Patent Challenges for Standard-Setting in the Global Economy: Lessons from Information and Communications Technology (2013)
Chapter: Appendix A: Acronyms
| 3GPP | Third Generation Partnership Project |
| ABNT | Brazilian Association of Technical Norms |
| ABS | Academy of Broadcasting Science (China) |
| ADR | alternative dispute resolution |
| AML | anti-monopoly law |
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
| AQSIQ | General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine (China) |
| AVS | Audio Video Coding Working Group of China |
| BIS | Bureau of Indian Standards |
| CADE | Competition Administrative Court (Brazil) |
| CAS | China Association for Standardization |
| CATR | China Academy of Telecommunications Research |
| CCSA | China Communications Standards Association |
| CESA | China Electronics Standards Association |
| CESI | China Electronic Standardization Institute |
| CIPO | Chinese State Intellectual Property Office |
| CJEU | Court of Justice of the European Union |
| CNIS | China National Institute of Standardization |
| CONMETRO | National Council of Metrology, Standardization, and Industrial Quality (Brazil) |
| COSTIND | Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (China) |
| DOJ | Department of Justice |
| DOSTI | Development Organization of Standards for Telecommunications in India |
| EPO | European Patent Office |
| ETSI | European Telecommunications Standards Institute |
| FRAND | fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory |
| FTC | Federal Trade Commission |
| GISFI | Global ICT Standardization Forum for India |
| HDMI | High Definition Multimedia Interface |
| IEC | International Electrotechnical Commission |
| IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| IEEE-SA | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Standards Association |
| IETF | Internet Engineering Task Force |
| ICT | information and communications technology |
| INMETRO | National Institute of Metrology, Standardization, Quality and Technology (Brazil) |
| INPI | Brazil Patent and Trademark Office, National Industrial Property Institute (Brazil) |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
| ITC | International Trade Commission |
| ITU | International Telecommunications Union |
| ITU-T | International Telecommunications Standardizations Sector |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
| IPR | intellectual property rights |
| LITD | Electronics and Information Technology Division Council (India) |
| MIIT | Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (China) |
| MII | Ministry of Information Industry (China) |
| MOST | Ministry of Science and Technology (China) |
| MOU | memorandum of understanding |
| NCAC | National Copyright Administration of China |
| NDRC | National Development and Reform Commission (China) |
| NFC | Nearfield Communications Forum |
| NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| NPL | non-patent literature |
| OASIS | Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards |
| RAND | reasonable and non-discriminatory |
| RF | royalty free |
| SAC | Standards Administration of China |
| SAIC | State Administration for Industry and Commerce (China) |
| SANBFT | State Administration for Broadcasting, Film, and Television (China) |
| SARFT | State Administration for Radio, Film, and Television (China) |
| SASTIND | State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry (China) |
| SCITO | State Council Informatization Office (China) |
| SDO | standards development organization |
| SEP | standard-essential patent |
| SGIP | smart grid interoperability panel |
| SIG | special interest group |
| SINMETRO | National System of Metrology, Standardization, and Industrial Quality (Brazil) |
| SIPO | State Intellectual Property Office (China) |
| SSO | standard-setting organization |
| STIC | Scientific and Technical Information Center (U.S.) |
| TBT | Technical Barriers to Trade |
| TEC | Telecommunications Engineering Center (India) |
| TRIPs | Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights |
| TSDSI | Telecommunications Standards Development Society (India) |
| USITO | United States Information Technology Office |
| USPTO | United States Patent and Trademark Office |
| VITA | VMEBus International Trade Association |
| WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organization |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |
| W3C | World Wide Web Consortium |
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