The following was received on November 22, 1999

From: Chip Sharp <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Cisco's IPR disclosure statement pertaining to megaco

     Cisco has a patent pending that may relate to the work
     underway in the megaco working group, specifically to
     the work derived from draft-ietf-megaco-protocol-04.txt.
     Upon approval by the IESG of the relevant Internet
     standards track specification and if any patents issue
     to Cisco or its subsidiaries with claims that are
     necessary for practicing this standard, any party will
     be able to obtain the right to implement, use and
     distribute the technology or works when implementing,
     using or distributing technology based upon the
     specific specification(s) under openly specified,
     reasonable, non-discriminatory terms.

Requests may be sent to:
     Robert Barr
     300 East Tasman Dr.
     San Jose, CA  95134  USA

     phone:    +1 (408) 525 9706
     email:    [email protected]