The following was received December 16, 1999: From: Larry Sewell Subject: Intellectual Property Relevant to Alcatel IETF Contribution To: IETF Alcatel has filed a patent application relating to its contribution (by Ram Dantu) in draft-ietf-sigtran-m2ua-01.txt. If the contribution is incorporated by the IETF in a standard, and a patent covering the contribution issues to Alcatel, Alcatel is willing to make available, on reasonable and non-discriminatory terms, a non-exclusive license in the patent, as necessary to practice the standard, to any interested party which is likewise willing to make available licenses necessary to practice the standard. Larry Sewell Alcatel USA IP Dept., M/S LEGL2 1000 Coit Rd. Plano, TX 75075-5813