[CCID News] November 6th news, Merit NetWork, senior network research and development engineer, Larry Blunk, said,
Microsoft is currently trying to put some basic Internet protocols to force intellectual property rights in their own capsules.
A few days ago, Larry Blunk said in a letter to the Internet Engineering Task Force - ITF-IPRW), Microsoft is trying to use some of its "Special Free Agreement License Agreement (RFPLA)" The intellectual property of the core Internet protocol is forcibly incorporated into its own capsule. Larry Blunk pointed out that Microsoft is currently claiming to have more than 130 intellectual property rights of Internet protocols. This includes some of the most basic Internet standards such as TCP / IPv4, TCP / IPv6, and DNS (Domain Name System). The part of these standards is precisely the top of the Internet.
Bloom said in the letter: "Microsoft did not explain where the protocol originates, nor did Microsoft to investigate these so-called intellectual property rights. However, the protocols listed in Microsoft basically contain applications. All public agreements in Microsoft products. "
Bloom is also worried that Microsoft may use its monopoly position in the industry, and its strong economic and legal resources forced individual and enterprises to sign such a license agreement. However, because Microsoft does not provide any evidence of these protocol intellectual property rights, such as patent numbers. Therefore, it is not possible to determine if Microsoft has legal property rights of these agreements. (N102)
