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<p align="right">[ <a href="ps.en.pdf">PDF version (94k)</a> ]</p> |
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<h1 align="center">Analysis on balance:<br />Standardisation and Patents</h1> |
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<p class="indent"><em>This paper provides an analysis of the |
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another.</p> |
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<p>Licensing practices do indeed vary, and are influenced by various |
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factors, including, but not limited to, the questions whether or or |
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factors, including, but not limited to, whether or |
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not a company has a stake in the relevant market, and how |
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aggressively it pursues its patent revenues.</p> |
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<p>During the software patent debate in the European Union there was |
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consensus among SME, Free Software and big businesses |
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representatives from companies such as IBM or Sun Microsystems that |
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patents should be unenforceable to limit or prevent |
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interoperability.</p> |
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patents which limit or prevent interoperability should be unenforceable.</p> |
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<p>In the European Union, this could be introduced into the ongoing |
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Community Patent debate. On a global level, WIPO should consider |
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