Title: Nortel Networks Limited Statement about IPR claimed in draft-ietf-l2vpn-pbb-vpls-interop-00 Date: February 25, 2011 Submitter: "Michelle Lee" Dear Sir, Nortel Networks Limited is the owner of US patent no.7,746,892 and pending applications, WO publication no. 2007051300 and US publication no. 20100226376, entitled "Method and Apparatus for Transporting Ethernet Services", that may be relevant to this Internet Draft: Title: VPLS Interoperability with Provider Backbone Bridges Tag: http://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-ietf-l2vpn-pbb-vpls-interop-00.txt My contact information is set out below. Michelle Lee Nortel Networks IP Counsel 5945 Airport Road Mississauga, ON Canada L4V 1R9 Email: mleelaw@nortel.com