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Coalition Against Anticompetitive SEP Abuse Keeps Expanding After Apple/Qualcomm Settlement; Calls on Commerce Department and USPTO to Continue Bipartisan SEP Policies

The agreement Apple and Qualcomm announced last week may have ended direct litigation between the two companies, but it did nothing to address the growing threat to competition and innovation caused by anticompetitive abuse of standard-essential patents (SEPs) by Qualcomm and others. That is why the alliance of companies, organizations, [...]

By Brian Scarpelli|2019-04-22T12:05:59-04:00April 22nd, 2019|Blog, Courts|

Brexit and the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield: App Association Members Should Update Their Privacy Policy Immediately

For many ACT | The App Association members, the United Kingdom (UK) is a natural market to look to for growth. Many of these App Association members in the United States doing business in the UK and the European Union (EU) utilize the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, a framework enabling U.S. [...]

By Brian Scarpelli|2019-08-02T12:22:00-04:00April 14th, 2019|European Union|

The Hip Bone is Connected to the Smartphone

Hi! We haven’t formally met, but I’m Ashley Durkin-Rixey, director of communications at ACT | The App Association. I joined the App Association in August of 2018. This is a personal story about digital health tools that begins with roller derby. I played competitive roller derby for about eight years [...]

By Ashley Durkin-Rixey|2019-03-26T15:36:36-04:00March 26th, 2019|Blog, CHI, Connect health|

Member Spotlight: Synesthesia

Based in Turin, Italy, Synesthesia creates high-quality native and cross-platform apps for smartphones and tablets. Synesthesia has been developing mobile applications and services since 2011 and continues to grow due to their specialization in digital productions. Their research center builds solutions using the most relevant and high-level digital tools with [...]

By Caitlin Irr|2019-03-13T16:22:17-04:00March 13th, 2019|Blog|

An FTC Settlement with Qualcomm Could Hold the Entire IoT Economy Hostage

Facing a potentially devastating federal court ruling in its antitrust case, Qualcomm and its allies are ratcheting up political pressure for a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) before the judge announces a decision in the case. But why? A look at Qualcomm’s financial history in the last year [...]

By Morgan Reed|2019-03-13T14:29:16-04:00March 13th, 2019|Blog, Competition, IoT, Open Standards|