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The Registration Process

Any method name SHOULD avoid generic terms such as "mymethod" or "registry".
  • -If there are copyright, trademark, or any intellectual property rights -concerns, the addition and use MUST be authorized in writing by the intellectual -property rights holder under a -F/RAND -license. Examples include DID Methods that use trademarked brand names, -property names that utilize the titles of copyrighted works, and patented -technology that would cause the use of the extension to require licensing a -patent. + Any DID Method submission MUST not impose any copyright, trademark, or intellectual property rights concerns on the W3C, DID Method implementers, or users. To that end, the following apply:
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    1. DID Method submitters affirm to the best of their knowledge that their submission will not infringe upon or otherwise violate the rights of any third party.
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    2. If there are any known copyright, trademark, or intellectual property rights concerns, the addition and use of a DID Method MUST be authorized in writing by the intellectual property rights holder under a F/RAND license.
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    3. If a DID Method is subsequently alleged to violate any copyright, trademark, or intellectual property rights, those making the allegation SHALL provide a copy of their granted legal rights documentation or an order from a court or arbitral tribunal, in each case of competent jurisdiction.
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    4. Should legally valid and enforceable copyright, trademark, or intellectual property rights documentation be presented then, at the discretion of the rights holder, the subject DID Method SHALL be removed.
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  • Any addition MUST NOT create unreasonable legal, security, moral, or privacy