History for IPR disclosure
3COM's patent announcement pertainingg to the Internet-Draft borella-attn-dnat-xx

From: http://www.ietf.org/ietf-ftp/IPR//3COM-draft-borella-aatn-dnat

The following note was received on December 16, 1998

From: Mike Borella


3Com Corporation owns one or more patent applications which may cover
technology discussed in 3Com's submission "draft-borella-aatn-dnat-01.txt"
relating to distributed or host-based network address translation.  3Com
intends to make licenses available under any patents it may obtain that
cover technology necessary to implement an IETF standard relating to
distributed or host-based network address translation under reasonable
and non-discriminatory terms and conditions.

3Com's willingness to grant such licenses to a particular licensee,
however, is conditioned upon receiving reciprocity from such licensee with
respect to any patents it may own that cover technology necessary to
practice a standard.

For more information, parties may contact:

Mr. George A. Vinyard
Vice President, Intellectual Property
3Com Corporation
3800 Golf Road
M/S RM.112
Rolling Meadows, IL  60008