Standards Organizations: Patent Disclosure

• Standards groups have disclosure requirements after high profile problem cases involving "patent farming"

  • Rambus case: JEDEC Solid State Technology Association. Media report: Jury found Rambus Inc. had committed fraud by failing to disclose its synchronous patent applications to the industry JEDEC standards
  • Dell case: VESA (Video Electronics Standard Association). Federal Trade Commission: "Dell cannot enforce its patent rights"

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