[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 [...]
[I've begun posting at Huffington Post. You can find this piece crossposted there.] Tonight, more than ten million Americans will park themselves on the couch to watch television. Although sitting in front of the screen, they will not be flipping channels to find their programs. Programming choices are no longer [...]
ACT Chairman Mike Sax testified before the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Trade in a hearing on trade in the digital economy. His testimony was so compelling that Chairman Wyden said that Mike should be the test case for small businesses navigating the regulatory challenges to compete in the cloud. Here's [...]
During the EU Patent Conference in Brussels, Belgian Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne praised ACT Chairman Mike Sax, highlighting Mike's decision to relocate to the United States in search of better intellectual property protections. As an entrepreneur and software developer born in Belgium, Mike was concerned that the patchwork of patent [...]
ACT's executive director, Morgan Reed, was quoted in today's USA Today story on Rosetta Stone's trademark suit against Google. ACT has filed an amicus brief in the case, contending that Google's advertising market is conducive to infringing and dilutive ads.