Patent reform is back in a big way in 2015 – and that’s a good thing. Today, App Association members and small companies are under threat from patent trolls that weaken the value of the patent system. Patent trolls are bad actors that use use vague demand letters to assert [...]
ACT | The App Association is proud to announce its support for The Startup Act of 2015, introduced by Senators Jerry Moran and Mark Warner. The bill would go a long way to reduce barriers to growth for startups and small companies, encourage investment in new businesses, and create a [...]
Since assuming her post last June, Commerce Department Secretary Penny Pritzker has been meeting with tech startups and app companies across the country. Her agency is paying more attention to this vibrant marketplace than ever before. That makes a lot of sense. Consider that the mobile economy is growing faster [...]
John Markoff has an interesting piece in the New York TImes today about the Digital, Life, Design conference in Munich. The theme of the piece is that the whole "World is Flat" phenomenon has removed the intitutional advantage of Silicon Valley companies. It's an interesting theory, but also a bit [...]