Scott Brim <scott.brim@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Simon Josefsson allegedly wrote on 11/30/2009 10:11 AM: >> There is no requirement in the IETF process for organizations to >> disclose patents as far as I can see. The current approach of only >> having people participate, and disclose patents, in the IETF is easy to >> work around by having two persons in an organization doing different >> things: one works on specifying and standardizing technology, and the >> other is working on patenting the technology. > > Simon, from rfc3979: > > l. "Reasonably and personally known": means something an individual > knows personally or, because of the job the individual holds, > would reasonably be expected to know. This wording is used to > indicate that an organization cannot purposely keep an individual > in the dark about patents or patent applications just to avoid the > disclosure requirement. But this requirement should not be > interpreted as requiring the IETF Contributor or participant (or > his or her represented organization, if any) to perform a patent > search to find applicable IPR. I don't see how this modifies anything? The legal obligation is on the IETF participant, not on the organization. The organization is not bound by this text. /Simon _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf