Title
Study on the Interplay between Standards and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
Author
Knut Blind, Rudi Bekkers, Yann Dietrich, Eric Iversen, Florian Kohler, Benoit Muller, and Tim Pohlmann
Date
10/07/2011
(Original Publish Date: 9/21/2011)
(Original Publish Date: 9/21/2011)
Abstract
Intellectual property rights (IPRs) in standards have proven to be an intensively debated issue in industry bodies, in standard setting organisations (SSOs), in academic circles, and - increasingly - in court. While both standards and patents aim to promote innovation and market place adoption, there is little else that they have in common. Patents in standardised technology are one of the many issues that market players have to address during the development and implementation of standards. The phenomenon of patents in standards occurs in those areas where standards relate to innovative and therefore often patented technologies, e.g. in the information and communication technology (ICT) which is regarded as being crucial for the development and success in more and more industry and service sectors.
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