Resources
Protecting standards, in practice
Plain-spoken guides on why unauthorized copies of technical standards spread, why most of them go unseen, and what a managed detection-and-enforcement process looks like from the inside.
New to the subject? Start with the glossary of terms.
How to get an unauthorized copy of a standard removed
A copy of a standard turns up on a site that has no right to it. A practical walkthrough of what actually removes it and makes the removal hold: building the case, the first notice, search delisting, escalation, site-blocking, and catching the reupload.
Is it legal to download or share technical standards?
Technical standards are copyrighted works sold under licence, so copying or sharing them without permission is infringement, even when a standard is referenced by law. The nuance, the narrow grey areas, and why it matters for the bodies that publish them.
Protecting ISO, DIN, UNE and national standards from unauthorized copying
Standards published by bodies like ISO, DIN and UNE are among the most widely copied documents on the web: high-value, sold one licence at a time, copied and translated across borders. Why they circulate so heavily, and what protecting a catalogue actually takes.
What court-grade evidence for standards takedowns actually means
Finding an unauthorized copy is only half the work. Removing it depends on proof a host, a registrar and a court will accept. This explains what court-grade evidence is, what a complete case contains, and why a screenshot is not enough.
Generic brand protection vs a standards specialist
Generic brand-protection tools fingerprint logos and filenames. Standards circulate as renamed, translated, re-typeset PDFs that slip straight past them. Here is where the two approaches differ, and why it matters for a standards catalogue.
renamed, slips past
caught anyway
How standards bodies protect their standards from unauthorized copying
A practical guide for standards bodies and technical publishers: why unauthorized copies of standards spread, why manual search and generic tools miss most of them, and what a fully managed detection-and-enforcement process looks like.