Statement from ACT President, Jonathan Zuck to Congressman Howard Coble regarding the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet’s hearing on June 2, 2014, “First Sale Under Title 17." [pl_button type="info" link="http://actonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ACT-First-Sale-Hearing-Letter.pdf" target="blank"]Read Full Statement[/pl_button]
ACT | The App Association executive director Morgan Reed issued the following statement in response to today’s Supreme Court ruling in Riley v. California requiring a warrant for law enforcement access to smartphone data of an arrested suspect. Today’s Supreme Court ruling establishes critical privacy protection standards for mobile device [...]
Today’s Supreme Court decision Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International addressed the patentability of abstract ideas. It confirmed what we all know to be true: abstract business methods don’t deserve patent protection. This is good news for software developers. Today's decision clarifies what is patentable and removes a degree of uncertainty. It also reaffirms [...]
The Electronic Communications Privacy Act was enacted 1986 when stored electronic communications didn’t extend beyond answering machines for most Americans. At the time, only a handful of people were even aware of the internet. Since its enactment, the rapid growth of technology has allowed consumers to use cloud-based services to [...]
UPDATED with Health Kit, Family Account, and HomeKit details: Today at the Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple unveils its new line of products and services for the coming year. This is one of the biggest WWDC conferences ever, and as a licensed iOS developer I am disappointed not to be at [...]