Apps Across America
The mobile app industry is a dynamic and fast growing marketplace. It has grown to $20 billion in only four years and is projected to top $100 billion by 2015.1 While the emergence of mobile apps has revolutionized the software industry, they are also having a profound impact on our national economy. With smartphones and tablets providing new platforms for software developers, an entire new class of software entrepreneurs has emerged. App makers have transitioned from writing applications for enterprise [...]
ACT Files ITC Comments on Motorola-Microsoft Patent Dispute
ACT today filed comments with the International Trade Commission on its consideration In the Matter of Gaming and Entertainment Consoles, Related Software, and Components Thereof Given the economic and public value of the app industry, ACT’s members believe that granting an exclusion order for “Standards Essential Patents” is against the public interest. Standards are critical to the creation of dynamic, interoperable technological ecosystems on which app developers rely and from which the public benefits. They are particularly important in promoting [...]
Comments to the ITC regarding software patents
Comments from ACT to the ITC regarding software patents and supporting an exclusion order for patent infringement [pl_button type="info" link="http://actonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ACT-ITC-Filing-337-TA-752-copy.pdf" target="blank"]Read Full Comments[/pl_button]
Facebook Unveils New App Resource for Developers
The Association for Competitive Technology last week visited Facebook's new Menlo Park headquarters. We were able to explore their new campus designed with an urban layout while checking out cool new tools like a touchpad directory in each building with GPS-linked scrolling Facebook profiles allowing employees to easily find each other's offices. Facebook was excited to have the apps folks on hand to see what they have in store for developers. Eager to demonstrate its strength in the mobile space, [...]
Comments to the ITC regarding technology standards
Comments from ACT to the ITC regarding technology standards and opposing an exclusion order when the patents were part of a standard [pl_button type="info" link="http://actonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ACT-ITC-Apple-filing-v2-copy.pdf" target="blank"]Read Full Comments[/pl_button]
ACT Developer Profile: Scott Weiner and A Family Matters
Scott Weiner, Founder Weiner Family Studios ACT: How’d you get your start in technology? SW: When I was 17 I worked in a small computer store as an “expert” in Atari and Commodore computers. My job was to learn all the software so when people came in with questions I could help them. One of the packages was a database program called DBase. One day a gentleman came into the store and asked for help on a DBase consulting project [...]