When President Joe Biden delivered his first State of the Union address as President of the United States last week, topline priorities regarding the war in Ukraine, curbing inflation, and promoting elements of his domestic Build Back Better agenda understandably consumed much of the runtime. Yet those in the [...]
(WASHINGTON, DC) March 14, 2022 - Today, ACT | The App Association released a statement from president Morgan Reed celebrating Pi Day: “Today is Pi Day—a day where across the globe we celebrate the mathematical constant pi while stuffing ourselves with our favorite pie (mine is rhubarb pie, hold [...]
One of our goals here at ACT | The App Association is preserving and promoting innovation while encouraging a healthy and robust standards ecosystem and ensuring that our members’ voices are part of the policy discussions around these topics is a crucial part of our efforts. A balanced intellectual property [...]
Internet of things (IoT) innovators across the European Union (EU) have long advocated for the need for EU-wide legislation concerning standard-essential patents (SEPs)—the patents that enable the use of standard technologies like Wi-Fi, 4G, and 5G. Recently, the European Commission launched a public consultation to assess the existing issues around [...]
In last night’s State of the Union (SOTU) speech, President Biden hit the bullseye on the tech issues voters really care about: taking on social media and privacy abuses. His silence on the “Big Tech” antitrust bills, the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (S. 2992) and the Open App [...]