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End of the Road
Read more: End of the RoadAfter a decade of advocating for the developer community, the time has come to wind down the Developers Alliance. For some of you, this may come as a shock. As…
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Application Developers Alliance Applauds Schumer Plan to Introduce Patent Legislation
Read more: Application Developers Alliance Applauds Schumer Plan to Introduce Patent LegislationWashington, 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…
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Application Developers Alliance Adds Seven New Members
Read more: Application Developers Alliance Adds Seven New MembersWashington, D.C. (April 30, 2013) – Today the Application Developers Alliance announced a slate of new companies added to its membership. New members include AppLift, Binary Formations, GP International, Qubop, Rackspace, SurDoc, and Sutro Software.
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Application Developers Alliance Asks FTC to Delay New COPPA Rules
Read more: Application Developers Alliance Asks FTC to Delay New COPPA RulesWashington, 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.
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Application Developers Alliance Holds San Francisco Privacy Summit
Read more: Application Developers Alliance Holds San Francisco Privacy SummitSan 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…
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Application Developers Alliance to Counter Patent Troll Suits
Read more: Application Developers Alliance to Counter Patent Troll SuitsWashington, 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…
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Application Developers Alliance Adds Ten Members
Read more: Application Developers Alliance Adds Ten MembersWashington, 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.
