Verisign Inc.'s Statement about IPR related to draft-ietf-dns-qname-minimisation
Verisign Inc.'s Statement about IPR related to draft-ietf-dns-qname-minimisation
License Text
VeriSign is owner of US Patent No. 8,880,686 (and any foreign counterparts thereto) relating to the subject matter of Internet Draft "draft-ietf-dnsop-qname-minimisation-00" and any successive versions deriving therefrom (collectively, the “I-D”).
In furtherance of IETF standardization, it is VeriSign's business practice to make licenses to its patents available on reasonable and nondiscriminatory terms and conditions.
Standards Development Grant. Accordingly, VeriSign grants to any party, during the pendency of the foregoing I-D, a world-wide, non-exclusive, no-charge license under said patent to make, use and import products and/or services that implement such I-D for the purposes of facilitating the standardization of such I-D.
Grant on Standardization. In the event the technology in such I-D is included in a standard adopted by the IETF such that one or more claims of said patent would necessarily be infringed due to requirements for practicing the normative portion(s) of such standard (each an “Essential Claim”), VeriSign hereby grants to any party a perpetual, world-wide, non-exclusive, no-charge, irrevocable (except as provided below) license under the Essential Claim(s) to make, use, sell, offer for sale and import products and/or services that implement the standard;
provided, (A) any party creating such products or services shall include therein an attribution notice as set forth below, and
further provided, (B) VeriSign retains the right to:
(i) terminate the above license and assert its patents (including Essential Claims) against any party that institutes or agrees to institute patent litigation (including cross-claims or counterclaims in a lawsuit), either directly or indirectly, against VeriSign or any of its affiliates,
(ii) assert its patents (including Essential Claims) relating to any products or services that are not fully compliant with the subject standard, and
(iii) exclusive of the Essential Claims, assert its other patents and claims with respect to any products, services, or portions thereof, not required for compliance with the standard.
Royalty-bearing licenses will be available to anyone who prefers that option. Licensing inquiries may be directed to:
Chief IP Officer
VeriSign, Inc.
12061 Bluemont Way
Reston, VA USA 20190
licensing@verisign.com
Patent(s) and Application(s)
United States Patent 8,880,686; “Providing privacy enhanced resolution system in the domain name system” and European Patent Application published as EP2611116; “Providing privacy enhanced resolution system in the domain name system”
Attribution Requirement
Per the terms of the foregoing license, the following attribution clause is to be included in user documentation (both in electronic format and hardcopy) and in all copies or substantial portions of the software Licensed under this declaration:
"This product is licensed under US Patent No. 8,880,686 by Verisign, Inc. in furtherance of IETF standardization. For more information, visit verisign.com/declarations"