Dave Crocker wrote:
Yakov,
YS> Then according to RFC 3668 we can safely ignore the IPR claims is
YS> irrelevant and frivilous like it has been done before with IDN and
YS> IPSec. Or can we?
My own guidance about whether to to treat an IPR claim seriously --
particularly when it includes legal filings -- is to decide whether
the claimant has the means and the resolve to pursue them.
There is definitely means here, but I am not sure about the resolve.
Somehow I don't think they will make fools out of themselves, especially
considering that the FAT patent is being challenged.
The costs of being in IPR litigation are awesome, no matter how
frivolous one might believe the claims to be.
Considering what happened to the Eolas and FAT patents, challenging a
patent is now an option as well and is much cheaper.
In any case, does this mean that anyone claiming IPR rights can stop the
standards process? That's not the reading I get from the cases of IDN
and IPSec.
Yakov