Throughout the year, our policy team submits filings with government bodies worldwide to advocate for a regulatory environment that inspires and rewards innovation. From issues around regulating artificial intelligence to digital trade, our team is ACTive on a wide range of topics that could have a positive or negative impact on our small business members driving the app economy. Below is a roundup of our filings from around the globe this past month.
Title: CADE Investigation of Ericsson for Anti-Competitive Practices
Entity: CADE
Jurisdiction: Brazil
Summary: The App Association submitted evidence to CADE in response to the competition regulator’s proposal to open an investigation into Ericsson for anti-competitive practices. The submission highlights the connection Ericsson and prolific licensing pool Avanci and how their pooling practices may enable the circumvention of its members obligations to deal in fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory (FRAND) terms regarding standard-essential patent (SEP) licensing.
Filed: June 2, 2025
Title: European Commission Consultation on the Cloud and AI Development Act
Entity: European Commission
Jurisdiction: European Union
Summary: The App Association submitted comments to the European Commission’s consultation on its Cloud and AI Development Act, urging the Commission to align the upcoming Act’s requirements with those of existing regulations such as the AI Act in order to avoid overlaps and ensure clarity for small and medium-sized enterprises.
Filed: June 3, 2025
Title: European Commission Call for Evidence on the Apply AI Strategy
Entity: DG CONNECT
Jurisdiction: European Union
Summary: The App Association submitted comments to the European Commission’s DG CONNECT regarding its proposed Apply AI Strategy. While generally supportive of the overarching goals of creating a harmonized EU framework for trustworthy AI, the comments propose improvements in the areas of reducing compliance burdens, ensuring legal certainty on copyright protection, developing regulatory sandboxes, and clarifying the AI Act’s interplay with other regulations.
Filed: June 4, 2025
Entity: European Commission
Jurisdiction: European Union
Summary: The App Association completed a survey issued by the European Commission regarding the guidelines for protection of minors under the Digital Services Act. The responses argued that many of the proposed measures are overly prescriptive and not fully risk-based, increasing compliance burdens while also failing to protect minors as effectively as a better-tailored approach.
Filed: June 11, 2025
Entity: JFTC
Jurisdiction: Japan
Summary: The App Association filed comments regarding proposed updates to Japan’s smartphone competition law relating to thresholds for covered businesses. The comments recommended careful consideration of the scope of application of the law, remove requirements that increase the risk to users of fraud, financial crimes, and scams, ensure the law bolsters intellectual property rights for small businesses, and maintain user functionality and convenience.
Filed: June 13, 2025
Entity: ETDA
Jurisdiction: Thailand
Summary: The App Association submitted comments to Thailand’s Electronic Transactions Development Agency (ETDA) on proposed principles of the Kingdom of Thailand’s Artificial Intelligence Act. The comments urged EDTA to align its approach with principles in ten subject areas, including oversight, access and affordability, privacy and security, bias, and intellectual property.
Filed: June 18, 2025
Title: Feedback of The App Association to the European Commission Regarding its EU Cybersecurity Act
Entity: European Commission
Jurisdiction: European Union
Summary: The App Association submitted comments to the European Commission in response to its consultation on proposed revisions to the EU Cybersecurity Act. The comments recommended alignment with international standards for cybersecurity risk management, avoiding the creation of new costs relating to the information and communications technology supply chain, and simplifying cybersecurity measures and reporting obligations.
Filed: June 20, 2025
Title: Amicus Brief in Support of Defendant-Appellant in Epic Games v. Apple
Entity: Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: United States
Summary: The App Association filed an amicus brief in the case Epic Games v. Apple, arguing that the district court’s injunction restricting Apple’s current fee structure could upend the App Store marketplace upon which innumerable small app companies have built their business. The brief urges the Ninth Circuit to reject a remedy that could lead to unexpected and harmful outcomes for small app companies.
Filed: June 30, 2025