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IPR Details
IBM's statement about IPR claimed in Atom Publishing Format and Protocol (atompub)

Submitted: February 15, 2007 under the rules in RFC 3979.

Note: Updates to IPR disclosures must only be made by authorized representatives of the original submitters. Updates will automatically be forwarded to the current Patent Holder's Contact and to the Submitter of the original IPR disclosure.

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

Holder legal name IBM

II. Patent Holder's Contact for License Application

Holder contact name Dr. W. Charlton Adams, Jr.
Holder contact email wcadams@us.ibm.com
Holder contact info

Program Director Standards and Open Source
Technology and Intellectual Property
North Castle Drive
Armonk, NY, 10504
T: 914-765-4382
F: 914-765-4420

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

Name James Snell
Email jasnell@us.ibm.com
Other info

IBM CHQ, Enterprise On Demand
T: 1-877-511-5082
F: 1-877-511-5082

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

V. Disclosure of Patent Information
i.e., patents or patent applications required to be disclosed by RFC 3979

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

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

None currently identified
Date: NA
Country: NA

B. Does this disclosure relate to an unpublished pending patent application?: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

Licensing Royalty-Free, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory License to All Implementers
Licensing information, comments, notes, or URL for further information

This licensing declaration is limited solely to standards-track IETF documents

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
Submitter email

VIII. Other Notes

Additional notes

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and similar content. The feed format enables syndication; that
is, provision of a channel of information by representing
multiple resources in a single document. The editing protocol
enables agents to interact with resources by nominating a way of
using existing Web standards in a pattern.

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