WASHINGTON - ACT | The App Association expresses serious concern regarding the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) recently released Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) inter partes review (IPR) procedures and related policy changes, and USPTO Director John Squires announcement today [...]
EU-style Tech Regulations Set Back UK and European Startups and SMEs from their US counterparts, New Survey Finds Today, ACT | The App Association released new survey results detailing how tech policy and regulations on both sides of the Atlantic are impacting startups and small, and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in [...]
LONDON, UK – ACT | The App Association welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (IPO) on standard-essential patent (SEPs) licensing issues that impact the small business innovator community and needed policy changes to address them. Technical standards underpin the internet of things [...]
Washington, D.C. – Last week’s announcement of a new $100,000 tax on H-1B visas is a gut punch to small and medium-sized tech companies. For more than 15 years, ACT | The App Association has firmly held the position that access to H-1B visas for specially skilled employees is [...]