ACT rejects the proposal by Cellular Telephone and Internet Association to rate smartphone apps and act as the apps regulator. Software developers have expressed loud and clear that they do not want an association with competing interests to regulate the applications ecosystem. Recently, government officials and trade associations have been [...]
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 [...]
Engadget Microsoft details Windows Phone 7 by the numbers: The number of apps… now stands at 11,500 -- a number that Microsoft is quick to point out it's not "artificially inflating" by listing wallpapers as a category, or boosting by adding competitor's apps to increase "tonnage." Microsoft also notes that [...]
WSJ - All Things Digital Got Apps? Appia Raises $10 Million for Even More App Stores The company is aspiring to build the largest independent marketplace of applications and to become a white-label solution for third parties VentureBeat Is Zipcar finally going public? Car-sharing service prices shares for IPO Car-sharing [...]
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 [...]