Abstract :
For pt. 1 see ibid., July/Aug. Much of ANSI´s statement reflects common ground between its policy on intellectual property embodied in standards and what the July-August Micro Law column proposed as wise policy for the IEEE and other standardization bodies. However, two principal areas of nonagreement emerge: What should happen if the patent owner fails correctly to identify and disclose its patent rights until after adoption of the standard embodying its patented technology? Is it a “reasonable” licensing condition for a patent owner to demand that users of the standard must relinquish their own patent rights that are not embodied in the standard?
