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Major issues with such pooling are: | Major issues with such pooling are: | ||
*[[globalization]] has not made patent law the same globally, yet, so there are country-specific concerns, especially | *[[globalization]] has not made patent law the same globally, yet, so there are country-specific concerns, especially | ||
*[[mandatory patent | *[[mandatory patent license]]s and how one may or may not discriminate among users or types of use under the laws of different countries | ||
*[[required reintegration]] of [[improvement]]s, which have a very specific legal definition in patent law and again may be different in each country | *[[required reintegration]] of [[improvement]]s, which have a very specific legal definition in patent law and again may be different in each country | ||
*[[consortium license]] interaction with the above, and any [[patent]] or other [[instructional capital]] held or developed or shared within contributor corps | *[[consortium license]] interaction with the above, and any [[patent]] or other [[instructional capital]] held or developed or shared within contributor corps | ||
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Whether to have such a pool or requirements in [[Consumerium License]] is up to the [[Consumerium Governance Organization]], like other [[license]] constraints. | Whether to have such a pool or requirements in [[Consumerium License]] is up to the [[Consumerium Governance Organization]], like other [[license]] constraints. | ||
A patent pool tends to make a [[consortium]] very easy to form. There are signs that this approach is paying off, e.g. the new Chinese EVD standard: | |||
*http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/emergingtech/0,39020357,39117430,00.htm | |||