1. S. Joe Bhatia ANSI President and CEO Dan Bart Chairman, ANSI IPRPC
Global Standards Collaboration (GSC) 14
DOCUMENT #:
GSC14-IPRWG-003
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Presentation or Information
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ANSI
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CONTACT(S):
S. Joe Bhatia, Dan Bart
ANSI’s Contribution to the Global Standards Collaboration (GSC-14) IPRWG
S. Joe Bhatia
ANSI President and CEO
Dan Bart
Chairman, ANSI IPRPC
Geneva, July 2009

2. Background
ANSI has historically contributed to the Global Standards Collaboration initiative and appreciates being an invited Observer
Two ANSI-accredited SDOs that regularly participate in the GSC are the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (“ATIS”) and the Telecommunications Industry Association (“TIA”)
Other ANSI-accredited SDOs have also been here as Observers, e.g., IEEE, CEA, SCTE.
ANSI Administers a Policy Committee, the ANSI Intellectual Property Rights Policy Committee (“ANSI IPRPC”), that formulates ANSI’s positions on intellectual property issues in domestic, regional, and international policy areas.
Geneva, July 2009

3. ANSI GSC-14 Contribution
ANSI’s Contribution Number 002 to the GSC-14 IPRWG reflects an update on:
ANSI’s role in the U.S. voluntary consensus standardization system and its activities in the area of intellectual property rights
ANSI’s views on issues relating to the inclusion of patents, copyrighted software or trademarks in standards, and issues relating to the assertion of copyright in the standards themselves
ANSI’s assessment of the legal landscape in the United States regarding the inclusion of Essential Intellectual Property in Standards, including actions by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the U.S. Department of Justice (“DoJ”)
Geneva, July 2009

4. Thank You!
Geneva, July 2009