[mpls] upstream label allocation IPRs

Loa Andersson <loa@pi.se> Tue, 08 November 2005 02:16 UTC

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Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 03:13:44 +0100
From: Loa Andersson <loa@pi.se>
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Chair hat off!

I would surprise me quite a bit if there is a show stopper for
Upstream Label allocation because of these patents. After all
there is prior art to any of these patents e.g.

http://www.watersprings.org/pub/id/draft-doolan-tdp-spec-00.txt

However, once IPRs are brought to our attention we need to follow
process.

/Loa

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Loa Andersson

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