Okay, so maybe 2020 fell a little short of its “year of privacy” billing. But hey, so did 2019, as well as 2018 for that matter. Clearly, hope springs eternal for us privacy acolytes – particularly, it seems, as the calendar turns over and we cleanse ourselves of last year’s [...]
The rapid growth of the app economy from a handful of apps on a smartphone to a $1.7 trillion ecosystem of connected devices, software developer services, and funding created new opportunities for established developers and entrepreneurs. Just a year ago, ACT | The App Association concluded its cross country Developed [...]
As the European Union’s (EU) largest market, Germany is a frequent venue for patent litigation in the region. We now live in a world of increasingly complex devices, where a simple connected device can depend on hundreds, if not thousands, of patents. Under current German law, the burden of attaining [...]
Standards-Essential Patents: Progress or regression? March 2, 2021 16:00 -17:00 CET Online Webinar Click here to register For small businesses that develop internet of things (IoT) devices, the ability to license standard-essential patents on fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms is vital to their competitiveness and innovative capacity. At a time [...]
After several rounds of public consultations, the European Commission finally released its long-awaited proposal for the Digital Services Act (DSA) on 16 December 2020 (see our statement here). Now that we have had some time to read and digest the proposed regulation, we are ready to break it down for [...]