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Updated the copyright, trademark, or any intellectual property rights section #610

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Any method name SHOULD avoid generic terms such as "mymethod" or "registry".
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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
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reasonable_and_non-discriminatory_licensing">F/RAND</a>
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 concerns about copyright,
trademark, or intellectual property rights on the W3C, DID Method
implementers, or users. To that end, the following apply:
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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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If there are any known concerns about copyright, trademark, or intellectual
property rights, the addition and use of a DID Method MUST be authorized in
writing by the holder of the intellectual property rights under an
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reasonable_and_non-discriminatory_licensing">F/RAND</a>
license.
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If a DID Method is subsequently alleged to violate any copyright, trademark,
or intellectual property rights, those making the allegation MUST provide
documentation of their granted legal rights or an order from a court or
arbitral tribunal, in each case of competent jurisdiction.
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Should documentation of legally valid and enforceable copyright, trademark,
or intellectual property rights be presented, then, at the discretion of the
rights holder, the DID Method in question MUST be removed.
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Any addition MUST NOT create unreasonable legal, security, moral, or privacy
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