IETF Trust Chair Report Marshall Eubanks July, 2010

Trust Chair Report – San Francisco IETF Trust : Accomplishments since IETF-76 (Hiroshima) The IETF Trust Adopted new Trust Legal Provisions (TLP 4.0) Effective Date: December 15, 2009 There has been a meeting since then, but that drove other efforts. This broke the logjam that had held up the publication of independent submissions for almost a year. 29 documents were freed by this step. Our thanks to all who assisted with this. March 25, 20092

Trust Chair Report – San Francisco IETF Trust : Recent Activities : IPR Issues On May 4th, 2010, the Trust received a request from the IEEE for the authority to produce Derivative Works for Ethernet MIBs We set up a web page to track such issues The Trust filled in the IEEE form and responded to this request. As these relevant documents are pre-RFC5378, the relevant rights are mostly held by the authors The IEEE is pursuing those. March 25, 20093

Trust Chair Report – San Francisco IETF Trust : Recent Activities : Defense of IPR An issue has arisen concerning the use of derivative works based on the IETF Logo I.e., there is a web site that uses the IETF Logo in their logo Such usage is not allowed without explicit permission from the Trust, and a letter requesting its removal has been sent. March 25, 20094

Trust Chair Report – San Francisco IETF Trust : Recent Activities : FAQ Update Since the IETF Trust has adopted new Trust Legal Provisions (TLP 4.0), the Trust Copyright FAQ file is out of date. In particular, the Alternate Stream documents need to be discussed. A new FAQ is in the works, has been circulated among the Trustees, and should be released publicly soon. There is also a “ FAQ for use of the IETF acronym and logo ” which is now 5 years old and may need to be updated. This matter is under consideration. March 25, 20095

Trust Chair Report – San Francisco The 5. The Trust Agreement will be 5 years old December 15, However, July 1, 2010, marked an important date : The legal maturity of the Trust. “ After July 1, 2010, the Trustees may unilaterally amend the provisions of this Agreement without the written consent of the Settlors” The Settlors being ISOC and CNRI. While we have no plans at present to make any such changes, a review of the document in light of experience is called for and is underway. March 25, 20096

Trust Chair Report – San Francisco IETF Trust Actions : Response to Subpoenas The IETF Trust has to respond to request for physical proof of attendance at IETF meetings. These are for blue sheets. They are used in patent litigation to show actual presence and involvement in a meeting. We have received no subpoenas requiring a Trust response in 2010 to date. March 25, 20097

Trust Chair Report – San Francisco Questions? March 25, Thank You !