There’s a Platform for That
ACT | The App Association testifies before House Judiciary Committee on “Online Platforms and Market Power, Part 2: Innovation and Entrepreneurship” On Tuesday, July 16, 2019, ACT | The App [...]
Consumer Privacy Legislation and the Age of Uncertainty
I’ve been a member of ACT | The App Association since it was founded in 1998, and for the most part, I was a typical member: a software developer at [...]
Summer ’19 – the Summer of Interoperability
The Connected Health Initiative (CHI) spends our year addressing a wide range of digital health issues, but one of the most pressing issues in 2019 is health data interoperability. The [...]
Creating an App? There’s Copyright for That.
By Debbie Rose and Madeline Zick Let’s begin with a riddle. What do mobile apps, poetry, photographs, movies, books, and sculptures have in common? Answer: they are all eligible for [...]
Why STRONGER is Weaker: The Imbalance of Automatic Injunctions and No Post-Grant Review
By Craig Beuerlein and Graham Dufault The 2006 eBay Inc. v. MercExchange LLC decision (eBay) was a historic moment in U.S. patent policy. The eBay ruling establishes a precedent that decreases a [...]
FCC $100 Million Connected Care Pilot Program Takes Important Step Forward with July 10 Vote
On Wednesday, July 10, the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) commissioners will meet publicly to vote on a range of items, including a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing [...]