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Chip design teams are all pretty well trained by now to equate “IP” with a block of design content, either “soft” or “hard”, licensed from some external supplier, leveraged to improve design reuse and time-to-market. However, this blog isn’t about that. It’s about managing the “other” kind of IP… actually the original, broader legal interpretation of “intellectual property”, as in patented works. Specifically, I’m talking about the role of managing patents in the world of standards. It’s not what you worry about every day, but that’s why I’m writing this — to share a few core principles you really ought to understand if you develop, contribute, or even use standards in your work.