1. Earl Nied Vice Chair, ANSI IPRPC
DOCUMENT #:
GSC15-IPR-09
FOR:
Presentation
SOURCE:
ANSI
AGENDA ITEM: 5
CONTACT(S):
Earl Nied / Patty Griffin
ANSI’s Contribution to the Global Standards Collaboration (GSC-15) IPRWG
Earl Nied
Vice Chair, ANSI IPRPC

2. Background
ANSI has historically contributed to the Global Standards Collaboration initiative (“GSC”) 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.

3. ANSI GSC-15 Contribution
ANSI’s Contribution Number GSC15-IPR-05 to the GSC-15 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”)

4. ANSI GSC-15 Contribution
The major new items added to the ANSI Contribution since GSC-14 include:
Added language on the US Government’s role in standards
Added references to ANSI contributions to:
CNIS’s proposed Guide for the Implementation of the Inclusion of Patents in National Standards
OECD Working Party on Competition and Regulation Roundtable Discussion on Standard Setting
European Commission for public review on proposed revised rules for the assessment of horizontal cooperation agreements under EU competition law

5. Thank You!