Reform & The US Patent System: Big Stakes for Small Business
Introduction The patent system has always been important to small firms and entrepreneurs on the cutting edge of technological innovation. Now more than ever, patents enhance the ability of small [...]
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
RFID: The "EZ-Pass" of goods in the marketplace, from producer through to consumer. Just as drivers have grown to depend upon EZ-Pass technology to breeze through toll booths, manufacturers, retailers, [...]
Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council Concerning the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration Activities
The Association for Competitive Technology ('ACT') is an international trade association for the technology industry. ACT represents nearly 3,000 software developers, systems integrators, IT consulting and training firms and e-businesses [...]
Intellectual Property Protection: Software Patents
Innovation in the information technology (IT) industry is the driving force behind the nation's unprecedented economic and productivity growth. For technology innovation to continue, independent software developers and smaller IT [...]
DoJ Swings at Oracle-PeopleSoft: AND Strikes-Out on Three Pitches
ABSTRACT The US Department of Justice (DoJ) is so intent on blocking the Oracle-PeopleSoft merger that it has sent up a market definition that will go down swinging when the [...]
ACT Testimony on E-Commerce Barriers to the Federal Trade Commission
As President of the Association for Competitive Technology (ACT), I'm here today representing thousands of information technology businesses and professionals. ACT is a national education and advocacy group representing mostly [...]