Re: [Pce] IPR Disclosure Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)'s Statement about IPR related to RFC 5623

I'll add to that there might be a priority date of May 2009 associated with the
disclosed patent.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pce [mailto:pce-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Adrian Farrel
> Sent: 30 April 2015 22:51
> To: pce@ietf.org
> Cc: jpv@cisco.com; aretana@cisco.com; takeda.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp
> Subject: Re: [Pce] IPR Disclosure Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)'s
> Statement about IPR related to RFC 5623
> 
> As a co-author of RFC 5623 I would like to make the following observations:
> 
> RFC 5623 was published in September 2009
> It was based on draft-ietf-pce-inter-layer-frwk that was first adopted by the
PCE
> working group in April 2006.
> That, in turn, was based on draft-oki-pce-inter-layer-frwk that was first
posted
> also in April 2006
> 
> The IPR disclosure at https://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/2590/ states that
patent
> number 8 442 503 was applied for in September 2010 and granted in May 2013.
> 
> A search on-line for that patent number shows it filed in May 2010, published
in
> 2011, and originally assigned to Vodafone Group. The title is
"Proximity-triggered
> messaging". The abstract commences "System and method for enabling
> proximity-triggered messaging in certain coverage areas for social networks
and
> communities-based services."
> 
> I supply this information for reference and without further comment.
> 
> Adrian
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: IETF Secretariat [mailto:ietf-ipr@ietf.org]
> > Sent: 30 April 2015 18:35
> > To: takeda.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp; oki@ice.uec.ac.jp; adrian@olddog.co.uk
> > Cc: akatlas@gmail.com; aretana@cisco.com; db3546@att.com; jpv@cisco.com;
> > julien.meuric@orange.com; pce@ietf.org; ipr-announce@ietf.org
> > Subject: IPR Disclosure Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)'s Statement
> about
> > IPR related to RFC 5623
> >
> > Dear Tomonori Takeda, Eiji Oki, Adrian Farrel:
> >
> >
> > An IPR disclosure that pertains to your RFC entitled "Framework for
> > PCE-Based Inter-Layer MPLS and GMPLS Traffic Engineering" (RFC5623) was
> > submitted to the IETF Secretariat on  and has been posted on the "IETF Page
of
> > Intellectual Property Rights Disclosures"
> > (https://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/2590/). The title of the IPR disclosure is
> > "Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)'s Statement about IPR related to RFC
> > 5623"
> >
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> > IETF Secretariat
> 
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