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IPR (Patents)
IETF IPR (patent) rules in RFC 3668
Current IETF rules
require disclosure of your own IPR in your own submissions & submissions of others
“reasonably and personally” known IPR
i.e., no patent search required
WG takes IPR into account when choosing technology
RFC 3669 gives background and guidance
Push from open source people for RF-only process
consensus to not change to mandatory RF-only
but many WGs tend to want RF or IPR-free

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