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Ballot 157 – Adopt version 1.2 of the Intellectual Property Rights Policy

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Key dates

Effective date
15 Feb 2016 10 years ago
Voting opened
28 Jan 2016 10 years ago
Voting closed
04 Feb 2016 10 years ago
Discussion opened
21 Jan 2016 10 years ago
Discussion closed
28 Jan 2016 10 years ago

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AI Summary

Generated 2026-06-23 21:29 UTC

Ballot overview

  • Ballot 157 proposed adopting version 1.2 of the CA/B Forum Intellectual Property Rights Policy.
  • The ballot page states that the ballot passes, based on 13 YES votes, 0 NO votes, and 3 abstentions from CAs, plus 4 YES votes and 0 NO or abstention votes from browsers.
  • Members are asked to fulfill the ballot’s requirements as indicated in the ballot.

What the ballot requires

  • The motion adopts CA/B Forum IPR Policy v. 1.2 effective as of February 15, 2016.
  • The policy applies to all CA/B Forum Members that are CA/B Forum Members on February 15, 2016, as a condition of continued membership.
  • Members have 30 days from the effective date to sign the IPR Agreement; failure to sign and remit the agreement results in suspension of membership rights.
  • Members have 60 days from the effective date to comply with the IPR Policy’s disclosure requirements for all previously enacted Forum requirements.
  • The linked agreement text confirms that participants agree to abide by IPR Policy v. 1.2.

Ballot timing

  • The review period was scheduled to commence at 2300 UTC on 21 January 2016 and close at 2300 UTC on 28 January 2016.
  • The voting period was scheduled to start immediately after the review period and close at 2300 UTC on 4 February 2016.
Model: gpt-5.4-mini Confidence: 0.98 Result: passed
Effective date
2016-02-15
Voting opened
2016-01-28
Voting closed
2016-02-04
Discussion opened
2016-01-21
Discussion closed
2016-01-28
Applicability and conditions

2016-02-15 — The IPR Policy v. 1.2 applies to these members as a condition of continued membership in the CA/B Forum All CA/B Forum Members that were members on this date

2016-03-16 — Sign the IPR Agreement within 30 days of the effective date or face suspension of membership rights Members subject to the agreement-signing requirement

2016-04-15 — Comply with the IPR Policy’s disclosure requirements for all previously enacted Forum requirements within 60 days of the effective date Members subject to the disclosure-requirement deadline

AI-generated from the CABF ballot page. The official CABF article remains the authoritative source.

Proposers

PAG Chair Ben Wilson of Digicert and endorsed by PAG members Scott Peterson of Google and Virginia Fournier of Apple.

Excerpt

SearchHome » All CA/Browser Forum Posts » Ballot 157 – Adopt version 1.2 of the Intellectual Property Rights PolicyBallot 157 – Adopt version 1.2 of the Intellectual Property Rights PolicyFor Ballot 157 (Amend IPR Policy), there were 13 YES votes, 0 NO votes and 3 Abstentions from CAs. There were 4 YES votes, and 0 NO or Abstention votes from Browsers.

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