Simon Josefsson allegedly wrote on 11/23/2009 5:03 AM:
John-Luc said he is bound by confidentiality obligations from his
company, and I think the same applies to most employees of larger
organizations. There is nothing explicit in BCP 79 to protect against
this apparent conflict of interest, or is there?
Since disclosure is required
for anyone submitting documents or participating in IETF discussions,
a person who does not disclose IPR for this reason, or any other
reason, must not contribute to or participate in IETF activities with
respect to technologies that he or she reasonably and personally
knows to be Covered by IPR which he or she will not disclose.
Also,
If a Contributor first learns of IPR in its Contribution that meets
the conditions of Section 6.6, for example a new patent application
or the discovery of a relevant patent in a patent portfolio, after
the Contribution is published in an Internet-Draft, a disclosure must
be made as soon as reasonably possible after the IPR becomes
reasonably and personally known to the Contributor.
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