[bc-gnso] ICANN and Patents

["Smith, Bill" <bill.smith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The only (perhaps) practical way to deal with business/process patents in the 
ICANN setting, in my opinion, is to require *contracted parties* to sign a 
patent agreement. I would suggest that the contract require signatories to not 
assert business/process patents against other contracted parties.

This might solve part of the problem. BT it can't possibly address trolls.