Title: David Black's Statement about possible IPR claimed in draft-ietf-rddp-mpa 
belonging to Broadcom Corporation
Received: 6 July, 2004
From: David Black <Black_David@emc.com>

Please post the following notice received from Broadcom on the
IETF Page of Intellectual Property Rights Notices.

Thanks,
--David (RDDP WG Chair)

-----Original Message-----
From: Shannon Tyson [mailto:styson@broadcom.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 1:12 AM
To: black_david@emc.com
Cc: Uri Elzur
Subject: Broadcom IPR Notice


David,

I am writing to advise the IETF that Broadcom believes it has patents and/or
pending applications that relate to the Internet Draft document
draft-ietf-rddp-mpa-xx.

My understanding is that the subject draft is not yet on the Standards
Track. Should the draft be placed on the Standards Track, Broadcom plans to
promptly provide written assurance that it intends to license any necessary
patent claims under reasonable and non-discriminatory terms. My
interpretation of Section 10 of RFC 2026 is that such written assurance is
not required at this time -- please let me know if you disagree.

Best regards,

Shannon Tyson
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H. Shannon Tyson, Jr.
Intellectual Property Counsel
Broadcom Corporation

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