[CCAMP] Reminder: IETF Disclosure Requirements & Process
Lou Berger <lberger@labn.net> Fri, 10 February 2012 16:44 UTC
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Subject: [CCAMP] Reminder: IETF Disclosure Requirements & Process
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All, We wanted to send out a reminder of the IETF's IPR disclosure requirements. To paraphrase, it says that if you have IPR in IETF work you are to either: (a) disclose it (or have your company disclose it), or (b) not participate in discussions or I-Ds which may be encumbered by the IPR. Please take the time to read the rules about disclosing intellectual property as expressed in RFC 3979 and at http://trac.tools.ietf.org/group/iesg/trac/wiki/IntellectualProperty. Some key excerpts are: [from the url] (c) in order for the working group and the rest of the IETF to have the information needed to make an informed decision about the use of a particular technology, all those contributing to the working group's discussions must disclose the existence of any IPR the Contributor or other IETF participant believes Covers or may ultimately Cover the technology under discussion. This applies to both Contributors and other participants, and applies whether they contribute in person, via email or by other means. The requirement applies to all IPR of the participant, the participant's employer, sponsor, or others represented by the participants, that is reasonably and personally known to the participant. No patent search is required. [from the RFC] 6.1.1. A Contributor's IPR in his or her Contribution Any Contributor who reasonably and personally knows of IPR meeting the conditions of Section 6.6 which the Contributor believes Covers or may ultimately Cover his or her Contribution, or which the Contributor reasonably and personally knows his or her employer or sponsor may assert against Implementing Technologies based on such Contribution, must make a disclosure in accordance with this Section 6. <...> Contributors must disclose IPR meeting the description in this section; there are no exceptions to this rule. <...> 7. Failure to Disclose There are cases where individuals are not permitted by their employers or by other factors to disclose the existence or substance of patent applications or other IPR. Since disclosure is required for anyone submitting documents or participating in IETF discussions, a person who does not disclose IPR for this reason, or any other reason, must not contribute to or participate in IETF activities with respect to technologies that he or she reasonably and personally knows to be Covered by IPR which he or she will not disclose. Contributing to or participating in IETF discussions about a technology without making required IPR disclosures is a violation of IETF process. Lou and Deborah CCAMP WG Chairs