A draft expert manual is provided. The draft manual deals with: definitions; standard-setting practices; patents; copyrights; layout circuits; trade secrets; IP remedies (including injunctions and damages); and competition law.

Having developed a suitable normative approach, this chapter considers how best to achieve this, in light of current international law. A variety of legal modalities (treaty or soft law), fora (e.g. existing or standalone forum) and drafting approaches (multi-stakeholder or expert-led) are considered. An international expert-led soft law approach, outside the auspices of any existing international body, is recommended in the first instance, noting that, in due course, a more permanent forum may be warranted and that, indeed, binding treaty approaches may also be contemplated in the longer term. It is finally considered whether such an approach would remain consistent with existing international law, notably international intellectual property law. It is concluded that the proposed approach would be fully consistent with existing international law.

This chapter summarized the relevant concerns, the methodology applied and the salient conclusions, and recommends the development an international expert-led soft law instrument dealing with access to interoperability standards and SEIP.

The introduction explains the concerns existing in relation to access to interoperability standards and standards-essential intellectual property. The thesis is then explained and an expert-led international instrument is proposed to address the concerns identified. The topical methodology is introduced and explained. Rather than proceeding in rigidly Cartesian fashion, the work instead outlines relevant topoi or topics, such as protection under intellectual property and competition law, as well as comparison of leading jurisdictions and law and economic analysis. The parallels between the topical jurisprudence and methodologies pursued in the law of equity, notably within the common law tradition as well as in international law are noted. A brief summary of each chapter is provided.