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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 copyright, trademark, or intellectual property rights concerns on the W3C, DID Method implementers, or users. To that end, the following apply:<BR>
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<LI>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.</LI>
<LI>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 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reasonable_and_non-discriminatory_licensing">F/RAND</a> license.</LI>
<LI>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.</LI>
<LI>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.</LI>
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Any addition MUST NOT create unreasonable legal, security, moral, or privacy
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