Intellectual Property and Standardization Committee Participation in the Us Modem Industry

34 Pages Posted: 3 Dec 2004

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Neil Gandal

Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Nataly Gantman

Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics

David Genesove

Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Department of Economics; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Date Written: October 2004

Abstract

The authors take a preliminary look at the interaction between patenting and standardization committee participation in the US modem industry. Both involve a much wider set of firms than the downstream modem manufacturers themselves. Not surprisingly, the two activities are highly correlated across firms. Using five-year periods, Granger causality tests show that while patenting is predicted by participation in earlier standardization meetings, meetings participation is not predicted by earlier patenting. The authors interpret these results as reflecting the timing of standard setting relative to innovation.

Keywords: Modems, patenting, standardization committee participation

JEL Classification: L13, L86

Suggested Citation

Gandal, Neil and Gantman, Nataly and Genesove, David, Intellectual Property and Standardization Committee Participation in the Us Modem Industry (October 2004). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=629205

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