Our Latest Positions on Policy.
The App Developers Alliance sent a letter signed by 247 app developers, tech industry CEOs, and startup founders urging Congress to enact patent reforms, including cheaper, faster way to challenge bad patents that PTO never should have approved. Hundreds more Alliance members have sent personal messages directly to their Members of Congress.
Read MoreThe Application Developers Alliance has recently expanded its membership to include ten new startup app publishers and app development firms. Buzztouch, ConIT AG, Concise Software, Famigo, Feathr, Jump Rope, Mowgli, Ploonky, Savvy Apps, and Vision Smarts have joined the Alliance.
Read MoreThe Application Developers Alliance and TabTimes have partnered to provide Alliance members with the most current industry research and content surrounding the tablet vertical.
Read MoreU.S. government-hosted talks on mobile app privacy concluded when leading consumer privacy advocates and mobile app industry stakeholders joined in support for a voluntary model for how apps communicate what information about consumers the apps are collecting and with what types of third parties, if any, that consumers’ data is shared.
Read MoreThe Application Developers Alliance applauded new Congressional action to eradicate patent trolls. Representatives Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Judy Chu (D-CA) introduced a bill to provide troll victims a lower-cost alternative to litigation when challenging the validity of patents that should never have been issued.
Read MoreThe Application Developers Alliance today praised the introduction of yet another bill to address abusive litigation by patent trolls. Representatives Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and Blake Farenthold (R-TX) introduced the legislation, entitled the Patent Litigation and Innovation Act.
Read MoreThe Application Developers Alliance applauded the growing momentum in Congress behind patent reform legislation that would give patent troll victims a lower cost alternative to challenging a poor quality patent in court.
The Application Developers Alliance has officially launched a tool to help developers monetize and optimize their apps. The Monetization Tool is the first comprehensive database of monetization platforms and resources.
Read MoreThe Application Developers Alliance welcomed new members AppKey, Bottle Rocket Apps, eDealya, Lingolook, PayGear, Phigital, PreApps, and Worry Free Labs. Alliance members have access to a network of more than 20,000 individual developers, over 125 companies, and the DevsBuild.It resource center. Members also influence and guide Alliance advocacy efforts on behalf of the developer community.
Read MoreIn a court filing, the Application Developers Alliance argued the makers of user-configurable software are not directly liable when the user is capable of configuring the software in a way that infringes a patent.
Read MoreThe Application Developers Alliance commended the plan released by the White House to combat patent trolls. The plan offers a series of reforms, including seven legislative proposals and five executive actions.
Read MoreIn a court filing, the Application Developers Alliance argues that an Application Programming Interface (API) is not subject to copyright. APIs are the building blocks of software development that allow programs to interact with each other. The Alliance joined with members Rackspace and TMSOFT as well as Stack Exchange to file an amicus brief urging the appeals court to uphold the decision of Judge William Alsup of the Northern District of California in Oracle v. Google.
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