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,...
...These promises or “patent pledges” generally precede formal license agreements and other contracts, but are nevertheless intended to induce the market to make expenditures and adopt common technology platforms without...
...minor contribution that Motorola offered to the standards. Finally, the ruling increases the hurdles faced by owners of standard essential patents (SEPs), who confront investigations by competition agencies on both...
...the standard, as well as to give an irrevocable commitment to offer to license the IPR to all parties interested on a fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms: so-called FRAND commitment)....
...buying offer information *Inactive The Open Deal Format (ODF) Working Group was an open standards organization promoting data interoperability in the group commerce, daily deal, and flash sale markets. *Inactive...
...necessarily compromises thereafter. Today, the Alaskan Wildlife Refuge is pristine, while the Escalante is highly compromised. Political realities by definition require compromise, and more compromise the more interests come to...
...dangerous to welcome into the home. As delicately described by RoadsideAmerican.com, a rampaging Coney Island elephant offered Edison a rare photo op: Topsy offered an opportunity that Edison couldn’t resist....
...UOF will continue the trend away from proprietary, “lock in” products, and towards an environment with more competition, more variety, and more freedom for end-users. Presumably, the proliferation of compatible...
...favorable comment may say that the process should just move straight into the next phase, so that everything can be addressed at once. Some comments will be brief, flagging one...
...that I’ve heard previously indicates that with or without this new funding, the roll out of ODF compliance should continue, since bond funding was not required for completion of the...