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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Patent_ambush/R3Ry5Ksc">Patent ambush</a>, a situation in which patents are withheld during development of a proposed standard</li> <li><a href="/facts/Patent_infringement/7vH9JvMF">Patent infringement</a>, the commission of a prohibited act with respect to a patented invention</li> <li><a href="/facts/Patent_thicket/03FN3bs8">Patent thicket</a>, a negatively connoted term for an overlapping set of patent rights</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Orange-Book-Standard/oC0gdnuz">Orange-Book-Standard</a></i>, a German decision on the interaction between patent law and technical standards</li> <li><a href="/facts/Standardization/vS9AhNMS">Standardization</a>, the process of creating technical standards</li></ul> <h2 id="further-reading-and-viewing">Further reading and viewing</h2> <ul><li>"<a href="http://www.abanet.org/antitrust/at-committees/at-exemc/pdf/liability.pdf">Potential Antitrust Liability Based on a Patent Owner's Manipulation of Industry Standard Setting</a>", <i>Proceedings of ABA Antitrust Section Spring Meeting</i> (2003) by Janice M. Mueller.</li> <li>"<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050517131019/http://www.law.berkeley.edu/journals/btlj/articles/vol17/mueller.pdf">Patent Misuse Through the Capture of Industry Standards</a>", 17 <i>Berkeley Tech. L.J.</i> 623 (2002) by Janice M. Mueller.</li> <li>Mossoff, Adam; Contreras, Jorge; Kulbaski, James J. (November 30, 2012). <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221809/http://iiscast.wlf.org/vod/sctr01_20121129093925/1/start.html?media=Media1a.asx"><i>Standards-Essential Patents: Where Do IP Protections End and Antitrust Concerns Begin?</i></a> (video). Washington Legal Foundation. Archived from <a href="http://iiscast.wlf.org/vod/sctr01_20121129093925/1/start.html?media=Media1a.asx">the original</a> (ASX) on March 3, 2016. Retrieved December 17, 2012.</li> <li>Vidal, Kathi (10 April 2022). <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/subscription-center/2022/standard-essential-patent-policy-and-practices-we-want-hear-you">"Standard essential patent policy and practices: We want to hear from you!"</a>. <i>www.uspto.gov</i>. Retrieved 30 September 2023.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Shapiro, Carl (January 2000). "Navigating the Patent Thicket: Cross Licenses, Patent Pools, and Standard Setting". Innovation Policy and the Economy. 1: 119–150. doi:10.1086/ipe.1.25056143. ISSN 1531-3468. S2CID 17290328. <a href="https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1086/ipe.1.25056143" target="_blank">https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1086/ipe.1.25056143</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Sidak, J. G. (1 December 2013). "The Meaning of FRAND, Part I: Royalties". Journal of Competition Law and Economics. 9 (4): 931–1055. doi:10.1093/joclec/nht040. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fjoclec%2Fnht040" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fjoclec%2Fnht040</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Elizabeth Woyke (2011-09-21). "Identifying The Tech Leaders In LTE Wireless Patents". Forbes. Retrieved March 10, 2012. <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/elizabethwoyke/2011/09/21/identifying-the-tech-leaders-in-lte-wireless-patents/" target="_blank">https://www.forbes.com/sites/elizabethwoyke/2011/09/21/identifying-the-tech-leaders-in-lte-wireless-patents/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>