November 22, 2013
ACT Member, Sebastian Holst, Brings App Developer Perspective on Innovation and IP
This week, Sebastian Holst, Executive VP of PreEmptive Solutions and member of ACT, testified before the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Intellectual Property at a hearing on “The [...]
Startups and App Companies Applaud Committee Passage of Patent Troll Bill
ACT, the largest association of startups and mobile app companies, praised today’s congressional action to protect small business innovation from predatory patent litigation. Today’s House Judiciary Committee [...]
Why ITC Patent Actions Have a Critical Impact
The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) and the United States Trade Representative (USTR) have been in the news a lot the past few months regarding Apple [...]
ACT Applauds New FCC Commissioners
Association for Competitive Technology Executive Director Morgan Reed issued the following statement applauding today's appointments that bring the Federal Communications Commission to full strength. We congratulate Chairman [...]
ACT Launches Second Phase of NTIA Mobile Transparency Code of Conduct
ACT today announced the second phase of testing for the NTIA Multi-Stakeholder Mobile Application Transparency Code of Conduct. Following the Code's drafting process, the user testing phase [...]
October 28, 2013
Letter to House Judiciary Chairman and Ranking Member from ACT | The App Association members on CBM provision of Innovation Act
Fifteen ACT | The App Association members explain their strong concerns with the covered business method (CBM) provisions of the Innovation Act. [pl_button type="info" link="http://actonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Letter-Re-Extension-of-CBM-Patent-Post-Grant-Review-2-copy.pdf" target="blank"]Read Full [...]