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Slides for Class #10
ASU Technology Standards Seminar
April 5, 2010
Brad Biddle
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Introduction
Taxonom
y / “How
”
Business strategy / “W
hy”
Antitrust
IPR
: RA
ND
v. RF
IPR
(+): “O
penness”
IPR
: Patent pools
Policy: private stnds &
law
Policy: R
ole of government +
C
hina
Student presentations
Student presentations
*G
uest discussion re US
B
3/22 3/29 4/5 4/12 4/19 4/26
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PATENTS
COPYRIGHT
ANTITRUST
CORPORATE
EMPLOYMENT
ETHICS
TRADE
PROCUREMENT
CONSUMER PROTECTION
Royalty stacking
AmbushHold-up/hold-out
F/RAND
Pools
Ex-ante
Attorney-Client Privilege
Board member dutiesWTO/TBT
TAXAnti-commons
ECPR
CONTRACT
PUBLIC POLICY
Disclosure
TRADEMARK
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Samuelson argument I
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Samuelson argument II
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Samuelson argument III (incentive and competition)
1. SSOs have ample incentives beyond the copyright incentive
2. Volunteers do the work currently3. SSOs generally use copyright-related revenues
to subsidize other activities4. The web has made distribution of standards
cheap and easy5. Because the document is a standard, the SSO
can get monopoly rents (i.e., there is no price competition)
6. Perverse incentives to “make public employees into a kind of free sales force” for the SSO
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18http://publicaa.ansi.org/sites/apdl/Documents/Standards%20Activities/NSSC/USSS-2005%20-%20FINAL.pdf
United States Standards Strategy (by ANSI)
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http://www.astm.org/SNEWS/APRIL_2006/overman_apr06.html
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Summary of SSO arguments
• Copyright incentive drives creativity by SSOs• Respect property interest of copyright owner• 5th Circuit wrong re interpreting copyright law• Copyright revenue is critical for business model of
some SSOs– These SSOs are a critical part of the very successful US
standards system– Government relies on the US standards system to
produce high quality standards– A high quality standards system ultimately benefits
government and citizens
• No practical harm under the current model: standards are available at reasonable rates
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An under-explored argument: control over derivative works (i.e. the importance of one organization defining
precisely what is the standard)
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/publicresourceorg/sets/72157606911738805/show/
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