RE: patent question

[Black_David@emc.com]

This is the first I've heard of that patent.  I'm
working on dealing with it so that it doesn't impede
iSCSI standardization -- stay tuned.  The IETF has
established procedures and precedents for dealing
with patents that cover material in standards track
documents - see RFC 2026 and the material linked to:

http://www.ietf.org/ipr.html

--David

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> -----Original Message-----
> From:	cheng-ann tan [SMTP:chengann@singnet.com.sg]
> Sent:	Tuesday, September 12, 2000 2:20 AM
> To:	ips@ece.cmu.edu
> Subject:	patent question
> 
> hi, all:
> 
> i did a patent search on the net and came across emc's
> patent (5996024) which describes using scsi devices
> over network protocols. it covers ip, of course.
> 
> pardon my ignorance, but if a patent has already been 
> granted, how would this affect further work on i-scsi,
> ip storage, etc?
> 
> -cheng