At 18:51 13/10/2005, Hallam-Baker, Phillip wrote:
On a more practical note most countries other than the US have a 'looser pays' system for settling legal costs.
I suggest the IETF would implement such a system for RFC 3683 PR-actions. So it would be less used for IESG DoS. IESG DoS is a problem because the decision could have been the same without the PR-action, but the PR-action exposed the DoS perpetrator.
This is the main reason that 'bog-roll' patent applications are much less common outside the US. There is simply no incentive as the target of a patent troll extortion scheme knows that the troll faces a very real and serious financial risk if they begin an action. The secondary reason is that in virtually every other country any publication prior to filing disqualifies it. The USPTO is also unique in allowing a perjurer to get the benefit of claiming they invented the idea a year before the application date.
Does that applies to IETF IPRs? jfc _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf