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IPR, contd.
IETF IPR (patent) rules (in RFC 3979)
require timely disclosure of your own IPR in your own submissions & submissions of others
“reasonably and personally” known to the participant
i.e., no patent search required
WG takes IPR into account when choosing solution
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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