> I’m surprised that the nature of the implementation of a public specification is patentable. Prepare to be very surprised, I guess? It’s pretty routinely don

> I’m surprised that the nature of the implementation of a public specification is patentable. Prepare to be very surprised, I guess? It’s pretty routinely done, eg) look at any of the MPEG standards. I don’t know what patents, if any, cover 10GigE, but in general IEEE, which governs that standard, will accept Essential Patent Claims in a standard provided the Patent Holder will provide a Letter of Assurance indicating that they will license said patents under FRAND (fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory) terms – which does not mean free.