You Can't Take It Back When It Comes to Standards - M2M Evolution

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11/28/2012

Featured Articles » New Study Reveals the Future of M2M Revenue » Telit Cites South Africa as Example for Brazil to Reduce Car Thefts » Berg Charts M2M Growth in Oil & Gas » Indian M2M Market Promises a Rapid Growth   Sponsored By: AT&T Our world is becoming more connected every day, improving the way we live, work and play. Machine to Machine solutions wirelessly connect millions of varied devices to a network, enabling two-way communication. From trucks and turbines to heart monitors and vending machines, M2M allows network-ready devices to connect and share reliable real-time data via radio signals. The Machine to Machine Solutions community provides readers with an in-depth look at how M2M solutions are connecting organizations and offering savings in time, cost and labor through featured articles, resources and news surrounding the latest developments in the machine-to-machine industry.   Top Stories » Wireless M2M Devices in Oil & Gas Industry Expected to Reach 0.43M by 2016 » Tiger.co.uk Offers Telematics-Based Policies to Insurers » AGCO Intros Mobile App for Professional Farmers » Inilex Unveils InilexGPS FLEET for Small to Midsized Fleets   From The Expert Corner November 28, 2012 You Can't Take It Back When It Comes to Standards By Carl Ford Partner, Crossfire Media I know talking about patents can be as much fun as watching grass grow in slow motion. The world is filled with two strategies when it comes to patents: putting them in standards that promise fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory use, or avoiding the standards and trying to make money by being better or unique and protected. In other words, one looks to make money on interoperating and one looks to make money being proprietary. Both strategies keep lawyers engaged, and normally they eventually have a one-way convergence, when the work-around makes it so that a unique model no longer has as much to offer as the Metcalfe effect of interoperating. Interoperating almost always involves standards bodies and the standard bodies demand that “just and reasonable” be applied to all referenced standards... Read More      Featured Videos Geotab Talks Fleet Management Solutions at M2M Evolution.    Featured Resources » Mobile Workforce Management: 7 Key Benefits for Growing Companies » Guide to Multi-Channel Customer Support » Server-Gated Cryptography: providing better security for more users   TMCnet's Blogs » The Issues we Face in Deploying M2M over LTE   Featured Channels » Embedded M2M Solutions » Machine to Machine Solutions   Visit www.m2mevolution.com for the Latest Machine to Machine News & Info   Sign Up For FREE    |    Visit M2M Site    |    Free Magazine Subscription   Advertise With Us   General advertising Info: Click here      Become a TMCnet columnist! Interested in reaching M2M Evolution's Global M2M Communications and Technology Audience of 80,000 Unique Visitors? Please contact Matthew Gleeson to learn how at mgleeson@tmcnet.com or 1 (203) 852-6800 x145.

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