This week we're starting a return to our official name, Association for Competitive Technology (ACT), and moving away from the unofficial moniker “the App Association” that we’ve used as shorthand to describe our membership and our work. The world is experiencing a transformative surge in technological innovation from [...]
At this year’s State of the Net Conference, our president, Morgan Reed, participated in a panel titled “Sovereign AI and the New Internet Order: Governing Intelligence Across Borders.” Speaking to a standing-room-only crowd, Morgan and his fellow panelists addressed the opportunities and challenges inherent in artificial intelligence (AI) governance. [...]
Europe is at a pivotal moment for innovation, and we’ve been on the ground across the continent to make sure small-tech voices are included in the decisions being made in Brussels. Every conversation, from policy hackathons to founder workshops, pointed to the same reality: Europe’s digital future depends on [...]
BRUSSELS – In response to today’s European Parliament Vote to challenge the Commission’s withdrawal of the proposed Standard-Essential Patent (SEP) Regulation: “With a clear majority, today’s vote shows that the European Parliament will not allow the Commission to walk away from much-needed standard-essential patent (SEP) reform without a fight,” [...]
Roberta Metsola President of the European Parliament Rue Wiertz 60 1047 Brussels Belgium Cc: Group Presidents and Members of the European Parliament Re: Support for the Referral of the Commission’s Withdrawal of the Standard Essential Patent Regulation to the Court of Justice of the European Union Dear President Metsola [...]