ACT is pleased to see the administration advocating for additional funds for the Patent and Trademark Office. For many years, this self-funding agency has seen its critical resources diverted away to other agencies. With a growing patent backlog, and technical assistance needed by examiners evaluating rapidly evolving technologies, the decision [...]
There is a lot of talk these days about patent trolls – who they are, what they do, and how we can best protect innovators from frivolous lawsuits. The demand letters sent by patent trolls are particularly concerning to small businesses—like app developers—that don’t have legal teams to help them [...]
As patent litigation reform goes through Congress, there has been a lot of discussion about the expansion of the CBM program. However, there has also been a lot of confusion as to what the CBM program is and what expansion will actually mean. So, I’ve put together a FAQ to [...]
Association for Competitive Technology executive director Morgan Reed issued the following statement regarding today's White House executive actions addressing patent quality. Action is clearly needed to address the problem of patent trolls. Thankfully the White House has responded to the requests of tech innovators to improve patent quality at the [...]
ACT Executive Director Morgan Reed issued the following statement in reaction to today's FCC open internet announcement. In five short years, the app marketplace has grown into a $68 billion industry. This has been possible because our country possesses a robust wired and wireless infrastructure. That’s why ACT has always [...]