Mobile Labs Receives Patent for Mobile Device Cloud November 1st, 2016Mobility Law & Compliance Press Release via: PC Business Products November 1, 2016 Mobile Labs has been awarded a third patent relating to the deviceConnect mobile device cloud. The new patent joins two others the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded Mobile Labs in the past year. These patents recognize our development team’s leading innovations in accurate and high-performance mobile app and device test automation tools, platforms, and management, said Don Addington, President and CEO of Mobile Labs. We are pleased the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has recognized their achievements. The Mobile Labs patent applications were managed by the Atlanta law firm of Morris, Read More
Progress Made on Do-Not-Track Standards April 25th, 2014Mobility Law & Compliance After three and a half years of effort, the Working Group has agreed to advance the Tracking Preference Expression (TPE) specification to Last Call status. Read More
Alert: Changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act May 30th, 2013Mobility Law & Compliance Changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) become effective July 1, 2013. The FTC sent updated educational letters to over 90 companies with online services or mobile applications that appear to collect personal information from children under the age of 13. The revised COPPA rule broadens the definition of “personal information” to include persistent identifiers, such as cookies, IP addresses and mobile device IDs. Use of persistent identifiers require companies to receive parental consent unless the persistent identifiers are used for very limited purposes. Businesses with online services and mobile app developers should be aware of these new requirements, Read More
A Quarter of Patents This Year Will Be Mobile-Related March 27th, 2013Mobility Law & Compliance A new report shows that a quarter of U.S. patents issued this year are likely to be related to mobile technology. Read More
Metro Area Poised to Grow with Mobile Technology Boom January 24th, 2013Mobility Law & Compliance The proliferation of “Apps” is fueling a mobile technology industry that business leaders say can be a major local job generator. Read More
House Lawmaker Floats Mobile App Privacy Bill January 23rd, 2013Mobility Law & Compliance Click here for article. Proposed legislation would subject mobile application developers to enhanced notice, consent and security obligations, in an attempt to address widespread concerns about how companies use and share data collected on mobile devices. Read More
Google, FTC Agreement Could Make Mobile More Hospitable for Smaller Players January 4th, 2013Mobility Law & Compliance Google has reached an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission over its antitrust suit that will give competitors greater access to its mobile patents and could mean fewer patent-related lawsuits. Read More
Financial Services Expected to Dominate Mobile Payments January 4th, 2013Mobility Law & Compliance Click here for article. Mobile payments will be the breakthrough category in mobile in 2013, according to the 2013 Mobile Industry Predictions Survey Read More
The Future of Mobile October 15th, 2012Mobility Law & Compliance Slide deck on the current trends in mobile. Read More
Mobile Devices and Identity Applications September 14th, 2012Mobility Law & Compliance Click here. Read More