Are These Cartels? Price Guidelines Adopted by Standard Setting Organisations (US, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)

摘要

1. Standard setting organisations adopt Ip policies to grant access at FRAND terms to patented technologies included in the technical standards 2. As an example, the US Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEP) recently adopted guidelines suggesting methods to define reasonable rates. 3. These guidelines were not considered anticompetitive, although they provide a focal point influencing decisions on prices.