The Association for Competitive Technology (ACT) applauds the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet, and its Chairman Bob Goodlatte, for holding its very first hearing on how an improved Patent and Trademark Office can create jobs. Innovation is the lifeblood of the American economy and a [...]
ACT has just returned from the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas where Jonathan Zuck participated in a panel called Kings of Convergence. He made the point that developers in small and medium-sized business have much to gain from the technology convergence, but that industry leaders must respect intellectual [...]
ACT filed comments in response to a request by the Department of Commerce for input by stakeholders on the issue of online copyright infringement. Representing small and medium sized enterprises, ACT expressed concerns shared by many of its members. Principally, that 1) Chinese copyright infringement leads most to avoid even [...]
The European Commission has today adopted the Communication Towards Interoperability for European Public Services. In response, Association for Competitive Technology president offered his support for the measure: “The notion of “open specifications” included in the European Interoperability Framework allows for open source and proprietary software to compete on a level [...]
[Crossposted at Innovators Network] Mothers have always told their children cheaters never prosper. In MDY v. Blizzard, the Ninth Circuit has held that adults who help cheaters don’t prosper either. The case involves the manufacturer of a popular online video game (Blizzard's Worlds of Warcraft) which alleges copyright infringement and [...]