...of distinct advantages over a traditional open standards commitment, and offers a way to streamline both the standards development, as well as the standards implementation, processes. Here's why. First of all,...
In this paper, we empirically test for network effects and preannouncement effects in the DVD market. We do this by measuring the effect of potential (incompatible) competition on a network...
...Altai case introduced a test for software copyright that is nothing more than some patent procedures without claims but using different words. The two domains have become one, and should...
...some portion of ex post patenting is driven by genuine innovation. The question then becomes, which is more prevalent? To test the opportunistic patenting theory, I empirically assess the patenting...
...Franciscan friar named William of Ockham. The precept he offered is commonly referred to as “Occam’s Razor,” and a common paraphrase goes like this: All things being equal, the simplest...
Both the general public and privacy advocates view most threats to freedom and privacy on the Internet as arising from direct corporate and government strategies. Other policies exist, however, that...
The definition of “openness” as it applies to standard setting has been debated since the invention of the phrase “open standards.” While many aspects of that definition have been generally...
Research and development often go together like peanut butter and jelly. An issue of critical importance in the patent world, however, has pitted academic and research institutes against the business...
...best examples of open, collaborative, internationally distributed production and development that exists today, and has generated tremendous interest around the world from government, policy, business, academic, research and developer communities....
...significant benefits. This paper proposes and demonstrates a framework for examining the financing of the standards process. This analysis examines the types of costs borne by different participants and the...