IP Rights and Technological Platforms

Name: IP Rights and Technological Platforms
Cite: SSRN
Year: 2008
Bluebook cite: Robert P. Merges, IP Rights and Technological Platforms, SSRN (2008)(available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=1315522).
Author: Robert P. Merges
URL: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1315522
Item Type: article
Summary: Explains platform policies and discusses the role IP--advocating that voluntary interoperability is sufficient promotion of interoperability. Author argues that competition protects consumers and there is no need for a direct promotion or regulation. The author does suggest implementing rules permitting IP owners to dedicate some rights to the public in an open access schema and "implement an owned but open platform strategy."

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