Title: Sun Microsystem's Statement about IPR claimed in draft-perlman-rbridge Received: 6 August 2004 From: Erik Nordmark Subject: IPR notice for draft-perlman-rbridge This is to advise the IETF that Sun Microsystems, Inc. (SUN) is willing to grant royalty-free(RF) licenses under our patents containing Essential Claims (claims that would necessarily be infringed by implementations of required portions) of the RBridge standard being developed in the IETF, conditioned on a grant of a reciprocal RF license. For further information contact: Mitch Segal Sun Microsystems Laboratories Mail Stop UMTV29-233 2600 Casey Ave. Mountain View, CA 94043 Phone 650-336-1138