Washington, D.C. (May 1, 2013) – The Application Developers Alliance praised Senator Charles Schumer’s (D-NY) announcement of his intention to introduce legislation addressing patent troll abuse. Schumer’s bill will expand the Covered Business Method Program, which currently covers only financial services related patents, to apply to all business method patents. The expansion would allow companies to challenge the validity of a troll’s patent in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) as an alternative to expensive and time-consuming litigation.
Washington, D.C. (April 15, 2013) – Today, the Application Developers Alliance is asking the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to delay the effective date of changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). The revised rules, which go into effect July 1, create significant new obligations for app developers and their partners.
San Francisco, CA (April 8, 2013) – The Application Developers Alliance holds the first in its series of Developer Patent Summits on Tuesday, April 9, in San Francisco. The event, which will be held at RocketSpace, is the first in a fifteen-city tour that will convene app developers, entrepreneurs, patent experts, and policymakers to discuss software patent challenges, trolls, and ideas for reform. The series is sponsored nationally by Rackspace and Careers 2.0 by Stack Overflow.
Washington, D.C. (April 4, 2013) – The Application Developers Alliance is convening app developers targeted by notorious patent troll Lodsys to mount a legal defense on their behalf. Today’s announcement comes as Lodsys files a new round of lawsuits against companies large and small, including Alliance member TMSOFT, claiming infringement of patents so vague they could apply to virtually any app. The Alliance will partner with the Electronic Frontier Foundation and others to provide support and legal counsel to many of Lodsys’ most recent victims.
Washington, D.C. (March 28, 2013) –Today the Application Developers Alliance added ten new companies to its growing membership. Appfuel, Humetrix, Legcyte, My Apps Co., Ordr.in, Ridepost, SNOBSWAP, Sociocast, TrendPo, and the Trip Tribe joined the Alliance as corporate members. The companies include startups offering cutting-edge services across a broad spectrum of the industry.
Washington, D.C. (March 21, 2013) – Today, Application Developers Alliance member Rackspace will testify before the House Small Business Committee’s Subcommittee on Health and Technology. The hearing, “Protecting Small Businesses against Emerging and Complex Cyber-Attacks,” will focus on cyber-attacks that affect emerging technologies used by many of today’s small businesses.
Washington, D.C. (February 27, 2013) – Today, the Application Developers Alliance thanked Representatives Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) for introducing the SHIELD Act but urged Congress to do even more to protect entrepreneurs from patent trolls.
Washington, D.C. (February 26, 2013) – Today the Application Developers Alliance launched its Kids and Education working group. Comprised of Alliance members, the group’s goal is to create more and better opportunities for the development of apps for children, parents, and teachers.
Washington, D.C. (February 21, 2013) – Today, the Application Developers Alliance welcomed six new members including Fluendo, HasOffers, My Apps Co, OpenX, PaeDae, and WeLink. As Alliance members, the companies will have access to a network of more than 20,000 individual developers and more than 100 companies, as well as DevsBuild.It, the Alliance’s resource center.
Stanford, CA (February 12, 2013) – Today, Application Developers Alliance President Jon Potter made recommendations to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) for improving the software patent system. Potter spoke at the PTO Software Patent Roundtable held in Silicon Valley.
Washington, D.C. (January 24, 2013) – Today, the Application Developers Alliance welcomed its first new corporate members of 2013. The new members include AdMobix, Bunndle, Filament Games, Flatter World, Kinvey, and Common Sense Media, joining as an associate member.
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