Subject: Last Call: <draft-polk-ipr-disclosure-03.txt> (Promoting Compliance with Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Disclosure Rules) to Informational RFC
The IESG has received a request from an individual submitter to consider
the following document:
- 'Promoting Compliance with Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
Disclosure Rules'
<draft-polk-ipr-disclosure-03.txt> as Informational RFC
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Abstract
The disclosure process for intellectual property rights (IPR) in
documents produced within the IETF stream is essential to the
accurate development of community consensus. However, this process
is not always followed by participants during IETF standardization.
Regardless of the cause or motivation, noncompliance with IPR
disclosure rules can derail or delay completion of standards
documents. This document describes strategies for promoting
compliance with the IPR disclosure rules. The strategies are
primarily intended for area directors, working group chairs, and
working group secretaries.
The file can be obtained via
http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-polk-ipr-disclosure/
IESG discussion can be tracked via
http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-polk-ipr-disclosure/ballot/
No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.