RE: [Pr-plan] Re: George Green takes over internet Re: 5WIntelligence Service Report

["JFC (Jefsey) Morfin" <jefsey at jefsey.com>]

At 18:51 13/10/2005, Hallam-Baker, Phillip wrote:
> On a more practical note most countries other than the US have a 'looser
> pays' system for settling legal costs.

I suggest the IETF would implement such a system for RFC 3683 
PR-actions. So it would be less used for IESG DoS. IESG DoS is a 
problem because the decision could have been the same without the 
PR-action, but the PR-action exposed the DoS perpetrator.

> This is the main reason that 'bog-roll' patent applications are much
> less common outside the US. There is simply no incentive as the target
> of a patent troll extortion scheme knows that the troll faces a very
> real and serious financial risk if they begin an action.
>
> The secondary reason is that in virtually every other country any
> publication prior to filing disqualifies it. The USPTO is also unique in
> allowing a perjurer to get the benefit of claiming they invented the
> idea a year before the application date.

Does that applies to IETF IPRs?

jfc



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