IPR Details
VeriSign, Inc.'s Statement about IPR related to Adaptive DNS Discovery (ADD) working group (https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/add/about/)

• Disclosure
• History

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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

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: US10530734, EP3035650, US16/669141, EP191731272 Inventor: Burton S. KALISKI, Shumon HUQUE Title: BALANCING VISIBILITY IN THE DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM Date: 2014-12-16 Notes: US16/669141 is an unpublished pending patent application.

B. Does this disclosure relate to an unpublished pending patent application?: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	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 arising out of the Adaptive DNS Discovery working group, 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	VeriSign, Inc., Law Department
Submitter email	Licensing@verisign.com

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