The simplest way ... #

By Anonymous Coward Posted Wednesday 3rd October 2007 09:28 GMT

... of solving problems relating to patents incorporated in standards would be to require the patent holder to place the patent in the public domain, in return for an agreed share of a fixed fee licence paid per unit by those who use the standard in their products.

If the company secretly having the patent incorporated in the standard failed to disclose the patent at the appropriate time prior to agreement of the standard, they would thus have their standard in the public domain and no right to a share of the licensing fee.