Russ Housley wrote:
Raising a technical problem anonymously does not seem to be a
concern. However, there could be significant IPR problems with
anonymous solutions to technical problems.
It is my understanding that IETF is already in this type of problems.
Solutions contributed by employees of large organizations could be
problematic, as soon as unpublished patent applications are considered
confidential corporate trade secrets circulated on a "need-to-know"
basis, which is recommended practice by patent practitioners anyway.
Sometimes one wonders even about published patent applications,
especially when a US patent agent expects broad claims to be tailored to
the prior art in the course of examination - hardly anyone from the
corporation would be allowed to make well-informed statements about the
connection of the patent application to an SDO activity.
In practice, I suspect that many corporations abstain from contributing
to IETF in specific standardization areas where they have an IPR
strategy, and so the scope of IETF activities - and achievements - is
shrinking.
Russ
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