Innovation and IP

The IPEC’s Annual Report: Deterring Online Piracy and Counterfeiting via Cooperation, COICA, Special 301 and Legislation

Victoria Espinel, President Obama’s Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (IPEC), has released her 2010 Annual Report on Intellectual Property Enforcement. The Annual Report provides an overview of the Administration’s past and ongoing efforts to promote the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRs), both domestically and internationally. The following three ongoing initiatives [...]

By Association for Competitive Technology|2016-12-21T00:14:47-05:00February 10th, 2011|Blog, Innovation and IP|

New Study Estimates that Copyright Piracy Accounts for Almost 25% of Global Internet Traffic

On Monday, the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation hosted a panel discussion that focused on several new online-piracy-related studies, including the recent MarkMonitor study of online counterfeiting and piracy, and an ambitious new study by the firm Envisional, commissioned by NBC/Universal, entitled An Estimate of Infringing Use of the Internet [...]

By Association for Competitive Technology|2016-12-21T00:14:47-05:00February 9th, 2011|Blog, Innovation and IP, Privacy|

ACT Discusses Innovation in Europe

The AP just published a news story from Brussels featuring Dutch ACT member, Remi Caron, and president, Jonathan Zuck, discussing the importance of innovation in the European economy. Many in Europe are impressed by the President Obama's acknowledgment of a "sputnik moment" in the U.S. economy and his determination to [...]

By Association for Competitive Technology|2014-04-14T10:26:53-04:00February 3rd, 2011|Blog, Innovation and IP, Patents, Tech Regulation, Uncategorized|

IP Subcommittee Starts with PTO

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 [...]

By Jonathan Zuck|2014-04-14T14:56:53-04:00January 25th, 2011|Blog, Innovation and IP, Patents|

ACT at CES

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 [...]

By Association for Competitive Technology|2016-12-21T00:14:47-05:00January 10th, 2011|Blog, Innovation and IP|