Two weeks ago, we saw the Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC) hold a contentious vote on S. 2992, a bill that would prohibit certain privacy and security practices where software platforms restrict access to sensitive data and software and device features. Ahead of the vote, the sponsors of the bill circulated [...]
8 February 2022 at 15h CET | Register now Industry participants have long debated the meaning of Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (FRAND), and have attempted to define the appropriate methodology for calculating FRAND rates. Indeed, different methodologies are available for the evaluation of SEPs, and often, litigation has centred around [...]
Did you develop an app for Apple’s App Store? Was it available between 2015 and 2021? Was the app free with in-app purchases or a subscription? Paid? YOU could be entitled to financial compensation! No . . . really . . . we’re serious. Despite the lighthearted, informercial-for-a-questionable-law-firm tone of [...]
One of the core concerns ACT | The App Association had about the original text of the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA) is that it effectively prohibits platforms from addressing and responding to security and privacy threats. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Chuck Grassley circulated a Manager’s Amendment yesterday, [...]
On 8 December, ACT | The App Association hosted the final edition of its App Makers Tour of Europe. The event brought together app developers, policymakers, and industry to discuss the Nordics’ app ecosystem. The panel considered the impact of future legislation such as the Digital Markets Act (DMA) on [...]