"Today the European Parliament took an important step toward making the patent system more accessible and predictable for the thousands of ICT SMEs that rely on it. ACT commends the Parliament's commitment to the EPLA process that will inevitably lead to lower litigations costs and decreased complexity." "Perhaps most important, [...]
Net neutrality may not be going anywhere at the Federal level-at least not this year-but it is making great strides at the state level. And guess who is pro net neutrality? Yep, that's right, the phone companies...the phone companies? Believe it or not, telecom companies have successfully pushed for net [...]
The French "iPod law" went into effect yesterday--still with plenty of teeth despite certain sections having been declared unconstitutional and struck down by the French Constitutional Council. Officially referred to as the DADVSI, the law is France's implementation of a 2001 EU Directive to harmonize copyright law by implementing rules [...]
The Internet tax issue is not as hot and sexy as it was a few years back, but we can still give it a big KISS (Keep it Simple Stupid). Yesterday’s hearing of the Senate Finance Committee shows that there is still some thunderous passion over taxing the ‘Net. The [...]
Good morning Madame Chairman, members of the Commission, thank you for the opportunity to speak today on behalf of IT SMEs. My name is Jonathan Zuck and I am the President of the Association for Competitive Technology, an IT industry trade association representing over 3,000 SMEs, about a third of [...]