According to Slashdot, “[t]he WIPO is currently engaged in negotiating a new treaty on digital IP rights, but they're having trouble agreeing on the particulars”. Computerworld reports that “[e]ven while Cisco Systems is suing Apple for violating its iPhone trademark, an open-source enthusiast is accusing Cisco itself of infringing copyright [...]
Small business owners overwhelmingly consider their website domain name a good value for the money and place greater value on ensuring a higher-performing Internet than lower domain name prices, according to a new national poll sponsored by the Association for Competitive Technology (ACT). Small Business Poll on the Internet
The Seattle Times reports that “Nortel Networks Corp. and Microsoft Corp. together rolled out a raft of products and services on Wednesday aimed at delivering business communications over software and Internet networks”. According to Reuters, “European Union investigators have recommended that Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes formally charge Intel Corp. with [...]
The Association for Competitive Technology ("ACT") is pleased to submit the following views in response to the Antitrust Modernization Commission's request for public comment on the growing proliferation of antitrust laws around the world, the potential for conflict in relation to antitrust enforcement actions and remedies, and possible solutions to [...]
CNetNews.com reports that according to the creator of Linux, Linus Torvalds, “[d]igital rights management and the General Public License cause a lot of ‘hot air’ to be exchanged, but they are not a ‘big deal’”. According to ZDNet, “[w]hile Apple has dismissed Cisco's iPhone trademark suit as ‘silly’ and many [...]