Title
Patents and Open Standards
Author
Priscilla Caplan
Date
1/01/2005
(Original Publish Date: 2000)
(Original Publish Date: 2000)
Abstract
The paper reviews some patent basics and then considers the following questions: What is an "open standard"? What are the policies of other standards setting organizations governing patented contributions to standards? What are the implications for NISO? The paper concludes with an update from NISO on their recently adopted Patent Policy.