[rights] Patents and Standard-Setting Processes

Regarding the general issue of the role of IP claims and their role in setting
standards, I recommend that interested persons read the following piece by my
colleague Scott K. Peterson, which was delivered as testimony recently to the
Fedral Trade Commisson/Department of Justice (FTC/DOJ) Hearings on Competition
and Intellectual Property Law and Policy in the Knowledge-Based Economy (April
18, 2002). Scott is HP's legal point-man on issues of open source, IP, etc.

http://www.ftc.gov/opp/intellect/020418scottkpeterson.pdf


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