Title: Jabber, Inc. and Jabber Software Foundation's Joint Statement About IPR Claimed in Specifications Produced by the XMPP WG Received: January 6, 2004 From: Peter Saint-Andre In accordance with Section 10 of RFC 2026, Jabber, Inc. and the Jabber Software Foundation (JSF) wish to make the following joint statement regarding the JABBER trademark. Parts of the specifications produced by the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) Working Group use the term "jabber" for the purpose of identifying namespaces and other protocol syntax in XMPP. These documents currently consist of the following: - draft-ietf-xmpp-core - draft-ietf-xmpp-cpim - draft-ietf-xmpp-e2e - draft-ietf-xmpp-im Future IETF specifications, not limited to those produced by the XMPP Working Group, may use the term "jabber" in a similar fashion, and this statement is not restricted to the documents cited above. JABBER(R) is a registered trademark of Jabber, Inc., and was acquired from the previous trademark holder in order to safeguard use of the term in reference to XML streaming technologies, especially as applied to instant messaging and presence. Licensing of the JABBER trademark is administered by the JSF, to which Jabber, Inc. has granted a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free license for sub-licensing of the trademark. The JSF recognizes a number of uses of the term "jabber" that fall under descriptive use or fair use, including protocol names, general technology references, and domain names; such usage does not require a license. However, use of the term "jabber" in software titles and company or organization names does require licensing of that use by the JSF. Detailed information regarding licensing of the JABBER trademark may be found here: http://www.jabber.org/trademark/ Any questions related to this statement may be directed to either or both of the following: For Jabber, Inc.: Lindley Branson General Counsel Jabber, Inc. 1899 Wynkoop Street, Suite 600 Denver, CO 80202-1086 For the Jabber Software Foundation: Peter Saint-Andre Executive Director Jabber Software Foundation P.O. Box 1641 Denver, CO 80201-1641