ACT | The App Association is disappointed with the news that patent reform is no longer on the Senate agenda. It is regrettable that the inability of Congress to advance widely supported legislation will expose many small companies to predatory litigation. Patent trolls use bogus patents to shakedown startups and smaller [...]
Today’s FCC passage of the Incentive Auction Report and Order will lay the groundwork for the app industry to continue its remarkable growth. ACT | The App Association is pleased that the FCC is advancing the auction process to provide much needed spectrum for the wireless industry. Spectrum is the lifeblood [...]
ACT| The App Association executive director Morgan Reed issued the following statement in response to the FTC enforcement action against mobile app Snapchat. ACT has been closely monitoring FTC's enforcement of privacy violations in the mobile app ecosystem. It is good for the industry when consumers have confidence that their [...]
ACT | The App Association executive director Morgan Reed issued a statement on today’s FTC clarification on the enforcement of children’s online privacy to provide guidance for companies that manage student data online. School administrators often are provided few details about how online service providers handle data collected on children, [...]
ACT is pleased to see the administration advocating for additional funds for the Patent and Trademark Office. For many years, this self-funding agency has seen its critical resources diverted away to other agencies. With a growing patent backlog, and technical assistance needed by examiners evaluating rapidly evolving technologies, the decision [...]