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Indication of Trademarks in IETF Documents

Indication of Trademarks in IETF Documents. <draft-ietf-ipr-trademarks-00.txt> Scott Bradner sob@harvard.edu. Problem. RFC 3667 says "IETF and RFC Editor documents must not contain any mention of specific IPR.”

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Indication of Trademarks in IETF Documents

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  1. Indication of Trademarks in IETF Documents <draft-ietf-ipr-trademarks-00.txt> Scott Bradner sob@harvard.edu

  2. Problem • RFC 3667 says "IETF and RFC Editor documents must not contain any mention of specific IPR.” • sometimes a trademark (or service mark) owner wants to indicate in their own ID that a term is a trademark (or service mark)

  3. Proposal • let an ID (RFC) author indicate marks with: registered trade or service mark: (R) unregistered trademark: (TM) unregistered service mark: (SM) • optional -- NOT required • do not include “foo is a X-mark of bar” in ID can file a disclosure with the IETF if wanted

  4. Reasons to Allow • some authors do want to make it clear they claim a particular mark can be useful if mark generally unknown • reason no “foo is a X-mark of bar” see RFC 3668 Section 11 to not mislead reader into thinking IETF takes a position on claim

  5. Reasons Not to Allow • send mixed message - indicate mark but no actual useful claim • indication not legally required (unless in sales-related document) • questionable legal status of ASCII representations

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