Abstract :
How should a standardization body such as the IEEE deal with patents and copyrights on technology essential to using a standard! A recent controversy within the World Wide Web Consortium over a Microsoft patent illustrates the kind of problem that can arise when intellectual property rights cloud users´ right of access to a standard. As yet, the IEEE has not developed a coherent policy on this issue; nor, apparently, has any other major standardization body
Keywords :
copyright; legislation; standardisation; IEEE; IP embodied in standards; Microsoft patent; World Wide Web Consortium; copyrights; intellectual property rights; licencing; patents; standardization; Cascading style sheets; Clouds; Containers; HTML; Intellectual property; Licenses; Programming profession; Standardization; Web pages; Web sites;
