Shanunehunter wrote "The entire tech industry was created and is still fueled by patent free, open standards. This field is the most innovative and explosive area of the last 40 years. History supports this argument."
The most important standards in the tech industry are those published by groups like IEEE (ethernet, WiFi, WiMax), IETF (TCP, IP, HTTP, FTP), and ETSI (GSM, LTE). All of these groups will standardize patented material as long as the essential patents are available for fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory licensing. Contrary to shaunehunter's argument above, history does NOT support the argument that all tech standards are free and open.
See for example:
http://standards.ieee.org/develop/policies/bylaws/sect6-7.htmlhttp://www.ietf.org/ipr/policy.htmlhttp://www.etsi.org/WebSite/AboutETSI/IPRsInETSI/IPRsinETSI.aspx 
