IPR Details
Google Inc.'s Statement about IPR related to RFC 5023 and RFC 4287

Update this IPR disclosure
Submitted: March 31, 2008 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 Google Inc.

II. Patent Holder's Contact for License Application
Holder contact name Joe Gregorio
Holder contact email jcgregorio@google.com
Holder contact info

T: (919) 272-3764

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

Name Joe Gregorio
Email jcgregorio@google.com
Other info

T: (919) 272-3764

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

RFC:
RFC5023 ("The Atom Publishing Protocol")
RFC:
RFC4287 ("The Atom Syndication Format")

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)

n/a
Date: n/a
Country: n/a

B. Does this disclosure relate to an unpublished pending patent application?: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 See Text Below for Licensing Declaration
Licensing information, comments, notes, or URL for further information

Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, Google hereby grants to You a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable (except as stated in this License) patent license for patents necessarily infringed by implementation (in whole or in part) of this specification. If You institute patent litigation against any entity (including a cross-claim or counterclaim in a lawsuit) alleging that the implementation of the specification constitutes direct or contributory patent infringement, then any patent licenses for the specification granted to You under this License shall terminate as of the date such litigation is filed.

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 Joe Gregorio
Submitter email jcgregorio@google.com

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