This article attempts to explain the interplay between open source software licensing and FRAND licensing in both the development of standards and with respect to firms seeking to use both OSS and proprietary software. Tension has risen in particular in the standards context, where those who...

The Internet, computing, and telecommunications industries are ripe for a collision between the worlds of intellectual property and standardization. Many technologies in these industries are covered by patents, and some of these patented technologies are essential to standards necessary for...

This chapter reviews the law and policy relating to Standard Setting Organizations (SSOs) and the FRAND commitment. To improve interoperability, we need technology standards, and to create them, we need industry members to work together in standard-setting organizations (SSOs). To ensure that...