Technological standards give rise to a complements problem that affects pricing and innovation incentives of technology … producers. In this paper I discuss how patent pools can be used to solve these problems and what incentives patent holders have … to form a patent pool. I offer some suggestions how competition authorities can foster the formation of welfare …

discourages entry and reduces innovation incentives, while horizontal integration always benefits from entry and innovation …

innovation with SEPs generates greater social welfare than a less efficient standard without SEPs. A key finding is that voting …

In today's technology-driven world, industry standardization, component interoperability, and product …-compatibility have become critical to promoting innovation and competition. Standards are typically created by voluntary organizations …