Re: [Enum] Social ENUM / Patents and Intellectual Property

"Worley, Dale R (Dale)" <dworley@avaya.com> Tue, 03 April 2012 15:05 UTC

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From: "Worley, Dale R (Dale)" <dworley@avaya.com>
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Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:00:16 -0400
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> From: Eric Stone [eric@telesocial.com]
> 
> In reference to draft-goix-appsawg-enum-sn-service-00.txt
> [...]
> Our intellectual property re: Social ENUM date to 2008 and we
> specifically did not publish to the IETF and have done the traditional
> patent protection around this tech.
> [...]
> I don't mind sharing but the specific mechanisms described in the
> draft are in direct conflict with our IP.

Care to tell us the patent or patent application numbers?

It would also be seen as a sign of good faith if you filed IPR
disclosures (https://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/new-specific/)
referencing your patents and draft-goix-appsawg-enum-sn-service-00.

Dale