Abstract
The impact of patents and patent royalties are a major concern of standards setting organisations. This study examines the patents filed in the UMTS 3rd generation mobile phone standard, governed by the ETSI IPR policy in response to patent issues faced during the earlier GSM standardization. After contrasting firm strategies and policy effectiveness between the GSM and UTMS efforts, and the paper reviews the potential impact of potential changes to the ETSI IPR policy.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the Druid 25th Celebration Conference 2008 on entrepreneurship and innovation : organizations, institutions, systems and regions, June 17-20, Copenhagen Business School |
| Place of Publication | Frederiksberg |
| Publisher | DRUID : Darnish Research Unit for Industrial Dynamics |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |