Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)'s Statement about IPR related to draft-weingarten-mpls-tp-ring-protection-03

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Submitted Date: December 17, 2010

I. Patent Holder/Applicant ("Patent Holder")
Legal Name:	Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)

II. Patent Holder's Contact for License Application
Name:	Tage Lövgren
Title:	Director
Department:	Licensing and Patent Development
Address1:	Ericsson AB
Address2:	SE 16480 Stockholm, Sweden
Telephone:	+46 10 7198151
Fax:
Email:	tage.lovgren@ericsson.com

III. Contact Information for the IETF Participant Whose Personal Belief Triggered this Disclosure:
Name:	Joakim Movander
Title:
Department:
Address1:
Address2:
Telephone:	+46 10 7133687
Fax:
Email:	joakim.movander@ericsson.com

IV. IETF Document or Other Contribution to Which this IPR Disclosure Relates:
Internet-Draft:	"Applicability of MPLS-TP Linear Protection for Ring Topologies" (draft-weingarten-mpls-tp-ring-protection-03)

V. Disclosure of Patent Information (i.e., patents or patent applications required to be disclosed by Section 6 of RFC 3979)
A. For granted patents or published pending patent applications, please provide the following information:
Patent, Serial, Publication, Registration, or Application/File number(s):	US 12/512781
Date(s) granted or applied for:	2009-07-30
Country:	US
Additional Notes:
B. Does this disclosure relate to an unpublished pending patent application?: YES
C. If an Internet-Draft or RFC includes multiple parts and it is not reasonably apparent which part of such Internet-Draft or RFC is alleged to be covered by the patent information disclosed in Section V(A) or V(B), it is helpful if the discloser identifies here the sections of the Internet-Draft or RFC that are alleged to be so covered:
	No information submitted

VI. Licensing Declaration
The Patent Holder states that its position with respect to licensing any patent claims contained in the patent(s) or patent application(s) disclosed above that would necessarily be infringed by implementation of the technology required by the relevant IETF specification ("Necessary Patent Claims"), for the purpose of implementing such specification, is as follows(select one licensing declaration option only):
Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory License to All Implementers with Possible Royalty/Fee.
Licensing information, comments, notes, or URL for further information:
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The individual submitting this template represents and warrants that all terms and conditions that must be satisfied for implementers of any covered IETF specification to obtain a license have been disclosed in this IPR disclosure statement.
Note: The individual submitting this template represents and warrants that he or she is authorized by the Patent Holder to agree to the above-selected licensing declaration.

VII. Contact Information of Submitter of this Form (if different from the Contact Information above)
Name:	Tage Lövgren
Title:	Director
Department:	Licensing and Patent Development
Address1:	Ericsson AB
Address2:	SE 16480 Stockholm, Sweden
Telephone:	+46 10 7198151
Fax:
Email:	tage.lovgren@ericsson.com

VIII. Other Notes:
No information submitted