IPR Details
Toshiba's Patent Statement pertaining to MPLS

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Submitted: December 28, 2001 under the rules in RFC 2026.

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

Holder legal name Toshiba Corporation

II. Patent Holder's Contact for License Application
Holder contact name Takashi Nakayama
Holder contact email
Holder contact info

General Manager
Intellectual Property Division

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

IV. Disclosure of Patent Information
i.e., patents or patent applications required to be disclosed by RFC 2026

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

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

USP 5,822,319 and 6,104,713

Notes: These patents may cover proposed Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) RFC's in
the area of MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching).

B. Does this disclosure relate to an unpublished pending patent application?:

Has patent pending No

V. 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):

Licensing See Text Below for Licensing Declaration
Licensing information, comments, notes, or URL for further information

Toshiba Corporation ("Toshiba") understands the importance of widespread
use of the RFC's in the area of MPLS, and Toshiba is willing upon request
to grant a non-exclusive license on system, apparatus or any other things
covered by the RFC's in the area of MPLS under such patents mentioned above
on a non-discriminatory basis and on reasonable terms and conditions with
the RFC 2026, and provided that such licensee obtaining such license from
Toshiba agrees to license to Toshiba its patents necessary for Toshiba to
practice the above mentioned specification, if any, on a reciprocal basis.

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.

VI. Contact Information of Submitter of this Form

Submitter name kouichi Noguchi
Submitter email kouichi.noguchi@toshiba.com

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