On Aug 4, 2013, at 3:06 PM, Yoav Nir <ynir(_at_)checkpoint(_dot_)com> wrote:
No, I use a credit card in the name of my company's "head of purchasing", so
not in my name.
Why wouldn't that be sufficient to identify you? Is the head of purchasing
going to protect your anonymity?
I would never lie at trial. But the name I use at trial doesn't go back to
the IETF.
If you came to the IETF and were working for company X, registered
pseudonymously, and didn't disclose IPR belonging to you or company X, and then
later company X sued someone for using their IPR, you and company X would get
raked over the coals, jointly and severally; the deliberate attempt to deceive
would make things worse for you. And that's the point: to provide you with a
strong disincentive to doing such a thing. So whether the rules prevent you
from being anonymous, or prevent you from suing, everybody's happy.
(IANAL, so I'm just explaining my understanding of the situation.)