Class 11: The role of government with ICT standards (contrasting US, EU and Chinese models)
Readings:
Apologies for the somewhat lengthy readings this week, but I think they’re worthwhile. Please read:
1. Baird, Stacy, Government at the Standard Bazaar (April 17, 2007). Stanford Law & Policy Review, Vol. 18, No. 35, 2007. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1365707 (focus on Parts I, II and III).
2. DeLacey, Brian J., Herman, Kerry, Kiron, David J., Lerner, Josh and Lo, Wai-Shun, Government Intervention in Standardization: The Case of WAPI (September 2006). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=930930
(Not required, but I also recommend — and will discuss in class — Winn, Jane K. , Globalization and Standards: The Logic of Two-Level Games. I/S: Journal of Law and Policy for the Information Society, 2009. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1415424)
Also, please take a quick look at:
* House Science and Technology Committee hearings: NIST Structure and Authorities, Its Role in Technical Standards, and Federal Coordination on Technical Standards.
* European Commission Public consultation on the review of the European Standardisation System.
* Article about China National Institute of Standardization (CNIS) effort concerning patents and standards, and/or CNIS site for this effort (if you read Chinese).
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