Recently, Jen Easterly, head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), spoke at an event at Carnegie Mellon University where she emphasized the “need for a system of security products that take the responsibility off of consumers.” Easterly named several companies to compare how they approach accountability and transparency [...]
With the recent publication of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) in the Official Journal of the European Union on 12 October 2022, you may wonder what the DMA is all about. This blog is here to help and explains and highlights the main elements of this new European law that [...]
One of our goals here at ACT | The App Association is preserving and promoting innovation while encouraging a healthy and robust standards ecosystem and ensuring that our members’ voices are part of the policy discussions around these topics is a crucial part of our efforts. A balanced intellectual property [...]
Internet of things (IoT) innovators across the European Union (EU) have long advocated for the need for EU-wide legislation concerning standard-essential patents (SEPs)—the patents that enable the use of standard technologies like Wi-Fi, 4G, and 5G. Recently, the European Commission launched a public consultation to assess the existing issues around [...]
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 across the EU. Small tech businesses thrive in environments where they can enjoy legal certainty and which reflect widely accepted [...]