STRUCTURING FOR SUCCESS

WHAT MAKES AN SSO – AND A STANDARDS INFRASTRUCTURE – SUCCEED?

SO MANY STANDARD SETTING ORGANIZATIONS, SO LITTLE TIME

STANDARDS AND HUMAN RIGHTS

HUMAN NATURE AND STANDARD SETTING

EVERYBODY’S TALKING (BUT WHAT ARE THEY SAYING?)

STAKEHOLDERS AND STANDARDS

GETTING TO YES (OR NOT)

Strategies for extracting value from IPR can range from seeking monopoly power, to passing laws prohibiting such conduct, to simply giving it away.

NOW WE ARE THE JETSONS

LOOKING BACKWARD, LOOKING FORWARD

Sadly, our first editorial four years ago (“IPR Policies: A Call to (Lay Down) Arms”) is as timely now as it was then. But there’s been some progress.