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Google Inc.'s Statement about IPR related to RFC 3951 and RFC 3952

Submitted: November 8, 2011 under the rules in RFC 3979 as updated by RFC 4879.

Note: Updates to IPR disclosures must only be made by authorized representatives of the original submitters. Updates will automatically be forwarded to the current Patent Holder's Contact and to the Submitter of the original IPR disclosure.

Updates

Updates

I. Patent Holder/Applicant ("Patent Holder")

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Global IP Sound Holder legal name Google Inc.

II. Patent Holder's Contact for License Application

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Alan Duric Holder contact name Scott K Peterson
ilbc@globalipsound.com Holder contact email standards-licensing@google.com

900 Kearny Street, 5th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94133-5124, USA
T: +1 415 397 2555

Holder contact info

Patent Counsel
T: +1 617 299 9282

III. Contact Information for the IETF Participant Whose Personal Belief Triggered this Disclosure

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Name Jan Linden
Email jtlinden@google.com
Other info

T: +1 415 690 7610

IV. IETF Document or Other Contribution to Which this IPR Disclosure Relates

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Internet-Draft:
draft-ietf-avt-ilbc-codec ("Internet Low Bit Rate Codec (iLBC)")
Notice:
No revisions for this Internet-Draft were specified in this disclosure. The Internet-Draft's revision was 03 at the time this disclosure was posted. Contact the discloser or patent holder if there are questions about which revisions this disclosure pertains to.
RFC:
RFC3951 ("Internet Low Bit Rate Codec (iLBC)")
RFC:
RFC3952 ("Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) Payload Format for internet Low Bit Rate Codec (iLBC) Speech")

V. Disclosure of Patent Information
i.e., patents or patent applications required to be disclosed by RFC 3979 as updated by RFC 4879

A. For granted patents or published pending patent applications, please provide the following information:

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Patent, Serial, Publication, Registration, or Application/File number(s)


Date:
Country:

B. Does this disclosure relate to an unpublished pending patent application?:

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Has patent pending No

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):

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See Text Below for Licensing Declaration Licensing See Text Below for Licensing Declaration

Global IP Sound Inc. and its subsidiaries ("GIPS") would like to
clarify their position with respect to any patent applications
associated with its submission of the iLBC (internet low bit-rate)
codec technology to the IETF for standards/RFC consideration.

GIPS has sought patent protection regarding technology submitted to
the IETF for use in standards and/or RFCs. This notice is provided
in accordance with RFC 3667 and RFC 3668 (Bradner, February 2004).

If GIPS has any patents or pending applications for GIPS technology
submitted to the IETF and the technology is required to fully
implement and comply with draft-ietf-avt-ilbc-codec and
draft-ietf-avt-rtp-ilbc and to the RFCs arising from these internet
drafts, GIPS provides this written assurance that it intends to provide,
upon written request from a party implementing the IETF technology,
a royalty-free license for any party to implement, use, and distribute
the technology or works when implementing, using, or distributing
technology based upon the specific specifications under openly specified,
reasonable, non-discriminatory terms, solely to the extent such technology is
essential to comply with the specific specifications and to the RFC arising
from these specifications, and provided a reciprocal license is granted to GIPS
and other parties under any patents or pending applications that the license
applicant has to any technology essential to implement that IETF technology.

Licensing information, comments, notes, or URL for further information

INTRODUCTION
Google Inc. acquired Global IP Solutions, Inc. (GIPS) in 2011, and GIPS is now a subsidiary of Google. Google Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates ("Google") would like to update and clarify their position with respect to any patents and patent applications it may own that cover the iLBC (internet low bit-rate) codec technology that is the subject of IETF RFC 3951 and RFC 3952. This notice is provided in accordance with RFC 3979 and RFC 4879 covering IPR in the IETF.

DECLARATION

"iLBC Specification" means IETF RFC 3951 and RFC 3952.

Google hereby grants to you a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, irrevocable (except as stated in this section) patent license to make, have made, use, offer to sell, sell, import, transfer, and otherwise run, modify and propagate implementations of the iLBC Specification, where such license applies only to those patent claims, both currently owned by Google and acquired in the future, licensable by Google that must necessarily be infringed because of what is specifically required by the normative portions of the iLBC Specification. This license is offered on the condition that you grant a reciprocal license under the same terms as this license to all parties for implementations of the iLBC Specification under those patent claims, both currently owned by you and acquired in the future, licensable by you that must necessarily be infringed because of what is specifically required by the normative portions of the iLBC Specification. If you or your agent or exclusive licensee institute or order or agree to the institution of patent litigation against any entity (including a cross-claim or counterclaim in a lawsuit) alleging that any implementation of the iLBC Specification constitutes direct or contributory patent infringement, or inducement of patent infringement, then any patent rights granted to you under this license shall terminate as of the date such litigation is filed.

In addition to the license above relating to what is required by the specification, the following license relating to the reference implementation is offered.

"The iLBC reference implementation" means the c-code reference implementation in Appendix A of IETF RFC 3951.

Google hereby grants to you a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, irrevocable (except as stated in this section) patent license to make, have made, use, offer to sell, sell, import, transfer, and otherwise run, modify and propagate the iLBC reference implementation, where such license applies only to those patent claims, both currently owned by Google and acquired in the future, licensable by Google that are necessarily infringed by the iLBC reference implementation. This grant does not include claims that would be infringed only as a consequence of further modification of the iLBC reference implementation. If you or your agent or exclusive licensee institute or order or agree to the institution of patent litigation against any entity (including a cross-claim or counterclaim in a lawsuit) alleging that the iLBC reference implementation constitutes direct or contributory patent infringement, or inducement of patent infringement, then any patent rights granted to you under this License shall terminate as of the date such litigation is filed.

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

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Submitter name Jan Linden
Submitter email jtlinden@google.com

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