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No. 08-694
THE LEX GROUP
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1750 K Street N.W.
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Suite 475
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Washington, DC 20006(202) 955-0001
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(800) 815-3791
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Fax: (202) 955-0022
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www.thelexgroupdc.com
In TheSupreme Court of the United States
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION,
Petitioner,
v.RAMBUS INCORPORATED,
Respondent.
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BRIEF OF
AMICI CURIAE
IN SUPPORT OFPETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI OF
ADVANCED MEDIA WORKFLOW ASSOCIATION (AMWA); CONSUMERELECTRONICS ASSOCIATION (CEA); GLOBALPLATFORM INC.; IMSGLOBAL LEARNING CONSORTIUM, INC. (IMS); INTERNATIONALIMAGING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION, INC. (I3A); IPC, ASSOCIATIONCONNECTING ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES; LINUX FOUNDATION;MIDI MANUFACTURES ASSOCIATION; MOBILE PRINTING ANDIMAGING CONSORTIUM, INC.; OPEN GEOSPATIAL CONSORTIUM,INC. (OGC); OPENSAF FOUNDATION; ORGANIZATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF STRUCTURED INFORMATION STANDARDS(OASIS); PICMG-PCI INDUSTRIAL COMPUTER MANUFACTURERSGROUP, INC. (PICMG); SOCIETY OF MOTION PICTURE ANDTELEVISION ENGINEERS (SMPTE); THE OPEN GROUP (TOG); THESOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO FORUM, INC.; VIDEO ELECTRONICSSTANDARDS ASSOCIATION (VESA); VMEBUS INTERNATIONALTRADE ASSOCIATION (VITA); XBRL INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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Andrew Updegrove
Counsel of Record
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LLP40 Broad StreetBoston, Massachusetts 02109(617) 350-6800
Counsel for Amici Curiae December 23,
2008
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TABLE OF CONTENTSPage
TABLE OF AUTHORITIES......................................iiiINTEREST OF AMICI CURIAE................................1SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENT...........................5 ARGUMENT.............................................................10I. The Viability of the PrivateSector Standards DevelopmentProcess is Vital to the NationalInterest................................................10 A. Standards are Essential to Almost All Aspects of Modern Life...............................10B. Government has Deferredto the Private Sector forFulfillment of Government's StandardsDevelopment Needs..................13C. Government has BecomeIncreasingly Dependentupon Private SectorStandards Development toEnable its Operations andPermit it to Achieve itsPolicy Objectives.......................15
iiII. Standards DevelopmentOrganizations Adopt, and MustTrust Members to Obey, Rulesthat Require Disclosure of Relevant Patent Claims......................20 A. SSOs Adopt IPR Policies toProtect Members, Non-Members and theMarketplace..............................20B. Absent a JustifiablePresumption of Trust,Stakeholders have More toLose than to Gain byParticipating in StandardsDevelopment.............................24C. SSOs are not Able toEnforce their IPR PoliciesEffectively, and MustTherefore be Able to Relyupon the Courts andRegulators to EnforcePolicy Obligations.....................26CONCLUSION.........................................................28
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