To:
"'Karl Auerbach'" <karl@CaveBear.com>
Cc:
ietf-provreg@cafax.se
From:
"Hollenbeck, Scott" <shollenbeck@verisign.com>
Date:
Tue, 1 May 2001 13:06:06 -0400
Sender:
owner-ietf-provreg@cafax.se
Subject:
RE: VeriSign Patents on Registries/Registrars and other readings
>-----Original Message----- >From: Karl Auerbach [mailto:karl@CaveBear.com] >Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 12:28 PM >To: Hollenbeck, Scott >Cc: 'Peter Mott'; Rick H Wesson; ietf-provreg@cafax.se >Subject: RE: VeriSign Patents on Registries/Registrars and other >readings > > > >> There is no bad faith at work here at all. If you took the time to read the >> applications, you would find that they refer to work originally performed >> 2-3 years ago related to the current NSI SRS, or they are registrar business >> mechanisms, all of which WAS done "in-house entirely with their own clue". >> They have NOTHING to do with ANY of the work being performed in this WG. > >Is VRSN willing to issue an irrevocable waiver, enforceable by anyone, of >any coverage of these patents, worldwide, beyond *the* SRS? I'll know how to answer that question after I receive a return phone call from one of our patent attorneys. <Scott/>