Supporting Industry Mechanisms Against Illicit Activity

On October 3, 2023, the App Association participated in the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) annual Roundtable on Future Strategies for Anti-counterfeiting and Anti-piracy. At this event, the App Association represented the perspective of our small business software developer community that benefits from cost-effective online mechanisms to protect [...]

By |2023-11-28T15:57:03-05:00November 28th, 2023|Blog, Piracy|

Charting New Waters: Supporting Underrepresented Innovators for Talk Like a Pirate Day

International Talk Like a Pirate Day (TLAPD) emerged in the mid-‘90s as a day for people across the globe to “talk and act like pirates for the day,” and although this somewhat unserious observance started as a joke by two friends, we appreciate the opportunity to celebrate the importance of [...]

By |2023-09-18T15:51:48-04:00September 18th, 2023|Amplify, App Economy, Blog, copyright, Innovation and IP, Piracy, Policy, Trends|

Sideloading Apps: Mandating That Software Platforms Allow It Will Cost Copyright Owners and Their Customers

In general, mobile device users in the United States download their apps through app stores that come preinstalled on their devices’ operating systems. For most Americans, that means they are shopping on the Apple App Store on iOS, or the Google Play store on Android. Operating systems and app stores [...]

By |2021-09-17T12:19:54-04:00September 17th, 2021|App Economy, Blog, Innovation and IP, Piracy, Policy|
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