October 2024 Throughout the year, our policy team submits filings with government bodies worldwide to advocate for a regulatory environment that inspires and rewards innovation. From issues around regulating artificial intelligence to digital trade, our team is ACTive on a wide range of topics that could have a positive [...]
In the global race to create the best curated online marketplace (COM), every week seems to bring fresh developments that complicate the picture for enforcers and policymakers. Lawsuits and regulatory proposals to eliminate or restrain the management functions of COMs, from retail storefronts to app stores, should account for ever-evolving [...]
Overview. You might be wondering, hasn’t the FTC already sued Amazon a few times in the past couple years? Yes, but this latest case is the most anticipated because it seeks to punish Amazon for its size through antitrust—rather than consumer protection—claims. If you’ve read recent headlines, you might also [...]
On 23 May 2023, ACT | The App Association held an online event titled ‘Perspectives on the upcoming launch of the Unified Patent Court’. The event brought together App Association members who are affected by standard-essential patent (SEP) policies, academics, litigators, and industry experts. The conversation was centred around the [...]
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 [...]