...intellectual property protection required by the TRIPS Agreement of 1994. With TRIPS, at least, these countries obtained side payments (in the form of trade concessions) to offset the rising costs...
...free trade throughout the common market. This chapter examines the question of whether the EU actually can control the negative aspects of the phenomenon of globalization, or whether it instead...
Participation in standard-setting organizations (SSOs) raises issues with grave implications for many companies. SSOs promote interoperability in technology systems through the adoption of technical standards. Conflicting demands for standardization, free...
...trade, amendments have constantly been introduced in the sphere of national laws. A veritable example of the ripples created by international developments across national frontiers is that of General Agreement...
“Cookie” technology was introduced into the Netscape browser in the mid-1990s. Cookies enable a variety of convenient features – for example, they enable Amazon.com to keep track of a “shopping...
Standards setting organizations (SSOs) structure themselves with widely varying degrees of openness and formality. Striking the proper balance between formality and informality, openness and exclusivity requires a thorough examination of...
The pro- and anti-competitive implications of technical compatibility standards are introduced in general terms and then applied to current issues in telecommunications policy. The demand and supply for standards under...
This Article examines the problem of patent hold-ups in standard setting organizations. The paper critically assesses the solutions currently used to address the problem and explains why the overlooked policy...
...integration within and between organizations using Internet-standard protocols and formats. The Integration Consortium was formed in 2001 and moved to a web-presence-only phase in 2009 at cloudyintegration.com. *Disbanded in 2009...
Promotes sustainable IT products. TCO Development promotes sustainable IT and maintains TCO Certified, a third party sustainability certification for IT products. TCO Development supports products with a high degree of...