Why the German Government Should Move Forward with its Current Patent Reform Proposal
As the European Union’s (EU) largest market, Germany is a frequent venue for patent litigation in the region. We now live in a world of increasingly complex devices, where a [...]
EU Event– Standards-Essential Patents: Progress or regression?
Standards-Essential Patents: Progress or regression? March 2, 2021 16:00 -17:00 CET Online Webinar Click here to register For small businesses that develop internet of things (IoT) devices, the ability to license [...]
What the EU’s Digital Services Act Could Mean for Small Tech Businesses
After several rounds of public consultations, the European Commission finally released its long-awaited proposal for the Digital Services Act (DSA) on 16 December 2020 (see our statement here). Now that [...]
ACT | The App Association and Other Leading Groups Express Support for IEEE-SA’s Patent Policy in New Letter
ACT |The App Association joined 41 other orgs supporting IEEE-SA’s patent policy in a letter to the standards organization. The 2015 IEEE-SA policy change is the prime example of a [...]
Member Spotlight: Nebula Labs
During their last year of university in 2017, Dylan McKee and Nic Flynn, two computer scientists from Newcastle Upon Tyne launched their very own software house – Nebula Labs. The [...]
About-Face: The Year in Facial Recognition and Trends to Watch in 2021
As with so many other fields, 2020 bore witness to a dizzying series of developments within the facial recognition policy sphere. At ACT| the App Association, we did our best [...]