Apple released figures yesterday touting its impact on the job market. Its study revealed that the tech giant has created 514,000 jobs, over 210,000 of those related directly to Apple's mobile products. Curiously, Apple chose a late Friday for this release – a time less likely to receive attention outside [...]
ACT has been a leading proponent of legislation that helps protect manufacturers from companies who use stolen software to compete unfairly. These are known broadly as unfair competition or unfair trade practices laws. These laws empower manufacturers to seek damages against foreign competitors that use unlicensed, or pirated, products in [...]
As part of the Single Market Act, the European Commission presented today a package of proposals for unitary patent protection within the EU. Commission figures show that the proposed system will reduce the cost of patents in Europe by up to 80%. These are very significant savings, particularly for small [...]
The Association for Competitive Technology, representing over 3,000 small business technology entrepreneurs, continues to applaud the work of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (IPEC). Marshalling the resources of the administration in defense of our country’s intellectual property, IPEC addresses a big concern for our nation’s innovators: protecting our products from [...]
Editorial published at EUObserver. Contrary to what one might think, the idea of an EU patent is not the latest fashion. Negotiations started in the glorious 1970s, when we all wore flare jeans and platform shoes; the EU was still called the EEC and agreements were possible with only nine [...]