The IETF Intellectual Property Management Corporation (IPMC) is a non-profit corporation, incorporated in Delaware on December 1, 2022, as the successor to the IETF Trust. In 2026, the Trust transferred its assets to the IPMC, including the IETF trademarks, its rights in IETF documents, domain names, and the IANA intellectual property.
The IPMC acquires, holds, maintains, and licenses intellectual and other property used in the Internet standards process and its administration. It does so for the benefit of the IETF and Internet community as a whole. Five Directors, selected by the IETF NomCom, the IESG, and the ISOC Board of Trustees, manage the IPMC under its bylaws.
As of late 2026, we are in the process of updating other IETF documentation and process to substitute IPMC for prior references to the IETF Trust.
On this site
- Technical Legal Provisions (TLP): the rights granted in IETF documents, including drafts of TLP 6.0
- Frequently Asked Questions: reproducing RFCs, using code from IETF documents, and the IETF name and logo
- Administration: Directors, meeting minutes, financial statements, policies, and bylaws
- Announcements
The IETF Trust archive
The IETF Trust website remains available as an archive. It holds the Trust’s founding documents, minutes, financial statements, and announcements from 2005 to 2026.
Contact
Questions and feedback can be sent to the Directors at trustees@ietf.org. Postal and phone details are on the About page.