger companies, with many affiliates, been able to sign the IP Policy?
A. EPCglobal has many large corporations as Participants that have extensive patent portfolios and have signed the IP Policy. Such corporations have found a way to be comfortable with the EPCglobal IP Policy and work with their attorneys in determining their patent licensing policy. During participation in a Working Group, Participants are free to work with their attorneys to determine the relevance of their patent rights to a Specification being developed.