On 17/09/2013 05:34, Alan Clark wrote: ... > It should be noted that the duty to disclose IPR is NOT ONLY for the authors > of a draft, and the IETF "reminder" system seems to be focused solely on > authors. The duty to disclose IPR lies with any individual or company that > participates in the IETF not just authors. Companies don't participate in the IETF; the duty of disclosure is specifically placed on individual contributors and applies to patents "reasonably and personally known" to them. IANAL but I did read the BCP. Brian