FW: IPR Statement RE: draft-wing-sip-identity-media-00.txt

["Dan Wing" <dwing@xxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rachel Albright [mailto:ralbrigh@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 1:03 PM
> To: ietf-ipr@xxxxxxxx
> Cc: dwing@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: IPR Statement RE: draft-wing-sip-identity-media-00.txt
> 
> Cisco is the owner of one or more pending unpublished patent 
> applications relating to the subject matter of "SIP Identity 
> using Media Path" <draft-wing-sip-identity-media-00.txt>. 
>  
> If technology in this document is included in a standard 
> adopted by IETF and any claims of any Cisco patents are 
> necessary for practicing the standard, any party will have 
> the right 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 or against any products of Cisco or any products of any 
> of Cisco's affiliates either alone or in combination with 
> other products; 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:
>  
> Dan Lang
> Director, Patents and Standards IPR
> Cisco Systems
> +1 408-526-6672
> standards-ipr@xxxxxxxxx