This article focuses on EU initiatives on cloud standards, particularly the work of ETSI, ENISA and the working groups set up by the European Commission; while acknowledging that cloud standardisation...
...researchers from different disciplines, IT-practitioners, policy makers, standards developers and users (administrations, companies, etc.) – that is, those who are interested in exchanging insights on standardization, and appreciate the different...
...with negative consequences for the international competitiveness of the U.S. economy (e.g., second generation of cellular telephony). An anticipatory policy approach, based on a standards competition which takes into consideration...
...the completion of the Internal Market. This paper discusses the impact of the modifications to the process of standard setting, as they have been proposed by the Commission, with respect...
...standardization. We identify four other categories of coordinative mechanisms, and illustrate their relevance in OSS development. They complement committee standardization, can be used in standardization, and are sometimes an alternative...
The intermingling of standard-setting and patents has been a contentious topic in legal and technology circles in the last several years. Some say there is an inherent conflict between standard-setting...
...side. This article demonstrates that Java programs combined with an appropriate object standardization may reduce the influence of the network externalities, giving smaller companies a better chance to compete successfully....
...each other. Several commentators have argued that, when a patent becomes part of a standard pursuant to an agreement among competitors given in exchange for the patent holder’s promise to...
There is a class of intermediate institutions that are neither governmental nor private but are more in the nature or alliances, communities, and coalitions. These institutions interact with each other...
In his essay, Liberty versus Property, Richard Epstein offers a Lockean justification for intellectual property rights generally, and copyright specifically. Epstein’s thesis is profoundly important and basic: all legal property...