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Ex ante: disclose IP before, not after standardization-August 20, 2012 |
Many of the audience here are involved in standards bodies and specification development, so the news from the Apple v. Samsung on the invocation of ex ante in today's testimony is useful.
I worked with VITA, the folks behind the VME family of board-level embedded technology, on their ex ante policy several years ago, and can share that insight. I'm not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV, so this is the highly simplified, non-legalese version of the rules. Consult your legal department with any questions.