ACT Welcomes FTC changes to COPPA
Today the Federal Trade Commission made updates to its FAQ for the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) in response to concerns raised by app makers and parents. This FAQ [...]
How to Read a Patent Application in Four Steps
1. Skip the abstract. Patent abstracts are hard to read--meandering at best, and deliberately vague at worst. The abstract has little legal significance beyond shedding light on the claims and [...]
Show the USPTO the Money
We’ve talked about patents a lot recently and one of our main points has always been that the best place to address patent quality is at the United States Patent [...]
Who will win the health app race?
ACT | The App Association has been deeply involved in the health app market for some time now. While we’ve long believed in the transformative potential of this marketplace, it’s [...]
Supreme Court Supports Innovation in Cloud Services
For those who don’t obsessively follow Supreme Court cases (I know there must be a few of you out there), the Supreme Court has been busy this week announcing two [...]
No Warrant? No Cellphone.
Today the Supreme Court ruled in Riley v. California that law enforcement must get a warrant before accessing the data on your cellphone or smartphone. This unanimous decision by the [...]