[governance] The US Department of Justice and USPTO call for compulsory licenses on thousands of "standards-essential" patents

[Riaz K Tayob]

Conceptions of the ecosystems of Internet Governance differ, 
particularly as relates to legitimacy or exceptionalism issues.

At a similar level of abstraction, what this shows is that national 
choices can have extra territorial effect, namely the policy of low 
quality patents in the US and the relegation of disputes to the legal 
system.

In addition, there is the local US tension between the old intel prop 
rentiers in the Pharma (20 year patent) and recording industries (70 y 
plus copyright) vs the more dynamic and fast moving ICT industry; and 
perhaps this is an indication that the US has decided to take action on 
these matters, in order to reap what it has sown. It does indicate that 
even the sacred cow of the patent system is not beyond the bounds of 
intervention, which at this level of abstraction should attract 
critiques of governmental intervention *which for some is presumptively bad.






On 2013/02/27 08:05 AM, Lee W McKnight wrote:
> Actually...one might geopolitically view the USPTO policy change as primarily motivated at forcing a truce among device manufacturers/patent holders.
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