This paper examines the role of “continuations” (procedural revisions of patent applications) within software patents and overall patenting in the United States during 1987-99. Our research represents the first effort...
...will be more costly than a competitive standard, they will organize to mitigate the monopolistic supply problem. Specifically, we propose that they engage in a strategy of coopetition, wherein manufacturers...
Content services for mobile phone subscribers compose a new business area based on the constellation of and symbiotic relationship between mobile telecommunication operators and content providers. In this paper we...
Today’s semantic Web deals with meaning in a very restricted sense and offers static solutions. This is adequate for many scientific, technical purposes and for business transactions requiring machine-to-machine communication,...
In this paper we draw crucial parallels between the concepts of compatibility and networks and the more traditional concepts of complementarity and vertical relationships. We also develop the important distinctions...
...computer bus architecture. On April 17, 2007, DOJ and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a joint report known as the “IP2” Report, covering six topics at the intersection of...
...a community of engineers and computer scientists who develop the protocols used to run the Internet. The results suggest that IETF participants use authors’ identity as a signal or filter,...
...the damages regime from one based in compensation, deterrence, and punishment (a tort approach) to one based solely in compensation (a contractual approach). As a result of this novel proposal,...
Develops and promotes digital interface standards for the music industry. The MIDI Manufacturers Association (MMA) develops standards for compatibility among MIDI products. MMA promotes the use of MIDI technology and...
...interests of network and service providers, vendors of hardware and software, electronic messaging users, and legal and insurance companies, with an aim to establish consensus between business, technology, and regulations....