Software Engineering has emerged as a field in recent years, and those involved increasingly recognize the need for standards. As a result, members of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics...
Although patent law purports to cover all manner of technologies, we have noticed recent divergence in the standards applied to biotechnology and to software patents: the Federal Circuit has applied...
...this means is that companies willing to manufacture products that complywith certain standards may need to use patented technology, for which prior authorization from the patent holder will be required....
...to communication; -2- Autoregulation: Implementation of codes of conduct and commitments to abide by these codes from the main actors of the Internet; -3- Coregulation: Institutionalization of a new governance...
...and data on Chinese-U.S. trade in intellectual property-intensive goods are examined. We conclude that although enforcement if IPRs within China continues to be relatively weak, Chinese IPR institutions are converging...
Standardization is an essential and growing element in the success of the Information Technology industry. The success of the Internet, the World Wide Web, e-Commerce, and the wireless revolution are...
Without standards there will be no interoperability. The objective of the paper is to identify issues and review standards relating to enterprise interoperability in intra and inter-organisational environment. It focuses...
...SEPs. While there is a growing body of empirical research using data on declared SEPs, this research has so far focused on the declared patents, and neglected the implications of...
...to localized network externalities in use. We examine the issue of technological standardization, and the coordination of choices among the agents. We generate equilibrium conditions under two spatial conditions–agents located...
In this paper, the author addresses the value of open standards versus open source in e-learning. The author begins by discussing three strands of development in e-learning: development of e-learning...