What standards developers can do to prevent blocking.
Why patent disclosure is useless.
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Author: Menno Treffers
The effect of collecting patent royalties on the adoption of standards
The availability of historic data on the sales volume of Wi-Fi and CD-Recordable makes it possible to estimate the effect of patent royalty payments on the adoption of standards. Continue reading “The effect of collecting patent royalties on the adoption of standards”
Assigning value to individual essential patents – what is the RAND royalty rate for a single essential patent?
How would you split the royalty income between the owners of patents that are essential for using a standard?
Let’s assume for the moment that the patent owners and the users of the standard have agreed on a combined RAND royalty rate for the use of all essential patents. What is a reasonable royalty rate for 10% of these essential patents, or for a single essential patent? Continue reading “Assigning value to individual essential patents – what is the RAND royalty rate for a single essential patent?”
Choosing the name and logo for a group of cooperating companies
Each new industry standards group will need a name, a logo, and a website. What are good names and logos? How to find them, design them? And a subtle but profound question: will the industry standard created by the group have the same name and logo as the organization? Continue reading “Choosing the name and logo for a group of cooperating companies”