Image Credit: NASA The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is at the center of a hearty discussion about ways to leverage electromagnetic spectrum to bridge America’s digital divide. Today, several spectrum bands remain unlicensed and underutilized while more than 34 million Americans do not have access to fast broadband [...]
Each Veterans Day, the ACT | The App Association staff joins Americans across the country to give thanks to the veterans and active military who have and continue to serve our country every day. The United States currently has roughly 20.4 million veterans, in addition to the 1.3 million active-duty [...]
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 [...]