> -----Original Message----- > From: Contreras, Jorge > Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 2:38 PM > To: 'Fred Baker'; Michael Montemurro > Cc: Cullen Jennings; IETF-Discussion list > Subject: RE: RIM patents a URN (and ignores IETF IPR rules) > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of Fred Baker > > Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 8:53 PM > > To: Michael Montemurro > > Cc: Cullen Jennings; IETF-Discussion list > > Subject: Re: RIM patents a URN (and ignores IETF IPR rules) > > > > In my company's case, we file IPR disclosures on patent > applications > > as well as allowed claims. That is consistent with our corporate > > policy of encouraging innovation and patenting defensively; our > > disclosures as a rule include the fact that we do not seek > monetary > > reward unless another party would rather trade IPR licenses > mediated > > by expensive lawyers than accept a free RFC 1988 license. > > Fred - this is not only good corporate practice, disclosure > of patent applications > is unambiguously required by RFC 3977.
Just to clarify: I was referring to the first part of Fred's paragraph: what's required is disclosing patent applications, not the other corporate policies that Fred's company might adopt. > _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
