Title: Nortel Networks Statement about IPR claimed in draft-dimitri-ccamp-gmpls-ason-routing-eval-01.txt Received: 12 April 2005 From: Michelle Lee Title: Nortel Networks Statement about IPR claimed in draft-dimitri-ccamp-gmpls-ason-routing-eval Dear Sir, Nortel Networks Limited has a pending unpublished patent application that may pertain to at least a portion of the subject matter of this IETF Internet Draft: Title: Evaluation of existing Routing Protocols against ASON routing requirements - draft-dimitri-ccamp-gmpls-ason-routing-eval-01.txt Tag: < draft-dimitri-ccamp-gmpls-ason-routing-eval-01.txt > http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-dimitri-ccamp-gmpls-ason-routing-e val-01.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 necessary claims it owns for the purpose of complying with such resulting IETF Standard based on this Internet Draft. 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@nortel.com