Wednesday, March 29, 2006

WIPO - Setting Standards in Intellectual Property


Among other things, the author of this paper reports that the Technical Standardization Law Committee of the Science and Technology Law Section of the American Bar Association has reached a consensus on the need for clearer Standards Development Orarganization ("SDO") disclosure policies;
that significant disputes arise with increasing frequency within SDOs concerning policy language, and
that ambiguous policy language increases litigation costs.
Rodney D. Ryder

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