Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Technology Standards and Competition in the Mobile Industry by Kirti Gupta -- Chapter 3. Standard Setting Organizations and Competition Laws: Lessons and Suggestions from the United States by Donald E. Knebel -- Chapter 4. FRAND Commitments and Royalties for...

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The efforts of developing countries to use the mechanisms provided under TRIPS to promote public health have come under pressure from industrialised countries and multinational pharmaceutical companies in a variety of ways. For example, a number of pharmaceutical companies challenged the South...

The world is at war over the ownership of 'intangible ideas'. The war is being waged between the developed and developing worlds. The major aggressors in this battle are giant business corporations and nations belonging to the industrially advanced world, which are attempting to combat stiff...