The task of improving healthcare information technology is being addressed by many practitioners, vendors, organizations and governments around the world. For example, in his January 2004 State of the Union...
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) and the courts have recently grappled with the question of whether members of private voluntary standard-setting organizations (SSOs) may conceal their intellectual...
...for Internet Content Selection (PICS) Guidelines, Java, Platform for Privacy Preferences Project (P3P) Implementation Guide, Apple’s style guidelines, and Microsoft Foundation Classes. In some of these cases, the designers sought...
...at its core, the RAND commitment is most likely a pro-competitive mechanism primarily designed to guide courts away from patent law’s conventional – and here largely inappropriate – damages regime....
The open source paradigm is often defined as a collaborative effort, implying that firms and consumers come together in a non-competitive climate. We show here that open source development can...
...moving closer to the IPR practices and standards found in Western nations. A growing economy, more sophisticated laws, and increased attention to enforcement have led to IPR infringement cases being...
...19th and early 20th centuries. Using that history as a guide, it is not surprising that the ARMT’s exercise of authority has been limited during its early years; it remains...
...analysis of the achievements of the Study on the Strategy of Technical Standards Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) and the standardization strategies or plans established by...
Develops and promotes standards to manage information in digital environments (U.S.). The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) identifies, develops, maintains, and publishes technical standards to manage information in a digital...
Promoted payment technology *Dissolved in 2005 PayCircle developed standard APIs for mobile payments, regardless of the payment systems used by application or service providers. Its main focus was to accelerate...