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IPR Details
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.'s Statement about IPR related to draft-kim-ecrit-text-00

Submitted: January 22, 2010 under the rules in RFC 3979 as updated by RFC 4879.

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 Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

II. Patent Holder's Contact for License Application

Holder contact name Leonard Suchyta
Holder contact email leonard.suchyta@verizon.com
Holder contact info

Vice President, Associate General Counsel
T: 908-559-5623

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

Name Michael Armstrong
Email michael.g.armstrong@verizon.com
Other info

T: 215-466-2243

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

Internet-Draft:
draft-kim-ecrit-text ("Emergency Text Messaging using SIP MESSAGE")
Revisions:
00

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:

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

12/612,321
Date: 11/4/2009
Country: US

B. Does this disclosure relate to an unpublished pending patent application?:

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):

Licensing See Text Below for Licensing Declaration
Licensing information, comments, notes, or URL for further information

Verizon provides notice that technology described in the document "draft--kim-ecrit-text-00" may be covered by one or more claims that may be contained in any patent that may issue from US Patent Application 12/612,321, in which Verizon currently holds an ownership interest.

If technology in this document is included in a standard adopted by IETF, and any claims of any patent that issues from the identified patent application are necessary for practicing the standard, Verizon agrees to grant nonexclusive rights under such patent claims to practice the standard to any party that makes, uses, sells, offers for sale or imports a fully compliant implementation of such standard on reasonable and non-discriminatory terms, subject to such party making a reciprocal grant to Verizon under any rights held by such party in any patent claims necessary for practicing the standard. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Verizon reserves the right to assert any of its patents (including claims for past damages and equitable remedies) against any party that asserts a patent (either directly or indirectly through affiliated entities) against Verizon or any of its affiliated companies or against any products or services of Verizon or any of its affiliated companies, including products procured by Verizon or its affiliated companies from third parties, either alone or in combination with other products or services.

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 Joseph Palmieri
Submitter email joseph.r.palmieri@verizon.com

VIII. Other Notes

Additional notes

Verizon reserves the right to amend this declaration.

Only those sections of the relevant entry form where the submitter provided information are displayed above.