By participating in the IRTF, you agree to follow IRTF processes and policies. The IRTF follows the IETF Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) disclosure rules. This is a summary of the rules:

• If you are aware that any IRTF contribution is covered by patents or patent applications that are owned or controlled by you or your sponsor, you must disclose that fact, or not participate in the discussion.
• If you recognize your own or your sponsors’s IPR in someone else’s contribution, and you are participating in the discussions relating to that contribution, then you must disclose that IPR. Even if you are not participating in the discussion, the IRTF still requests that you file an IPR disclosure.
• Finally, the IRTF requests that you file an IPR disclosure if you recognize IPR owned by others in any IRTF contribution.

The IRTF expects that you file IPR disclosures in a timely manner, i.e., in a period measured in days or weeks, not months. The IRTF prefers that the most liberal licensing terms possible are available for IRTF Stream documents, see RFC 5743. You may file an IPR disclosure here: https://www.ietf.org/ipr/file-disclosure

See RFC 8179 (BCP 79) for definitions of “IPR” and “contribution” and for the detailed rules (substituting “IRTF” for ”IETF”). See RFC 5378 for a description of the rights contributors provide to the IETF Trust.

See reporting copyright infringement for details of how to send notification of alleged copyright infringement by the IRTF.