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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

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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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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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