Presents a review of the book, "The Cambridge Handbook of Technical Standardization Law: Further Intersect ions of Public and Private Law (Contreras, J.L., Ed.). This book on technical standardization law is one of the more timely books available in this area. It in fact a continuation of the previous book by the same editor covering technical standardization law from the perspective of competition, antitrust, and patents. However, in this volume 2 of the book, the focus is on the intersections of public and private laws with respect to standardization. It surveys how today’s standardization is affected by both the public and private laws across the United States and Europe. This book is useful for researchers, practitioners, post-graduate students, lawyers, judges, policy makers, and most importantly to all those who are involved in communication standardization activities in any capacity. The main feature of this book is that it gives examples of standards that are currently in practice. For instance, throughout the book, the discussion revolves around standardization bodies such as the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), the American National Standard Institute (ANSI), the International Standards Organization (ISO), the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), the British Standards Institute (BSI), and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). Additionally, this book covers copyright and trademark issues with respect to communication protocols, standards, and technologies such as HTML, XML, HTTP, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and USB. On top of this discussion, one of the unique features of this book is its coverage of open standards and government policies for their adoption, both in the United- States and Europe. Overall, however, this book is a good reference book for courses on telecom policy, cyber ethics and laws, and standardization laws. In simple words, it is important to investigate how international trade law, copyright, trademarks, certifications, and legal frameworks influence private standardization activities, more particularly in the context of the networked economy and broadly in the communications sector.

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书评

最重要的是所有以任何身份参与通信标准化活动的人。本书的主要特点是提供了当前实践中的标准示例。例如，在整本书中，讨论都围绕着标准化机构，如欧洲电信标准协会 (ETSI)、美国国家标准协会 (ANSI)、国际标准组织 (ISO)、互联网工程任务组 (IETF)、英国标准协会 (BSI) 和国际电信联盟 (ITU)。此外，本书还涵盖了与 HTML、XML、HTTP、蓝牙、Wi-Fi 和 USB 等通信协议、标准和技术相关的版权和商标问题。在这个讨论之上，本书的独特之处之一是它涵盖了美国和欧洲的开放标准和政府采用这些标准的政策。然而，总的来说，这本书是电信政策、网络道德和法律以及标准化法律课程的一本很好的参考书。简而言之，调查国际贸易法、版权、商标、认证和法律框架如何影响私人标准化活动非常重要，尤其是在网络经济的背景下和广泛的通信领域。