On 10/27/07, Andrew Newton <andy@xxxxxx> wrote:
> These are all excellent points, but looking over this draft it is not
> obvious that there is a documented patent claim. I have to get to
> the boilerplate at the end, follow a link and do a bit of searching.
> Perhaps the IETF ought to consider a Known IPR Claims Section in
> drafts/RFCs.
RFC 2026, section 10.4.(D), gives boilerplate to add to a document
where there is known ipr:
"The IETF has been notified of intellectual property rights
claimed in regard to some or all of the specification contained
in this document. For more information consult the online list
of claimed rights."
RFC 3667 removed this policy, because the absence of a notice in the
document doesn't mean that an ipr claim wasn't filed after the RFC was
published. A notice can only tell you that there is a claim, but the
absence of a notice only means that there was no claim at the time of
publication, not that there is no claim.
Changing this back would be a topic for the ipr wg.
Bill
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