Next StEPs: DoJ, USPTO, and NIST Draft Policy Update
Quick Reminder Late last year, the United States Department of Justice (DoJ), United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) jointly released [...]
Event Recap: Transparency in FRAND methodologies for SEP evaluations
Part three of the webinar series: A new framework for standard-essential patents (SEPs) On 8 February 2022, ACT | The App Association held the third webinar in a series of [...]
Member Spotlight: Blue Maestro
What happy chimps and sixteenth century art have in common Pentworth House in West Sussex, UK is a National Trust property that houses a significant collection of artworks, including the [...]
ExSEPtional FRANDs
At the beginning of December, building on the Biden Administration’s executive order on competition, the Department of Justice (DoJ), United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and the National Institute [...]
Examining the Privacy of Verbal Communications in Disenfranchised Communities
In 2021, ACT | The App Association launched its Amplify Diverse Talent Working Group, an effort seeking to elevate the contributions of diverse populations to the app economy, while at [...]
On Open App Markets Act, Sponsors Make Progress but the Bill Still Diminishes Developers’ Prospects on App Stores
Two weeks ago, we saw the Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC) hold a contentious vote on S. 2992, a bill that would prohibit certain privacy and security practices where software platforms [...]