Archive for the ‘Member Press’ Category

ACT Member Vertigo to Serve HBO Go to Xbox Subscribers

Monday, June 4th, 2012

On the day Microsoft has released its new line up of on demand services, ACT member company Vertigo has announced its partnership with HBO to produce the popular HBO Go app for Xbox. The Point Richmond, California-based company will deliver content directly to one of the most popular properties on Xbox live which features 40 million paying subscribers. See more on Vertigo’s blog.

ACT European Members in FT in Support of Unified European Patent

Monday, January 30th, 2012

ACT European members Damir Tomicic, Michael Setton, and Daniel Doll-Steinbergwere featured in today’s Financial Times piece on entrepreneurs and the status of patent reform in Europe.

The agreement (or lack thereof) on the single patent system is starting to resemble an eternal saga, a constant “déjà vu” in which national interests constantly trump community interest…

The three of us are living proof of just how critical a one-stop shop to patent our creations in Europe is to small and medium-sized companies.

The full story may be found here.