Title: Nortel Networks Statement about IPR claimed in draft-ietf-bfd-base Received: 6 January 2005 From: mleelaw@nortelnetworks.com Dear Sir, Nortel Networks Limited has an unpublished patent application relating to at least a portion of this IETF Internet Draft: Title: Bidirectional Forwarding Detection draft-ietf-bfd-base-00.txt Tag: draft-ietf-bfd-base-00.txt http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-bfd-base-00.txt In the event that this patent application of Nortel Networks issues, and the issued patent contains claims that are necessary for practicing a resulting IETF Standard based on this Internet Draft, Nortel Networks will make available licenses under fair, reasonable, reciprocal, and non-discriminatory terms to such claims it owns for the purpose of complying with such IETF Standard. My contact information is set out below. Kind Regards, Michelle Lee Counsel, IP Law Nortel Networks Limited 8200 Dixie Road, Ste 100 GMS 036/NO/151 Brampton, Ontario Canada L6T 5P6 Tel: 905-863-1148 (ESN 333) Fax: 905-863-8431 (ESN 333) Email: mleelaw@nortelnetworks.com