As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to advance, the ongoing clash between copyright law and AI has led many jurisdictions to reconsider how to enforce existing copyright laws, both when AI models infringe on protected works and when an AI model’s use of copyrighted content is exempt from liability. Balancing robust [...]
The U.S. patent system provides a pathway for individuals and businesses to develop groundbreaking solutions that drive critical industries forward. Small business owners, like ACT | The App Association members, are among the many technology developers who strengthen the U.S. patent system by leveraging it to bring new solutions to [...]
The recent Lenovo v. InterDigital case is the latest high-profile standard-essential patent (SEP) licensing dispute heard by the UK courts. This case highlights how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are being disproportionately abused in SEP licensing negotiations. Initially, the UK High Court (the lower court) found that SMEs are often [...]
The increasing ubiquity of artificial intelligence (AI) has introduced uncertainties around the copyright protection of software developed through both open- and closed-source models. For small business software developers, like ACT | The App Association members, who both deploy and use AI, these uncertainties disproportionately harm the ability to create competitive [...]
Decades of standard-essential patent (SEP) licensing abuse led a cross-section of technology standards participants and their representatives, including the ACT | The App Association, to draft the CEN/CENLEC 95000 Workshop Agreement: Core Principles and Approaches for Licensing of Standard Essential Patents (CWA 95000). This detailed guide is a foundational document [...]