Title: Cisco's Statement About IPR Claimed in draft-ali-ccamp-mpls-graceful-shutdown-00.txt Received: 27 January, 2005 From: Robert Barr Cisco is the owner of at least one pending unpublished patent application relating to the subject matter of "Graceful Shutdown in MPLS Traffic Engineering Networks" . If a standard relating to this subject matter is adopted by IETF and any claims of any issued Cisco patents are necessary for practicing this standard, any party will be able to use any such patent claims under reasonable, non-discriminatory terms, with reciprocity, to implement and fully comply with the standard. The reasonable non-discriminatory terms are: If this standard is adopted, Cisco will not assert any patents owned or controlled by Cisco against any party for making, using, selling, importing or offering for sale a product that implements the standard, provided, however that Cisco retains the right to assert its patents (including the right to claim past royalties) against any party that asserts a patent it owns or controls (either directly or indirectly) against Cisco or any of Cisco's affiliates or successors in title; and Cisco retains the right to assert its patents against any product or portion thereof that is not necessary for compliance with the standard. Royalty-bearing licenses will be available to anyone who prefers that option. For information contact: Robert Barr Worldwide Patent Counsel Cisco Systems 408-525-9706 rbarr@cisco.com