The relationship between standards and intellectual property rights (IPRs) isa complementary but troubled one. The way it is managed affects the waystakeholders contribute to standards and may ultimately affect the way sometechnologies and even industries evolve. A spate of recent legal controversieshas been accompanied by the emergence of new mechanisms to help governthe risk of conflict here. This article provides an empirical analysis of theseattempts to reconcile the aims of these regimes.
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