Patents and standards in the telecommunications industry

Author

Ramírez-Mireles, Fernando

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

29

Issue

6

fYear

2010

Firstpage

42

Lastpage

45

Abstract

The goal of standardization is to allow/ the interoperability of products made by different equipment manufacturers based on open technical specifications. The goal of patenting a technical innovation is to have the exclusive rights for commercial exploitation of the invention for a period of time. This article elaborates on the compilation by F. Ramirez-Mireles in 2006, describing the general guidelines used by international standardization bodies to incorporate patented technology into the standard, and also to license this patented technology to other members of the standardization committee. It also discusses some of the issues arising from patent abuse and noncompliance of those guidelines.

Keywords

innovation management; legislation; patents; standards; telecommunication industry; commercial exploitation; equipment manufacturers; exclusive rights; general guidelines; international standardization body; interoperability; invention; license; open technical specifications; patented technology; patenting; patents; standardization committee; standards; technical innovation; telecommunications industry; Companies; Guidelines; Licenses; Patents; Standards;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Potentials, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0278-6648

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MPOT.2010.939086

Filename

5620868