Standards Development Patent Policy ManualJorge L. Contreras American Bar Association, 2007 - 106 páginas Authored by standards experts from across industry, academia and private practice, this book serves as a resource for standards development organizations (SDOs), the lawyers who advise them and other participants involved in the process. It is a comprehensive set of annotated, policy-neutral language that can be instantly accessed and utilized by SDOs who are developing new patent policies or those looking to refine or interpret existing policies. |
Índice
ANNOTATED POLICY CLAUSES | 5 |
GENERAL | 27 |
1 Violation | 28 |
4 Ejection from the SDO | 29 |
PATENT DISCLOSURES | 31 |
A Obligation to Disclose | 32 |
2 Participants Patents Covering Any Standards Document | 34 |
ThirdParty Claims | 35 |
3 Defensive Suspension | 62 |
B Obligation Structure of the Licensing Commitment | 67 |
2 Events that Render Licensing Commitments Effective | 68 |
3 Establishment of Licensing Commitments by Working Groups | 69 |
4 Reduction of Licensing Commitment | 70 |
C Licensing Statements | 72 |
2 Timing of Licensing Statements | 74 |
3 Format of Licensing Statements | 76 |
B Timing of Patent Disclosures | 36 |
1 Upon Entry in SDO | 37 |
4 For ThirdParty Claims | 38 |
2 Content and Specificity of Patent Disclosure | 40 |
3 Blanket Patent Disclosures | 41 |
4 Updating Patent Disclosures | 42 |
D Disclosure Exclusions Exemptions and OptOut | 43 |
2 Exemption from Disclosure If Licensing Commitment Is Made | 44 |
3 Exceptions Negative Disclosure | 45 |
E Duration of Patent Disclosure Obligation | 46 |
IV LICENSING COMMITMENTS AND LICENSING STATEMENTS | 47 |
1 Terms of the Licensing Commitment | 49 |
2 Reciprocity | 61 |
4 Licensing Statements Made by Whom | 81 |
5 Duration of Licensing Commitments | 82 |
V NORMATIVE AND INFORMATIVE REFERENCES | 87 |
2 Consistency Required | 89 |
VI SDO ACTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES | 91 |
B Review of Patent Disclosures and Licensing Statements by the SDO | 92 |
3 Resubmission to the SDO | 93 |
4 Verification by the SDO | 94 |
The Ex Ante Question | 97 |
Considerations for Creating Forms to Accompany SDO Patent Policies | 99 |
Links to 1PR Policies | 103 |
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Términos y frases comunes
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Página xiii - There is no objection in principle to drafting a proposed American National Standard in terms that include the use of a patented item, if it is considered that technical reasons justify this approach.
Página xi - ANS1 is a voluntary standard body, which has served in its capacity as administrator and coordinator of the US private sector voluntary standardization system for more than 80 years.
Página vii - It was hoped that the decision of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in US v.
Página xi - Standards (ANS) by accrediting the procedures of standardsdeveloping organizations (SDOs). These groups work cooperatively to develop voluntary national consensus standards. Accreditation by ANSI signifies that the procedures used by the standards...