History for IPR disclosure
Telekec's Patent Claim pertaining to the I-D draft-benedyk-sigtran-tali

From: http://www.ietf.org/ietf-ftp/IPR/TELEKEC-TALI

The following note was received on  June 15, 1999:


Tekelec (authors: John Mason, David Sprague, Robby Benedyk and Dan Brendes)
has recently submitted to the IETF for standardization Tekelec's Transport
Adaptor Layer Interface ("TALI") as described in greater detail in an internet
draft "draft-benedyk-sigtran-tali-00.txt".  TALI is a protocol developed by
Tekelec for transporting switched circuit network (SCN) signaling messages
from a signaling gateway to IP-enabled devices over a packet network. This
letter is written in conformance with provisions of Section 10 of RFC 2026
which, among other things, requires disclosing the intellectual property
rights related to this submission.

Tekelec has applied for one or more patents relating to the TALI.  In
accordance with the intellectual property rights provisions of the IETF
standards process, Tekelec hereby affirms that it is willing to make non-
exclusive licenses available under reasonable and non-discriminatory terms and
conditions with respect to any patent it may be awarded on technology related
to the TALI.

For more information, you can contact me at:

John Mason
Tekelec
5151 McCrimmon Pkwy.
Morrisville, NC  27560
919.388.1306