Letter from ACT | The App Association to the European Council on the European Commission’s intention to withdraw the Standard Essential Patents Regulation – February 20th, 2025
ACT | The App Association Urges the Council to Uphold the Proposed SEP Regulation
Yesterday, ACT | The App Association submitted a letter to the Council of the European Union, urging Member States to uphold their role in the legislative process by engaging in discussions on the Proposed Regulation on Standard Essential Patents (SEPs). The European Commission’s recent request to withdraw the regulation, [...]
Statement from ACT | The App Association on Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on “Children’s Safety in the Digital Era: Strengthening Protections and Addressing Legal Gaps”
“Children’s online safety is a critical issue and we applaud the Senate Judiciary Committee for dedicating time to this subject,” said Morgan Reed, President of the App Association. “As this committee and other leaders in Congress consider legislation around online safety, the App Association and our members strongly support [...]
One Year Later: The EU’s SEP Licensing Landscape Still Threatens SME Innovation
One year ago, the European Parliament advanced the European Commission’s proposed Standard Essential Patents Regulation to address the opaque and costly standard-essential patent (SEP) licensing system that makes it increasingly difficult for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), like our members,to innovate. The proposal aimed to simplify the licensing process, [...]
DeepSeek’s Message to Western Policymakers: Unleash the Dynamism of AI Innovators or Risk Finishing a Distant Second
In October 2024, competition authorities from the G7 countries convened in Rome to discuss the artificial intelligence (AI) industry. Their message to AI innovators was clear: expect coordinated and vigorous scrutiny. The recent unveiling of DeepSeek’s open-source R1 AI model, notably released under an MIT open-source licensing model, has [...]