Rudi Bekkers - Expert activities for the US NAS
NAS study and report “Patent challenges for standard-setting in the global economy”
Late 2011, the US National Academies of Science established a committee to investigate the impact of patents in standards. I was appointed by the NAS as one of the committee members. In October 2013, the final report of this committee was delivered:
Keith Maskus, Stephen A. Merrill (ed.). (2013). Patent challenges for standard-setting in the global economy: Lessons from the ICT industry. Committee on Intellectual Property Management in Standard-Setting Processes Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, Policy and Global Affairs. National Research Council of the National Academies. Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press.
During its work, the committee has commissioned several studies. These were presented at the Symposium on Management of Intellectual Property in Standard-Setting Processes, October 3-4, 2012, in Washington, DC
One of these studies is one on of IPR policies and practices of a representative group of Standards Setting Organizations worldwide. Below are links to the main deliverables for this report.
Commissioned report on SSOs
In May 2013, an updated version and somewhat shortened version of the report was publish, which reflects some feedback we received:
Rudi Bekkers & Andy Updegrove (2013). A study of IPR policies and practices of a representative group of Standards Setting Organizations worldwide (updated version). Commissioned by the US National Academies of Science.
For purposes of referencing, the original report as presented at the October 2012 workshop is still available below:
Rudi Bekkers & Andy Updegrove (2012). A study of IPR policies and practices of a representative group of Standards Setting Organizations worldwide. Commissioned by the US National Academies of Science.
Supplement background reports
While preparing the commissioned report, a series of detailed background reports were prepared. These reports have benefited from solicited feedback from the SSOs involved (see the main commissioned report for details) .
Supplement background report 1 on ITU, ISO, and IEC
Supplement background report 2 on IEEE
Supplement background report 3 on ETSI
Supplement background report 4 on ANSI
Supplement background report 5 on IETF
Supplement background report 6 on OASIS
Supplement background report 7 on VITA
Supplement background report 8 on W3C
