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 [...]
Quick Reminder Late last year, the United States Department of Justice (DoJ), United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) jointly released a proposed policy statement that updates and improves guidance on standard-essential patents (SEPs). As long-time proponents of fair, reasonable, and [...]
Part three of the webinar series: A new framework for standard-essential patents (SEPs) On 8 February 2022, ACT | The App Association held the third webinar in a series of public events covering standards and standard-essential patents (SEPs) and how they impact European innovation and competition. The event focused on [...]