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22 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 1403 (2007)
Globalization and the Technology Standards Game: Balancing Concerns of Protectionism and Intellectual Property in International Standards

handle is hein.journals/berktech22 and id is 1413 raw text is: GLOBALIZATION AND THE TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS GAME: BALANCING CONCERNS OF PROTECTIONISM AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS By Christopher S. Gibsont TABLE OF CONTENTS I. IN T R O D U C T IO N ................................................................................... 1404 II. ICT STANDARDS AND DIVERSITY IN INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SETTING ......................................................................... 1409 A. DIVERSE APPROACHES FOR ICT STANDARD SETTING IN THE U .S., C HINA AND EU ......................................................................... 1410 B. IP RIGHTS IN ICT STANDARDS ......................................................... 1418 III. TENSIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA IN INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ................................................. 1421 A. THE UNITED STATES' VIEW S ............................................................ 1422 B . C HINA 'S V IEW S ................................................................................. 1426 1. General Views on the Issue ........................................................ 1426 2. Arguments Before the WTO ........................................................ 1429 IV. CHINA'S W API STANDARD .............................................................. 1434 A . THE W A PI C ASE ............................................................................... 1435 B. CHINA'S MOTIVATION FOR WAPI AND ITS STANDARDS STRA TEG Y ......................................................................................... 1445 V. ANALYZING THE WAPI CASE UNDER WTO RULES ................. 1450 A. THE WTO AND TBT AGREEMENT .................................................... 1452 B. CHINA'S ACCESSION COMMITMENTS ............................................... 1455 C. ANALYSIS OF THE W API CASE ......................................................... 1458 1. National Treatment (Non-Discrimination) ................................. 1458 t Associate Professor of Law, Suffolk University Law School. This article was developed from a paper presented at the Stanford University Program in Law, Science and Technol- ogy symposium: Standardization and the Law-Developing the Golden Mean for Global Trade. I want to thank the participants of that conference. I also want to thank Professor Michael L. Rustad. I benefited from the assistance of research librarian Rick Bucking- ham and research assistants Terrence Jiang and Erik Zilinek. My thanks also go to my wife and family.

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