We’re Just Like Netscape! Except for the $161 Billion War Chest…
Google has always been one of our favorite companies at ACT. Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin built the fledging startup into the indomitable global powerhouse we now know through [...]
Pushing Open Source as Industrial Policy
Late last year the European Commission released a report calling for a new industrial policy to ignite report advocated government programs (a la Airbus) based on Free/Libre/Open Source Software (FLOSS). [...]
Texas and Maine legislation good news for small businesses
Inc.com points out that “Texas and Maine recently joined a growing list of states that have enacted legislation to ease regulatory burdens on smaller businesses. Last week, Texas signed into [...]
Protectionism 2.0 – Or, the Rise of the New Mercantilists
How do the direct and indirect trade barriers of some nations unfairly harm the ability of foreign (particularly American) IT companies to monetize digital innovations and distribute intellectual assets globally? [...]
Fourth Amendment prohibits warrantless secret email searches
M&C writes that “[a] U.S. appeals court in Ohio has ruled that e-mail messages stored on Internet servers are protected by the Constitution as are telephone conversations and that a [...]
Antigua and Barbuda to withdraw intellectual property protection for U.S. trademarks, patents, and industrial designs
The International Herald Tribune reports that “Antigua and Barbuda said Wednesday it was entitled to $3.44 billion in compensation from the United States in a World Trade Organization dispute over [...]