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IPR Details
British Telecommunications plc's statement about IPR claimed in draft-ietf-conex-abstract-mech-06

Submitted: November 22, 2012 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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British Telecommunications plc Holder legal name British Telecommunications PLC

II. Patent Holder's Contact for License Application

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N W Lecky Holder contact name Nigel Lecky
nigel.lecky@bt.com Holder contact email nigel.lecky@bt.com

Head of Licensing
BT Group CTO
pp C3C, BT Centre
81 Newgate Street London EC1A 7AJ UK
T: +44 20 7356 4894
F: +44 1473 649030

Holder contact info

Head of Licensing
BT Innovate & Design
PPA8.32, 8th Floor, BT Centre
81 Newgate Street, London EC1A 7AJ
T: +44 (0)20 7356 4894

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

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Bob Briscoe Name Bob Briscoe
bob.briscoe@bt.com Email bob.briscoe@bt.com

Chief Researcher, Networks Research Centre
BT Group CTO
pp B54/77 Sirius House Adastral Park
Martlesham Heath Ipswich IP5 3RE UK
T: +44 1473 645196

Other info

Chief Researcher, Network Infrastructure & Innovation
BT Innovation & Design
pp B54/77 Sirius House Adastral Park
Martlesham Heath Ipswich IP5 3RE UK
T: +44 1473 645196

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

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Internet-Draft:
draft-briscoe-tsvwg-re-ecn-tcp ("Re-ECN: Adding Accountability for Causing Congestion to TCP/IP")
Revisions:
00
Internet-Draft:
draft-ietf-conex-mobile ("Mobile Communication Congestion Exposure Scenario")
Notice:
No revisions for this Internet-Draft were specified in this disclosure. The Internet-Draft's revision was 00 at the time this disclosure was posted. Contact the discloser or patent holder if there are questions about which revisions this disclosure pertains to.
Internet-Draft:
draft-briscoe-conex-initial-deploy ("Initial Congestion Exposure (ConEx) Deployment Examples")
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.
Internet-Draft:
draft-briscoe-conex-data-centre ("Network Performance Isolation in Data Centres using Congestion Policing")
Notice:
No revisions for this Internet-Draft were specified in this disclosure. The Internet-Draft's revision was 00 at the time this disclosure was posted. Contact the discloser or patent holder if there are questions about which revisions this disclosure pertains to.
Internet-Draft:
draft-ietf-conex-destopt ("IPv6 Destination Option for Congestion Exposure (ConEx)")
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.
Internet-Draft:
draft-briscoe-conex-re-ecn-motiv ("Re-ECN: A Framework for adding Congestion Accountability to TCP/IP")
Notice:
No revisions for this Internet-Draft were specified in this disclosure. The Internet-Draft's revision was 01 at the time this disclosure was posted. Contact the discloser or patent holder if there are questions about which revisions this disclosure pertains to.
Internet-Draft:
draft-ietf-conex-abstract-mech ("Congestion Exposure (ConEx) Concepts, Abstract Mechanism, and Requirements")
Notice:
No revisions for this Internet-Draft were specified in this disclosure. The Internet-Draft's revision was 06 at the time this disclosure was posted. Contact the discloser or patent holder if there are questions about which revisions this disclosure pertains to.
Internet-Draft:
draft-briscoe-conex-re-ecn-tcp ("Re-ECN: Adding Accountability for Causing Congestion to TCP/IP")
Notice:
No revisions for this Internet-Draft were specified in this disclosure. The Internet-Draft's revision was 01 at the time this disclosure was posted. Contact the discloser or patent holder if there are questions about which revisions this disclosure pertains to.
Internet-Draft:
draft-ietf-conex-tcp-modifications ("TCP Modifications for Congestion Exposure (ConEx)")
Notice:
No revisions for this Internet-Draft were specified in this disclosure. The Internet-Draft's revision was 02 at the time this disclosure was posted. Contact the discloser or patent holder if there are questions about which revisions this disclosure pertains to.

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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WO 2005/096566, WO 2005/096567, PCT/GB 2005/001737, GB 0501945.0 (EP 05355137.1), GB0502483.1 (EP 05255164.5).
Date: 30 March 2004, 30 March 2004, 7 May 2004, 31 January 2005, 7 February 2005.

Notes: WO 2005/096566 and WO 2005/096567 are published. Others are not yet published
at the time of making this declaration.

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

(1) WO2005/096566 / (2) WO2005/109783 / (3) WO2006/079845 /
(4) WO2006 082443 / (5) WO2008/001081 / (6) WO2010/106311 /
(7) WO2011/121270 / (8) EP 11250620.9 / (9) WO2005/096567
Date: (1) 2009-07-08 (Granted) (2) 2011-05-03 (Granted) (3) 2009-12-16 (Granted) (4) 2011-05-24 (Granted) (5) 2006-06-26 (Applied) (6) 2009-03-16 (Applied) (7) 2010-03-31 (Applied) (8) 2011-06-30 (Applied) (9) 2005/03/30 (Applied)
Country: (1) CA/CN/DE/EP/FR/GB/IN/US (2) CA/EP/GB/IN/US (3) CN/DE/EP/FR/GB/IN/US (4) CN/EP/GB/IN/JP/KR/US (5) EP/US (6) CN/EP/US (7) EP (8) EP (9) CA/CN/EP/IN/US

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

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Yes Has patent pending Yes

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):

Possible licensing choices a), b), and c) when Licensing Declaration to be Provided Later:
  • a) No License Required for Implementers
  • b) Royalty-Free, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory License to All Implementers
  • c) Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory License to All Implementers with Possible Royalty/Fee
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See Text Below for Licensing Declaration Licensing Licensing Declaration to be Provided Later (implies a willingness to commit to the provisions of a), b), or c) above)

BT hereby grants a royalty-free licence under 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 or for making, using, selling, distributing or otherwise lawfully
dealing in products or services that include an implementation of such
specification provided that any party wishing to be licensed under BT’s patent
claims grants a licence on reciprocal terms under its own Necessary Patent
Claims.

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

(No information submitted)

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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Ralph Orme Submitter name Peter Ratcliffe
ralph.orme@bt.com Submitter email Peter.2.ratcliffe@bt.com

VIII. Other Notes

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Additional notes

BT hereby grants a royalty-free licence under 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 or for making, using, selling, distributing or otherwise lawfully
dealing in products or services that include an implementation of such
specification provided that any party wishing to be licensed under BT's patent
claims grants a licence on reciprocal terms under its own Necessary Patent
Claims.

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