...that many standards are covered by intellectual property rights, that battles over the licensing of those rights have reached a fevered pitch in several industries, and that competition agencies around...
The author examines the evolution of the US standards process and its basis in American political culture. She evaluates the system in the light of the many structural changes taking...
British Standards is the National Standards Body of the UK, responsible for facilitating, drafting, publishing and marketing British Standards and other guidelines.
NSSF is a Strategic Framework to address the challenges and opportunities presented by standardization. It has two elements: a Strategic element, which sets the direction for standardization in the UK,...
...institutions supplying standardization are interested in correctly matching this demand. Often it comes to overstandardization. The authors argue therefore that standards for standard setters are required and they show how...
...second technology. Thus, the degree of substitutability itself appears as an endogenous variable. This analysis provides a new basis for understanding technological competition and completes economic modelling of the competition....
The authors examine anticipatory product standards intended to improve the strategic position of firms in an international patent race where firms do R&D to develop products that are close substitutes....
In the fall of 2002, the Center’s Board embarked on a survey of individuals experienced in the development of private sector voluntary standards. The purpose of the survey was to...
In the past several years, standard essential patents, or “SEPs,” have exploded onto the scene. Courts and enforcement agencies around the world have grappled with the nuances they present. What...