Title: Cisco's Statement About IPR Claimed in draft-ietf-l3vpn-vr-mib-03.txt
Received: 27 January, 2005
From: Robert Barr <rbarr@cisco.com>

Cisco is the owner of at least one unpublished pending patent application
relating to the subject matter of "Virtual Router Management Information
Base Using SMIv2" <draft-ietf-l3vpn-vr-mib-03.txt> .  
 
If a standard relating to this subject matter is adopted by IETF and any
claims of any issued Cisco patents are necessary for practicing this
standard, any party will be able to use any such patent claims under
reasonable,  non-discriminatory terms, with reciprocity, to implement and
fully comply with the standard.
 
The reasonable non-discriminatory terms are:
If this standard is adopted, Cisco will not assert any patents owned or
controlled by Cisco against any party for making, using, selling, importing
or offering for sale a product that implements the standard, provided,
however that Cisco retains the right to assert its patents (including the
right to claim past royalties) against any party that asserts a patent it
owns or controls (either directly or indirectly) against Cisco or any of
Cisco's affiliates or successors in title; and Cisco retains the right to
assert its patents against any product or portion thereof that is not
necessary for compliance with the standard.
 
Royalty-bearing licenses will be available to anyone who prefers that
option.
 
For information contact:
Robert Barr
Worldwide Patent Counsel
Cisco Systems
408-525-9706
 <mailto:rbarr@cisco.com> rbarr@cisco.com