IPR Details
Sun Microsystems' Patent Statement Regarding Zero Configuration Routing

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Submitted: January 6, 2003 under the rules in RFC 2026.

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

Holder legal name Sun Microsystems Laborato

II. Patent Holder's Contact for License Application
Holder contact name Dr. Jim Mitchell
Holder contact email
Holder contact info

Vice President and Sun Fellow
Mail Stop UMTV29-01, 2600 Casey Ave.
Mountain View, CA 94043

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

IV. 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):

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If parts of Sun's intellectual property are included in a Zero
Configuration Routing standard and Sun has copyrights, patents,
and/or pending application(s) that are essential to implementation
of such included part(s) in said standard, Sun is prepared to grant
to the IETF - on the basis of reciprocity (grantback) - a
nonexclusive license on such included part(s) on reasonable and
nondiscriminatory terms and conditions.

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V. Contact Information of Submitter of this Form

Submitter name Miriam Kadansky
Submitter email Miriam.Kadansky@Sun.COM

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