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There is nothing vague about ETS's bylaws requiring all licensors to comply with local anti-trust/monopoly laws. Many SSO's, bar IEEE's recent licensing policy
by tooltalk 9y ago
There is nothing vague about ETS's bylaws requiring all licensors to comply with local anti-trust/monopoly laws. Many SSO's, bar IEEE's recent licensing policy on "smallest saleable Compliant Implementation," intentionally leave it out in their by-laws or FRAND commitment to avoid crossing paths with regulators. This isn't about their market share, but whether their licensing practices were anti-competitive and/or in violation of local laws and Qualcomm has been found guilty on that by at least three different regulators. I don't have any problem with a "natural monopoly" -- though the US regulator may not agree with me -- but this isn't clearly a problem of just market competition.