Morgan Reed, Executive Director of the Association for Competitive Technology, issued the following statement in support of the House passage of H.R. 3309, the Innovation Act. Small tech companies are pleased to see widespread support in Washington for legislation that helps them fight back against unscrupulous litigators. We heard from [...]
Virginia innovators have led the way in the explosive growth of the new $68 billion App Economy. New companies are springing up every day in the Commonwealth producing apps for our mobile devices. But while smartphones and tablets top many holiday lists this season, the gift that tech entrepreneurs want [...]
This week, Sebastian Holst, Executive VP of PreEmptive Solutions and member of ACT, testified before the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Intellectual Property at a hearing on “The Rise of Innovative Business Models: Content Delivery in the Digital Age.” As the only software developer on the panel, Mr. Holst's perspective was of [...]
ACT, the largest association of startups and mobile app companies, praised today’s congressional action to protect small business innovation from predatory patent litigation. Today’s House Judiciary Committee passage of the Innovation Act addresses the growing threat of patent trolls. These entities threaten small technology companies with patent litigation without identifying [...]
The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) and the United States Trade Representative (USTR) have been in the news a lot the past few months regarding Apple and Samsung. While most know that Apple and Samsung have been fighting over patents, not everyone is familiar with the ways the ITC, [...]