The Association for Competitive Technology (ACT) applauds the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet, and its Chairman Bob Goodlatte, for holding its very first hearing on how an improved Patent and Trademark Office can create jobs. Innovation is the lifeblood of the American economy and a [...]
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 [...]
[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 [...]
