IPR Details
Verisign Inc.'s Statement about IPR related to draft-gould-eppext-verificationcode

Update this IPR disclosure
Submitted: October 31, 2015 under the rules in RFC 3979 as updated by RFC 4879.

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

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Verisign Inc. Holder legal name Verisign Inc.

II. Patent Holder's Contact for License Application

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Paul Livesay, VP and Counsel Holder contact name Paul Livesay
Licensing@verisign.com Holder contact email licensing@verisign.com

Verisign Global Law
12061 Bluemont Way
Reston, VA 20190
T: +1 (703) 948-4245

 Holder contact info

VP and Counsel
Verisign Global Law
12061 Bluemont Way
Reston, VA 20190
T: +1 (703) 948-4245

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

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Jim Gould Name James Gould
JGould@verisign.com Email JGould@verisign.com
Other info

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

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Internet-Draft:
draft-gould-eppext-verificationcode ("Verification Code Extension for the Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP)")
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-xie-eppext-nv-mapping ("Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) China Name Verification Mapping")
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-gould-eppext-verificationcode ("Verification Code Extension for the Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP)")
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.

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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United States Patent Serial No. 14/868,972

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

United States Patent Serial No. 14/868,972 (and foreign counterparts)

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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Licensing Declaration to be Provided Later (implies a willingness to commit to the provisions of a), b), or c) above) Licensing See Text Below for Licensing Declaration
Licensing information, comments, notes, or URL for further information

Verisign is owner of US Patent Application Serial No. 14/868,972 (and foreign counterparts thereto) relating to the subject matter of Internet Draft " draft-xie-eppext-nv-mapping " and any successive versions deriving therefrom (collectively, the “I-D”).

In furtherance of IETF standardization, it is Verisign's business practice to make licenses to its patents available on reasonable and nondiscriminatory terms and conditions.

Standards Development Grant.
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Accordingly, Verisign grants to any party, during the pendency of the foregoing I-D, a world-wide, non-exclusive, no-charge license under any patent(s) or other rights issued or resulting from said patent application (the “Patent(s)”) to make, use, sell, offer to sell and import or otherwise distribute products and/or services that implement such I-D for the purposes of facilitating the standardization of such I-D.

Grant on Standardization.
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In the event the technology in such I-D is included in a standard adopted by the IETF such that one or more claims of said Patent(s) would necessarily be infringed due to requirements for practicing the normative portion(s) of such standard (each an “Essential Claim”), Verisign hereby grants to any party a perpetual, world-wide, non-exclusive, no-charge, irrevocable (except as provided below) license under the Essential Claim(s) to make, use, sell, offer for sale and import or otherwise distribute products and/or services that implement the standard; provided, (A) any party creating such products or services shall include therein an attribution notice as set forth below, and further provided, (B) Verisign retains the right to:

(i) terminate the above license and assert its patents (including Essential Claims) against any party that institutes or agrees to institute patent litigation (including cross-claims or counterclaims in a lawsuit), either directly or indirectly, against Verisign or any of its affiliates,

(ii) assert its patents (including Essential Claims) relating to any products or services that are not fully compliant with the subject standard, and

(iii) exclusive of the Essential Claims, assert its other patents and claims with respect to any products, services, or portions thereof, not required for compliance with the standard.

Attribution Notice:
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While Patent is Pending:
“US Patent Pending, by Verisign, Inc. in furtherance of IETF standardization. For more information, visit www.verisigninc.com/Declarations.”

When Patent(s) Issue, Then:
“Licensed under US Patent(s) [________] and related international counterparts by Verisign, Inc. in furtherance of IETF standardization. For more information, visit www.verisigninc.com/Declarations.”

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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Matthew Ward Submitter name Matthew Ward
mward@verisign.com Submitter email mward@verisign.com

VIII. Other Notes

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Additional notes

This declaration updates the prior disclosure #2694 for the Internet Draft "draft-gould-eppext-verificationcode"

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