A recent editorial in Microprocessor Report (a pricey but very useful newsletter) covers an interesting patent tussle in the RAM market. It is relevant to the IETF process in that the features that were patented were put into the standards process while the patent owner silently moved the patent forwards, something we have seen here. The editorial, titled "Ethical Standards", can be found at <http://www.mpronline.com/mpr_public/editorials/edit14_17.html>. --Paul Hoffman, Director --Internet Mail Consortium
