1、The State of Open StandardsStandardization and Patents in OrganizationsJory Burson,The Linux FoundationMarco Gerosa,Northern Arizona UniversityForeword by Melissa Evers,IntelMarch 2025Copyright 2025 The Linux Foundation|March 2025 This report is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDeri

2、vatives 4.0 International Public License.The State of Open StandardsContentsForeword.4Introduction.5Organizations strongly value standardization.6Standardization also positively impacts the market.8Organizations value open standards attributes.10Organizations value open standards attributes differen

3、tly.12Open standards attributes promote wide-spread adoption.13Open standards factors are important for all organizations.15Open activities are among top-3 indicators of innovation .17Organizations view patents as a necessary safeguard .19Monetizing Standards Essential Patents is not a great return

4、on investment for most organizations.20Protectionism or intellectual property concerns are not major obstacles to contributing to standards.22Organizations gravitate toward royalty-free standards development processes .24Participating in standards development provides multiple benefits for organizat

5、ions .25Conclusions.27Methodology.28About the survey.28Data.World access.29Respondent demographics.30Endnotes.33About the authors.34Acknowledgments.34ForewordOpen standards are the bedrock upon which the internet was built.They are the invisible protocols and agreements that allow devices,services,a

6、nd applications to communicate and work together seamlessly.From the networking protocols that shuttle data across continents in the blink of an eye,to the standards underpinning the ubiquitous Wi-Fi that connects us without a physical tether,to the cloud native computing standards that catalyzed de