Celebrating Patent Quality Week with High Hopes for a Stronger Patent System
There is reason for optimism this Patent Quality Week as intellectual property (IP) leaders in Congress contemplate options to strengthen the mechanisms in place to weed out weak and overly [...]
Member Spotlight: Cyclopic
Reinventing the wheel: How Cyclopic’s centreless wheel system is revolutionising electric vehicles Cyclopic has recently joined the ACT | The App Association to connect with other companies, increase their knowledge [...]
Update: What tech SMEs should know about Germany’s modernised Patent Act
ACT | The App Association is a long-time advocate of strong intellectual property protections and works hard to include our members’ voices in the relevant policy development processes taking place [...]
Event Recap: Industrial Perspectives on Licensing the Internet of Things
On 15 June 2021, ACT | the App Association held an event covering the fundamental issues companies may experience when trying to license patents in the internet of things (IoT) [...]
Member Spotlight: Loopcycle
Manufacturing businesses often sell their products to customers via third parties or intermediaries. This means there is no direct link between the manufacturer and the end-user. For the manufacturers, this [...]
Colorado Joins the State Privacy Patchwork
A little more than three months ago, we wrote about the impending expansion of the state privacy patchwork. At the time, Virginia’s Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA) was a signature [...]