Overview
Patent holders are increasingly making voluntary, public commitments to limit the enforcement and other exploitation of their patents. The best-known form of patent pledge is the so-called FRAND commitment, in which a patent holder commits to license patents to manufacturers of standardized products on terms that are ''fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory.'' Patent pledges have also been appearing in fields well beyond technical standard-setting, including open source software, green technology and the biosciences. This book explores the motivations, legal characteristics and policy goals of these increasingly popular private ordering tools. Jorge Contreras and Meredith Jacob bring together work by more than a dozen international experts who examine the phenomenon of patent pledges from a variety of perspectives and analytical frameworks. The book assesses patent pledges as mechanisms for facilitating platform promotion, open innovation, economic development and environmental sustainability. Legal practitioners who are involved in intellectual property licensing, litigation and business transactions will find this book a key resource, as will in-house lawyers and managers at firms engaged in technology development and standardization. It will also be a key reference for scholars in law, economics, business and political science. Contributors include: C. Asay, B. Awad, M. Bohannon, M. Callahan, J. Contreras, D. Greenbaum, M. Jacob, Y. Kim, M. Maggiolino, C. Maracke, A. Metzger, L. Montagnani, J. Schultz, S. Scott, T. Sebastian, N. Shanahan, R. Sichel, R. Sikorski, T. Simcoe, D. Valz, L. Vertinsky, E. Wang, E. Winston, S.-S. Yi
Full Product Details
Author: Jorge L. Contreras ,
Meredith Jacob
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.40cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.662kg
ISBN: 9781785362484
ISBN 10: 1785362488
Pages: 360
Publication Date: 31 March 2017
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
'Patent Pledges Global Perspectives on Patent Law's Private Ordering Frontier, is a must-read for anyone involved in technology development and standardization. The authors analyze the complexity of patent pledges in a clear and concise manner. Moreover, even though the book is addressed to practitioners in the field of IP licensing, litigation, technology development, and standardization, the way in which the content is addressed makes the book useful as well for scholars in various fields.' -- IPkat blog
Author Information
Edited by Jorge L. Contreras, Presidential Scholar and Professor of Law, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah and Meredith Jacob, Assistant Director, Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, American University, Washington College of Law, US
