If you can have access to a patented technology but you aren't allowed to licence it, that either means the licensor is offering it up for free, in the way open source software developers offer up their wares free to others without asking them to sign a licence. Or it [...]
In a new blog post, IP Europe gave its favorite false narrative a new coat of paint by suggesting that the bedrock FRAND requirement of “license for all” equates to some kind of “license to kill.” It’s a clever turn-of-phrase designed to appeal to European Commission officials debating the final [...]
Tax reform is all the buzz in Washington. Last week, House Republicans introduced the 429-page Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which provides Americans with the most recent, and comprehensive look at what to expect in the tax reform effort. The plan proposes tax cuts and other changes that will affect [...]
For decades, America’s rural communities have led the country in entrepreneurship. However, rural entrepreneurship is on the decline, and the lack of something essential is jeopardizing entrepreneurial opportunity in rural America. Today, 23.4 million rural Americans live without access to high-speed internet, a resource on which modern businesses depend to [...]
ACT | The App Association (The App Association), a trade association championing small tech innovators, today (Wednesday) called on the European Commission to announce a prohibition on any form of use-based pricing of technology essential to the development of the internet of things (IoT). The Commission is expected to publish a [...]