Hi Simon, the case I was thinking about was this one: http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20070323094639 964 Stephan On 3/25/08 3:33 PM, "Simon Josefsson" <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > stewe@xxxxxxxxx writes: > >>> [...] >>>> If we learned that the anonymous posting actually came from person was >>>> affiliated with the IPR holder, then there is legal recourse. My >>>> point is that by avoiding anonymous posting, the likelihood of such >>>> abuse is significantly reduced. >>> >>> I think the point would be valid if there were significant abuse today. >>> >> >> I don't know what would qualify as significant here, but there has been at >> least one rather high profile antitrust case in the recent history >> (semiconductor industry), in which a situation similar to the one we are >> discussing has played a role. > > If the account at > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambus#Lawsuits > > is to be trusted, I can't find many similarities with the situation we > are discussing here. Could you clarify how anonymous contributions > played a role in your example? > > /Simon > _______________________________________________ IETF mailing list IETF@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf