Title
Editorial: Standard Setting and Innovation: A Salute to Vita and IEEE
Author
Andrew Updegrove, Partner, Gesmer Updegrove LLP
Date
3/14/2008
(Original Publish Date: 3/1/2007)
(Original Publish Date: 3/1/2007)
Abstract
Standard setting and innovation enjoy an interesting symbiotic relationship. Without innovation, the need for new standards would decrease, and eventually dry up completely. And without standards, many types of innovation would struggle in the marketplace, and some would fail. As the world becomes more virtual and less physical, an increasing percentage of the new products and services that are the fruits of technical innovation will rely upon standards. The hundreds of consortia that have sprung up in the last twenty years bear ample witness to this trend.
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