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"Contreras, Jorge" <Jorge.Contreras@wilmerhale.com> Fri, 20 November 2009 20:03 UTC

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Subject: RE: RIM patents a URN (and ignores IETF IPR rules)
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To: Fred Baker <fred@cisco.com>, Michael Montemurro <montemurro.michael@gmail.com>
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> -----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: ietf-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:ietf-bounces@ietf.org] 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.
>

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