A recent editorial in Microprocessor Report (a pricey but very useful
newsletter) covers an interesting patent tussle in the RAM market. It
is relevant to the IETF process in that the features that were
patented were put into the standards process while the patent owner
silently moved the patent forwards, something we have seen here. The
editorial, titled "Ethical Standards", can be found at
<http://www.mpronline.com/mpr_public/editorials/edit14_17.html>.
--Paul Hoffman, Director
--Internet Mail Consortium