Intellectual Property Rights Policy Committee (IPRPC)

The IPRPC is responsible for broad-based policy and position decisions regarding national, regional and international intellectual property matters, including the global trade and public policy aspects of such matters. Overview Members and Officers Meeting Calendar Document Library Membership in ANSI Related Links Staff Contacts

The IPRPC is responsible for developing Institute positions on issues relating to the incorporation of essential patents or other proprietary intellectual property in national, regional or international standards and for developing Institute positions relating to exploitation rights to the copyright in standards and the recognition of copyright protection for standards by courts, legislation, regulatory bodies and the industry. Additionally, the IPRPC is responsible for drafting the "Patent Policy" for incorporation into the ANSI Essential Requirements and for formulating the Guidelines that help explain and illustrate the important and often complex policy considerations relating to these documents.

The IPRPC is an Institute policy committee that reports to the Executive Committee of the ANSI Board of Directors. The ANSI IPRPC will closely coordinate with the ANSI International Policy Committee and the ANSI National Policy Committee.

The Copyright Task Force

The Copyright Task Force reports to the IPRPC and reviews issues relating to the assertion of copyright in standards and in the development of relevant strategic recommendations to the IPRPC. The Copyright Task Force is made up of IPRPC members.

The Intellectual Property Rights Policy Committee is made up of members of ANSI.

The current IPRPC Chair is:
Earl Nied
Program Director of Standards and IPR
Intel Corporation

The current IPRPC Vice Chair is:
Amy Marasco
General Manager, Standards Strategy
Microsoft

The current Copyright Task Force Chair is:
Neil Bogatz
General Counsel
IAPMO

For a schedule of upcoming meetings, click here.

The group will likely meet three times per year, unless an issue or topic requires additional face-to-face dialogue. To supplement the meetings, group members will receive regular updates and information.

[Note: Please enter either Intellectual Property Rights Policy Committees or IPRPC in the Key Word search field in the ANSI Online calendar of events]

The ANSI Intellectual Property Rights Policy Committee Document Library contains information available only to registered IPRPC members. It requires a username and password to use. To access the document library, click here. For more information about document access, click here.

To access the IPRPC Document Library click here.

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