Alcatel-Lucent's Statement about IPR related to draft-ietf-l2vpn-vpls-multihoming-03

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Submitted Date: July 5, 2012

I. Patent Holder/Applicant ("Patent Holder")
Legal Name:	Alcatel-Lucent

II. Patent Holder's Contact for License Application
Name:	Donald P. Dinella, Esq.
Title:	Chief IP Counsel & VP, Global IP Operations
Department:	Intellectual Property & Standards
Address1:	600 Mountain Avenue, PO Box 636
Address2:	Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974, USA
Telephone:	908 582 8582
Fax:
Email:	Donald.dinella@alcatel-lucent.com

III. Contact Information for the IETF Participant Whose Personal Belief Triggered this Disclosure:
Name:	Wim Henderickx
Title:
Department:
Address1:
Address2:
Telephone:	+32 3 2408677
Fax:
Email:	Wim.Henderickx@alcatel-lucent.com

IV. IETF Document or Other Contribution to Which this IPR Disclosure Relates:
Internet-Draft:	"BGP based Multi-homing in Virtual Private LAN Service" (draft-ietf-l2vpn-vpls-multihoming-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):	13/036125
Date(s) granted or applied for:	February 28, 2011
Country:	USA
Additional Notes:
B. Does this disclosure relate to an unpublished pending patent application?: None
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:
	Subject to a license agreement being made before use of our Essential Patents (as hereinafter defined) and subject to a reciprocal license under similar conditions being available to Alcatel Lucent and its Subsidiaries under Essential Patents of the applicant, Alcatel Lucent hereby declares: - Alcatel Lucent believes that US patent application 13/036125 may be essential to the above named Internet Draft and, - if such invention is technically unavoidable to implement such IETF Standard (“Essential Patent”), Alcatel Lucent is prepared to grant licenses under such Essential Patent of Alcatel Lucent on non-discriminatory, reasonable terms and conditions for implementation of such IETF Standard in any country where such IETF Standard is to be applied and a pertinent Essential Patent of Alcatel Lucent or any of its Subsidiaries does exist. Definition of Subsidiaries: “Subsidiaries” of Alcatel Lucent shall mean all companies controlled by Alcatel Lucent, “to control” within the meaning of this declaration means to have directly or indirectly, a controlling interest in such company, at any time after this declaration has been given and as long as such an interest exists, by owning a majority of the voting stock or equivalent voting rights.
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:	Hung Ling
Title:
Department:	Intellectual Property & Standards
Address1:
Address2:
Telephone:	908-582-4734
Fax:
Email:	hung.ling@alcatel-lucent.com

VIII. Other Notes:
No information submitted