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Rethinking Rand: Sdo-Based Approaches To Patent Licensing Commitments, Jorge Contreras
Rethinking Rand: Sdo-Based Approaches To Patent Licensing Commitments, Jorge Contreras
Working Papers
So-called “reasonable and nondiscriminatory” (RAND) licensing commitments have been utilized by standards-development organizations (SDOs) for years in an attempt to alleviate the risk of patent hold-up in standard-setting. These commitments, however, have proven to be vague and offer few assurances to product vendors or patent holders. A recent surge of international litigation concerning RAND commitments has brought this issue to the attention of regulators, industry and the public, and many agree that a better approach is needed. In this paper, I identify seven “first principles” that underlie the licensing and enforcement of standards-essential patents (SEP)s. These can be summarized as …
Music As Biotech: Remixing The Ubmta For Use With Digital Samples, Adam G. Holofcener
Music As Biotech: Remixing The Ubmta For Use With Digital Samples, Adam G. Holofcener
Intellectual Property Brief
No abstract provided.
To Patent Or Not To Patent, That Is The Question: Embryonic Stem Cell Patents Rejected In Europe, Amer Raja
To Patent Or Not To Patent, That Is The Question: Embryonic Stem Cell Patents Rejected In Europe, Amer Raja
Intellectual Property Brief
No abstract provided.
The Russian Ipr Problem: How Accession To The Wto Is Not The Magical Solution, Rather A Step In The Right Direction, Joshua M. Green
The Russian Ipr Problem: How Accession To The Wto Is Not The Magical Solution, Rather A Step In The Right Direction, Joshua M. Green
Intellectual Property Brief
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Standards And Related Intellectual Property Issues For Climate Change Technology, Jorge Contreras
Standards And Related Intellectual Property Issues For Climate Change Technology, Jorge Contreras
Working Papers
Almost every product sold today must conform to standards, whether relating to its design, manufacture, operation, testing, safety, sale or disposal, and sometimes to many of these at once. At their root, standards are no more than written requirements or design features of a product, service or other activity. They can be breathtakingly detailed or disarmingly general, ranging from thousands of pages in length to just a few sentences. Standards are set by a wide range of bodies, from governmental agencies to industry consortia to multinational treaty organizations. Some standards are adopted into local, state or federal legislation and attain …
Standards, Patents, And The National Smart Grid, Jorge Contreras
Standards, Patents, And The National Smart Grid, Jorge Contreras
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is charged with overseeing the identification and selection of hundreds of standards that will be required to implement the national Smart Grid project. However, the benefits that could be realized from Smart Grid standardization could be threatened by a growing number of patents that cover Smart Grid architecture and technologies. If such patents are not revealed until technology is broadly distributed throughout the network (“locked-in”), significant disruption could occur when patent holders seek to collect unanticipated rents from large segments of the market. Moreover, even if patents are revealed early in the …