Patents and Standard-Setting Processes Statement of Scott K. Peterson, Hewlett-Packard Company for FTC/DOJ Hearings on Competition and Intellectual Property Law and Policy in the Knowledge-Based Economy

Consideration of Patents during the Setting of Standards

Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) writes to express its agreement with the suggestion of the American Antitrust Institute (AAI), in its letter of January 3, 2005, that the Antitrust Modernization Commission (AMC) study and make recommendations regarding problems presented by the increasing role of patents in information technology standard-setting processes. HP presented perspectives similar to thos...

The Patent System and Competition A Statement to the Federal Trade Commission/ Department of Justice Hearings on Competition and Intellectual Property Law and Policy in the Knowledge-Based Economy

The U.S. patent system has undergone a profound shift over the past two decades. The strength of patent protection has been dramatically bolstered, and both large and small firms are devoting considerably more effort to seeking patent protection and defending their patents in the courts. Many in the patent community—U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officials, the patent bar, and corporate paten...

DOJ/FTC Hearings on Health Care and Competition Law and Policy

The examination of intellectual right of medicinal plants and the issue of bio-theft due to agreement of TRIPS

Over the past two decades, the role of intellectual property rights in all areas of science and technology has exploded globally– primarily due to the rules prescribed by the World Trade Organization’s TRIPS and by bilateral/regional trade agreements. The TRIPS agreement obligates all WTO member countries to adopt and enforce minimum standards of intellectual property rights. The TRIPS agreemen...

The examination of intellectual right of medicinal plants and the issue of bio-theft due to agreement of TRIPS

Over the past two decades, the role of intellectual property rights in all areas of science and technology has exploded globally– primarily due to the rules prescribed by the World Trade Organization’s TRIPS and by bilateral/regional trade agreements. The TRIPS agreement obligates all WTO member countries to adopt and enforce minimum standards of intellectual property rights. The TRIPS agreemen...