Re: make IPR declaration on IETF site but targeted at another SDO?

Lars Eggert <lars@eggert.org> Thu, 07 November 2019 12:27 UTC

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Subject: Re: make IPR declaration on IETF site but targeted at another SDO?
From: Lars Eggert <lars@eggert.org>
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Hi,

You can only declare IPR *on an IETF contribution*. So once you have contributed your thing in some form, you can (should) declare IPR on it. Contributions include email, etc. See the Note Well.

Lars

On 2019-11-7, at 14:04, Alexandre Petrescu <alexandre.petrescu@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi, IETFers,
> 
> I would like to ask whether it is allowed to make an IPR declaration on
> the IETF site, but dedicated for use mainly on another SDO?
> 
> I am in a delicate situation: I am a co-author on a patent application
> that I value.  The technology is using IP protocols.  The SDO where I
> suggest the use of this technology (ETSI ITS) needs an IPR declaration;
> but they require the creation of an account on the web prior to
> accepting the declaration.  I have problems making that account because
> of reasons difficult to explain (organizational internal).
> 
> So, I would like to make that declaration here at IETF, and give ETSI
> the URL of the public declaration that is at IETF.
> 
> Do you think that is possible?  Or is it forbidden to use IETF IPR site
> for other SDOs?
> 
> Alex
>