Title
Update on the Antitrust Ghost in the Standard-Setting Machine
Author
Jeffrey Fromm, Counsel in the Intellectual Property Practice Group at the Drinker Biddle & Reath law firm., and Robert A. Skitol, Senior partner in the Antitrust Practice Group within the Litigation Department at Drinker Biddle & Reath.
Date
4/18/2008
(Original Publish Date: 9/1/2005)
(Original Publish Date: 9/1/2005)
Abstract
The following paper is a guest column, following up Richard Stern’s Micro Law column in the May-June 2005 issue of IEEE Micro, by two lawyers involved in presenting Hewlett-Packard’s RAND proposal to the IEEE PatCom recently.Recent statements from top officials of both the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) support Stern’s conclusions that the antitrust ghost is a sham excuse for inaction, that the time has come for its “exorcism,” and that antitrust concerns should no longer inhibit SDOs’ “adoption of measures that deter the abuse of RAND promises.”
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