The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is considering weakening its rules regarding Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (FRAND) licensing of patented technology required to implement its standards due to concerns raised by a few larger patent holders. These companies argue the existing policy threatens future participation in the organization’s [...]
Many countries around the world are currently considering or implementing changes to their tax frameworks to make them fit for the digital age. In the European Union (EU) alone, nine Member States are currently advancing national approaches. On the EU level, the European Commission (EC) is also consulting stakeholders on [...]
Questions Asked of the Court: A Fireside Chat on Standard-Essential Patents Online Event 5 May 2021, 16h00 – 17h00 CET/10h00 – 111h00 EST Technical standards for interoperability enable billions of devices connected to the internet, opening new avenues of growth for innovative firms, including thousands of small and medium enterprises [...]
Regular readers of this blog and listeners of ACT | The App Association’s podcast, Tech Swamp, are familiar with the DC rumblings around antitrust felt over the last Congress. Well, those rumblings are now reaching the magnitude of a minor earthquake; if the tremors before were only detectable on a [...]
Fighting back against “Big Tech” is all the rage in state houses these days. After unsuccessful attempts to convince Arizona, Georgia, and North Dakota lawmakers that the future of their economy hinges on better prices on V-Bucks to use in Fortnite, The Coalition for App Fairness and its backers Epic [...]
