History for IPR disclosure
Apple's Patent Statement pertaining to draft-ietf-ssm-arch-02.txt entitled 'Source Specific Multicast for IP.'

From: http://www.ietf.org/ietf-ftp/IPR/APPLE-SSM.txt

Received March 10, 2003
From: "Edward W. Scott"

Apple Computer, Inc. (“Apple”) believes that its U.S. Patent Number 5,517,494 may be necessary
for an implementation of the protocol draft-ietf-ssm-arch-02.txt entitled "Source Specific
Multicast for IP." If this protocol is approved as an IETF Standard, licenses will be available
to any party on reasonable,  nondiscriminatory terms, on condition of reciprocity and defensive
use, for a compliant implementation of the protocol.

Any questions regarding this communication should be directed to:

Director of Patents
Apple Computer, Inc.
1 Infinite Loop, MS 3-PAT
Cupertino, CA  95014-2084
Voice: (408) 974-9453
Fax:  (408) 974-5436
E-mail:  iplaw@apple.com

Sincerely,




Edward W. Scott, IV
Senior Patent Counsel