Comments on: 3G Cellular Standards and Patents (and Transaction Costs) http://rufuspollock.org/2006/06/12/3g-cellular-standards-and-patents-and-transaction-costs/ Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:17:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: rgrp http://rufuspollock.org/2006/06/12/3g-cellular-standards-and-patents-and-transaction-costs/comment-page-1/#comment-9503 rgrp Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:38:56 +0000 http://www.thefactz.org/ideas/archives/102#comment-9503 <p>All companies who are part of the standards body will disclose their patents freely (note this does <strong>not</strong> mean they license them freely -- quite the opposite). They do this because (a) it is normally required by the conditions of participation (b) it is in there interest to have more 'essential' patents as this raises their share of the licensing royalty (normally associated with the standard is a patent pool from which people can license who want to implement the standard). I have to say I don't know exactly what the division rules are for the 3G standards are, nor the structure of any associated patent pool.</p> <p>Preliminary judgement was there to indicate that the experts only looked at the patents for an hour. If they had longer they would have been able to form a fuller, and better, judgement of whether a given patent was essential.</p> All companies who are part of the standards body will disclose their patents freely (note this does not mean they license them freely — quite the opposite). They do this because (a) it is normally required by the conditions of participation (b) it is in there interest to have more ‘essential’ patents as this raises their share of the licensing royalty (normally associated with the standard is a patent pool from which people can license who want to implement the standard). I have to say I don’t know exactly what the division rules are for the 3G standards are, nor the structure of any associated patent pool.

Preliminary judgement was there to indicate that the experts only looked at the patents for an hour. If they had longer they would have been able to form a fuller, and better, judgement of whether a given patent was essential.

]]> By: Dolton Almeida http://rufuspollock.org/2006/06/12/3g-cellular-standards-and-patents-and-transaction-costs/comment-page-1/#comment-9479 Dolton Almeida Wed, 19 Sep 2007 01:46:04 +0000 http://www.thefactz.org/ideas/archives/102#comment-9479 <p>Dear Mr. Rufus Pollock, I read the article and your views on it...It was great! Can u tell me what would be the impact if the companies dont disclose their patents .... and why the Essential standards are actually important for the company to disclose them for free of cost?? Also when u said it costs for preliminary judjement ... is there any other way this can be done?? Hoping to receive a quick reply from you. Thanking you, Regards, Dolton Almeida.</p> Dear Mr. Rufus Pollock, I read the article and your views on it…It was great! Can u tell me what would be the impact if the companies dont disclose their patents …. and why the Essential standards are actually important for the company to disclose them for free of cost?? Also when u said it costs for preliminary judjement … is there any other way this can be done?? Hoping to receive a quick reply from you. Thanking you, Regards, Dolton Almeida.

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