Is this possible (or desirable)?
For example - let’s say I have IPR on an image compression scheme used for fax.
I tag the declaration that it applies to fax. Someone writes an RFC that does
video compression. It turns out that RFC infringes (unwittingly, of course) on
my IPR. It is not my fault that the patent system is so screwed up that a use
of my IPR covers something completely different, but that is the way the system
works today, and it is the way a NPE operates.
On the desirability side: if an IPR holder is active in the IETF and
participating in new work their IPR covers, it is their responsibility to keep
the IPR data base up to date, or they may lose enforcement of their rights. If
an IPR holder is no longer active in the IETF and new work infringes on their
IPR, how is that any different than new work that infringes on anyone’s IPR?
On Nov 11, 2013, at 9:52 AM, Russ Housley <housley(_at_)vigilsec(_dot_)com>
wrote:
The tools team is working on a Statement of Work for improvements to the IPR
set of tools. The community will be asked for review and input once a draft
is available.
Russ
On Nov 10, 2013, at 11:30 AM, TSG - personal wrote:
Folks
The IPR database was some design limitations making it impossible to search.
This is a problem because under BCP 78/79 the IPR policy is that all IETF IP
submissions have to be searched by parties using them.
To that end I am submitting this feature request "so that existing IPR
filings can be edited to add new documents to them and to do this through a
CLASS OF TECHNOLOGY TAGGING PROCESS" so that an IPR posting relative to a
specific class of use (in my case timestamping and LBS) can be properly
applied to all new filings without having to file a new posting for each.
Additionally IPR's should be sortable at the search page meaning I should be
able to on IPR Search enter a key word like "timestamping" or "LBS" and see
my postings pop up, know what I mean?
Todd
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