Study on the Interplay between Standards and Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)

Fraunhofer Institute for Communication System and Dialogic, School of Innovation Sciences at Eindhoven University of Technology, here.

Apple: Samsung’s $100 Million 3G Request

blogs.wsj.com/korearealtime, here. 

Addressing Standards Creation: Divergence or Convergence Across the Atlantic?

T. Vinje, A. Van Rooijen and T.Cornell, here. 

The FTC’s Proposal for Regulating IP through SSOs Would Replace Private Coordination with Government Hold-Up

R. Epstein, F. Kieff, D. Spulber, here. 

OECD on Standard Setting

Here.

A Competition Policy Perspective on Patent Law: The Federal Trade Commission’s Report on the Evolving IP Marketplace

E. Ramirez, L. Kimmel, here.

FTC WORKSHOP ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN STANDARD SETTING: TOOLS TO PREVENT PATENT HOLD-UP

June 21, 2011, Agenda, Archived Webcast here, Transcript here, Public Comments here. 

AAI on Patent Holdup Conduct in Connection with Standard Setting Activities

Here. 

Standardization and Markets: Just Exactly Who Is the Government, and Why Should Antitrust Care?

C.Sagers, here. 

International alarm rings over UK ICT policy

Computerweekly, here.

IEEE launches its new Cloud Computing Initiative

Here.

Driving Innovation: A Case for Targeted Competition Policy in Dynamic Markets

J.Galloway, here. 

Competition Issues in Standard Setting: The New Horizontal Guidelines

S.Vezzoso (this blog's author), here.

Patent Law and Standards Setting

Memorandum of Understanding concluded between the European Patent Office (EPO) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.

Microsoft and standards setting: yet another antitrust issue?

This might be the case according to the Wall Street Jounal, 8 Feb. 2008, in connection with the alleged attempts by Microsoft to pressure countries to ratify the Office Open XML (OOXML) file standard within the ISO (International Organization for Standardization).