@article{1448290,
      recid = {1448290},
      author = {Singh, Manveen,},
      title = {Standard-setting organisations' IPR policies :  intellectual property and competition issues /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xxiii, 211 pages)},
      abstract = {This book offers a unique insight into the world of  standard-setting organizations (SSOs) IPR policies and the  role they play in balancing the interests of innovators and  implementers, vis-a-vis the development of standards. Since  the beginning of the 21st century, there have been quite a  few questions asked of the SSOs as to the legality of their  IPR policies and the enforceability of disclosure and  licensing obligations enshrined therein. That, coupled with  disagreements over the appropriate royalty rate and royalty  base, has resulted in extensive litigation between  innovators and implementers, especially across the  Atlantic. The Book, in keeping the USA and EU as the two  primary jurisdictions, offers a comprehensive analysis of  the disclosure and licensing obligations under SSO IPR  policies, with strong theoretical foundations justifying  their imposition. More specifically, it offers a birds eye  view of the various facets of disclosure and licensing,  ranging from non-disclosure and transparency on one hand,  to the determination of FRAND on the other. While much has  been said about the benefits arising out of collaborative  standard-setting, disputes involving SEP licensing have not  been limited to the courts, and have attracted a  significant amount of scrutiny by competition/antitrust  agencies. The Book provides an elaborate account of the  anti-competitive concerns surrounding standard-setting, and  further documents the role of courts and competition  agencies in ensuring good faith licensing negotiations  between the SEP holders and implementers. Despite largely  focusing on SEP licensing disputes in the USA and EU, the  Book also offers a dedicated chapter on standard-setting in  the Indian context. The readers are presented with an  in-depth discussion on the contrasting approaches adopted  by the courts and the Competition Commission of India  (CCI), in addressing disputes involving SEPs. The said  discussion is supplemented by a careful analysis of the SEP  licensing guidelines to have emerged out of other  implementer-oriented economies like China and Japan. By  doing so, the Book offers readers the opportunity to study  and compare the SEP licensing framework in developed, as  well as developing economies. SSO IPR policies play an  integral role in the development of standards, and with  technologies such as the Internet of Things and 5G knocking  on the doors, the Book makes for a valuable study on the  nuances of standard-setting through the lens of SSOs, and  will find takers among a wide reader base of students,  researchers, academics, law practitioners, corporates, and  policy makers.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1448290},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2623-5},
}