validity
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... IETF specification or standard.
n. "Covers" or "Covered" mean that a valid claim of a patent or a
patent application in any jurisdiction or a protected claim, or
any other Intellectual Property Right ...
... selling, importing, distribution, copying, etc.) with respect to
an Implementing Technology. For purposes of this definition,
"valid claim" means a claim of any unexpired patent or patent
application which shall not have been withdrawn, cancelled or
disclaimed, nor held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction
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... disclosed or otherwise, to any IETF technology, specification or
standard, and will take no position on the validity or scope of
any such IPR claims.
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"The IETF takes no position regarding the validity or scope of any
Intellectual Property Rights or other rights that might be claimed
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... time.
It should also be noted that the validity and enforceability of any
IPR may be challenged for legitimate reasons, and the mere existence
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... IPR disclosure should not automatically be taken to mean that
the disclosed IPR is valid or enforceable. Although the IETF can
make no actual determination of validity ...
... valid or enforceable. Although the IETF can
make no actual determination of validity, enforceability or
applicability of any particular IPR claim, it is reasonable that a
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... IPR claim, it is reasonable that a
working group will take into account on their own opinions of the
validity, enforceability or applicability of Intellectual Property
Rights in their evaluation of alternative technologies.
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... IETF, IESG or RFC Editor has
formed an opinion on the validity, enforceability or applicability of
the IPR. The reader could also be misled to think that the included
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The IETF takes no position regarding the validity or scope of any
Intellectual Property Rights or other rights that might be claimed
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