IPR Details
VeriSign, Inc.'s Statement about IPR related to draft-ietf-dprive-unilateral-probing

Update this IPR disclosure
Submitted: January 12, 2023 under the rules in RFC 8179.

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

Holder legal name VeriSign, Inc.

II. Patent Holder's Contact for License Application
Holder contact name VeriSign, Inc., Law Department
Holder contact email Licensing@verisign.com
Holder contact info

VeriSign, Inc.
Law Department
12061 Bluemont Way
Reston VA 20190
+1-703-948-3200

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

Name Scott Hollenbeck
Email shollenbeck@verisign.com
Other info

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

Internet-Draft:
draft-ietf-dprive-unilateral-probing ("Unilateral Opportunistic Deployment of Encrypted Recursive-to-Authoritative DNS")
Notice:
No revisions for this Internet-Draft were specified in this disclosure. The Internet-Draft's revision was 02 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 8179

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

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

Number: US11082392B1
Inventor: Burton S. KALISKI, Shumon HUQUE
Title: Balancing Visibility in the Domain Name System
Date: 2021-08-03

B. Does this disclosure relate to an unpublished pending patent application?:

Has patent pending No

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

Verisign hereby declares the listed IPR that may Cover an Implementing Technology of the I-D, with a Licensing Declaration and terms to be provided later if the listed IPR would necessarily be infringed by the Implementing Technology ("Necessary Patent Claims"), which implies a willingness to commit to the provisions of a) under a royalty-free and otherwise reasonable and non-discriminatory license (e.g., with terms to include attribution and/or a covenant not to sue with or without defensive suspension as described in Section 7 of BCP 79), or b) under a license that contains reasonable and non-discriminatory terms and conditions (e.g., with terms to include attribution and/or a covenant not to sue with or without defensive suspension as described in Section 7 of BCP 79), including a reasonable royalty or other payment, or c) without the need to obtain a license from Verisign (e.g., a covenant not to sue with or without defensive suspension as described in Section 7 of BCP 79).

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

Submitter name Scott Hollenbeck
Submitter email shollenbeck@verisign.com

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