Technology companies know they gain many competitive benefits when they help develop standards. The same is true for the individuals who actually do the work. Many of the thousands of...
...this system to its foundations. As a result, a broad array of companies, SSOs and states (including Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Hampshire) have petitioned the Supreme Court to intervene to...
...SEP holder may charge a licensee. In its business review letter, the Antitrust Division commended the bylaw amendments for addressing the risk of patent holdup and royalty stacking without any...
...and inhibit an open and inclusive business-friendly ecosystem, and to avoid such barriers is of particular importance for small companies that are essential players in an innovative and international society....
Janusz Ordover and Allan Shampine examine the economic goals of FRAND terms for licensing standard essential patents and how FRAND commitments should be enforced to achieve those goals and avoid...
Network effects and standardisation are central to business success for many of today’s high-technology companies. The ability of a firm to establish its technology as a dominant design or so-called...
...for their right to fair use, e.g. enabling back-up copies for personal use, it seems to be considered a necessity for a profitable content business in the digital age by...
Computing technology has progressed rapidly over the last several decades with implementations and applications that were unthinkable a decade ago now commonplace. The rate of progress, however, has brought its...
Compared to other markets, those with standards battles exhibit certain fundamental characteristics that make the consumer decision to adopt a new product more risky and complex. This paper examines how...
The interaction of individuals, social capital and standards processes has been analyzed through statistical perspectives. Looking at these conclusions in the specific case of the IEEE POSIX(UNIX) standards effort provides...