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 [...]
[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 [...]
CT member Peter Carnes (CEO of Traffax, Inc.) testified before of the House Committee on Small Business today about “The Impact of Intellectual Property on Entrepreneurship and Job Creation”. Peter shared the stage with a really diverse group of IP owners – from ABRO, which has problems protecting its trademarks, [...]