...industries like the information and communication technology (“ICT”) sector may limit the effectiveness of intellectual property rights in achieving these goals. In particular, in the case of standard essential patents...
Since 1994, Europe and North America have taken divergent approaches to managing spectrum for wireless for voice and data services, the so-called 2G and 3G bands.1 The European Community has...
...therefore intensified their efforts to promote royalty-free (RF) standards. While this approach definitely contributes to a faster standards development process and eventually faster implementation, certain important contributors might decide to...
...of knowledge products. A free-standing instrument, such as the SPLT, would shrink the remaining flexibilities in the TRIPS Agreement with no side payments and no concessions to the catch-up strategies...
...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...
Computer platforms provide an integrated architecture of hardware and software standards as a basis for developing complementary assets. The most successful platforms were owned by proprietary sponsors that controlled platform...
The Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice shares responsibility for enforcing the US antitrust laws and regulations with the Bureau of Competition of the Federal Trade Commission. The...
...400 of the world’s leading Information Technology, Electronic Components, Semiconductor Manufacturing and Solution Provider companies working to create, implement and promote open ebusiness process standards. A field study utilizing the...