Re: [TLS] Document Action: 'TLS Elliptic Curve Cipher Suites with

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:11:38 -0400
Richard M Stallman <rms@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>     Based on the precedents in the Dell and Rambus cases, it was felt
> that government enforcement (in the US) would suffice.
> 
> Maybe so -- what enforcement does the government do?

Enjoined enforcement of the patent to implement the standard:
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/1995/11/dell.shtm
http://www.abanet.org/antitrust/committees/intell_property/june21.html
(I seem to recall that in the Rambus case, the government eventually
lost, but I don't remember the details or the reasoning.)


		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
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