A group of Europe’s SME app developers—representing myriad economic sectors (including healthcare, mobility, software development, cyber security, gaming, and e-commerce businesses)—sent a letter to Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) urging them to reconsider its legislative proposal on business practices of online platforms. The SME signatories warn MEPs [...]
Earlier this fall, U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) Judge Thomas Pender issued a ruling in an ongoing dispute between Qualcomm and Apple over patent infringement. Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Thomas Pender’s Initial Determination found that while Apple may have infringed upon a patent owned by Qualcomm, he saw no merit [...]
Quiz time! A buzz from your smartphone tells you there’s a new version of your go-to run tracking app. Which of the following do you do? Get in your car and drive to the nearest software store and grab the new version from the shelf. Scroll to the app store [...]
Congress may be back from August recess, but US Federal agencies never left! Check out our regulatory update on what the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have been up to all summer (and what we expect to come) [...]
On Friday, the Financial Times published a letter from ACT president Morgan Reed on the escalating debate over standards essential patents and the internet of things (IoT) in Europe. The letter is behind the paywall here, but you can read the full text below. Upstream Players in the Internet of [...]