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Standard-Setting Organization (SSO)
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Also known as standard-development organizations (SDOs). An organization that develops and adopts an industry standard, such as:
An interoperability standard.
A performance standard.
A technical standard.
Many SSOs require participants in the standard's development to:
Disclose any
standard-essential patent
s
(SEPs) during the standard's development.
License any SEPs on fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) or reasonable and non-discriminatory (RAND) terms, also known as a
F/RAND licensing commitment
.
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