Russ Housley wrote: > > Raising a technical problem anonymously does not seem to be a > concern. However, there could be significant IPR problems with > anonymous solutions to technical problems. > It is my understanding that IETF is already in this type of problems. Solutions contributed by employees of large organizations could be problematic, as soon as unpublished patent applications are considered confidential corporate trade secrets circulated on a "need-to-know" basis, which is recommended practice by patent practitioners anyway. Sometimes one wonders even about published patent applications, especially when a US patent agent expects broad claims to be tailored to the prior art in the course of examination - hardly anyone from the corporation would be allowed to make well-informed statements about the connection of the patent application to an SDO activity. In practice, I suspect that many corporations abstain from contributing to IETF in specific standardization areas where they have an IPR strategy, and so the scope of IETF activities - and achievements - is shrinking. > Russ > > _______________________________________________ > IETF mailing list > IETF@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > -- - Thierry Moreau CONNOTECH Experts-conseils inc. 9130 Place de Montgolfier Montreal, Qc Canada H2M 2A1 Tel.: (514)385-5691 Fax: (514)385-5900 web site: http://www.connotech.com e-mail: thierry.moreau@xxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ IETF mailing list IETF@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf