agree). Interestingly, the survey also revealed a split decision on intentional about when they engage in standards and the licensing the value of restrictive standards and their patent royalties. While model for the outcome they desire in a standard. Sometimes, 39% of organizations disagree that standards without patent the market opportunity created from having an open standard royalties provide value, 42% agree with this notion. This suggests outweighs the value of any SEP opportunity. that both royalty-bearing and RAND-RF standards hold value for different organizations, depending on their market strategy Appendix Table A30 offers an interesting example of this dynamic. and previous experiences. It also suggests that organizations are The Asia-Pacific region is highly invested in patent royalties, with FIGURE 7 RAND AND RAND-RF STANDARDS BOTH FACTOR INTO ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGIES How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? (select one response per row) Op�n �tandard� promot� comp�tition �ithin 40% 40% 14% 5% 1% th� mark�t� �h�r� my organization comp�t�� Th� b�n��it� o� op�n �tandard� out��igh th� 37% 36% 19% 6% 2% pat�nt royalty opportuniti�� �or my organization �y organization r�li�� on op�n �tandard� 35% 38% 19% 7% 2% a� a ��lling point �or product� or ��rvic�� �y cu�tom�r� pr���r to u�� product� 34% 38% 19% 6% 2% and ��rvic�� ba��d on op�n �tandard� Pat�nt royalti�� �rom our organization’� IP adopt�d 21% 37% 19% 10% 12% into �tandard� o昀昀�r a gr�at r�turn on inv��tm�nt Without pat�nt royalti��, �tandard� 13% 29% 18% 16% 23% do not provid� valu� to my organization Strongly agr�� Som��hat agr�� N�ith�r agr�� or di�agr�� Som��hat di�agr�� Strongly di�agr�� 2023 STATE OF OPEN STANDARDS SURVEY, Q29 (TABLE A29), ORIGINAL SAMPLE SIZE = 422, N/A RESPONSES EXCLUDED FROM THE ANALYSIS. 20