Re: alcatel patent

[Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>]

>> they have ipr in the general area.  who determines if it is near
>> us and they should file?  i would guess that we would like a
>> similar disclaimer or an ipr filing.
> 
> Seems like the process is fairly clear. IF someone thinks that
> Company Foo has any IPR with regards to a particular WG effort or
> ID, they can ask the secretariat to send that vendor a letter
> asking them for clarification and comment. At that point, the
> ball would be in Foo's court.
> 
> Since in this case the patent number is available, presumably
> someone in the IETF could go and have a look and see if we might
> need to worry. But this is something the IESG doesn't need to
> necessarily be directly involved in. We just might want to point
> some WG individuals to the patent number and let them see if they
> believe there is worth following up on.

i guess i am being too subtle.  someone from the ietf *did* bring
this to an iesg member's attention, mine, presumably because they
believed there was relevance.

randy