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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