Part I. Foundations and Problems: 1. Introduction; 2. Standards and interoperability standards; 3. Interoperability standards and international economic law; Part II. The Impact of Intellectual Property and Competition Laws: 4. Interoperability Standards and Intellectual Property; 5. Interoperability standards and competition Law; Part III. Towards Liability and Compensation: 6. Exclusive property rules or liability rules for interoperability standards and standards essential intellectual property?; 7. Access to interoperability standards and standards-essential intellectual property: International dimensions; 8. concluding observations; 9. Draft expert manual; 10. Bibliography.