Earlier this year, the Board of Governors for the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) instituted a review of its 2015 Patent Policy Update regarding the licensing of standard-essential patents (SEPs). This month that process reached a pivotal moment when an overwhelming majority expressed support to retain the policy. Over 100 organizations [...]
Join us on 24 November at 10:00 for ACT | The App Association’s first UK Brunch & Learn event! Book your spot here. If you want to meet with innovative UK and EU tech SMEs, share what your business is doing, and hear from expert speakers, this series of quarterly events are for [...]
Commercially available off-the-shelf solutions for internet of things (IoT) applications are ready made internet-connected sensors that offer a convenient way for businesses to make their products smarter and more efficient. Let’s say a company makes irons, and they want to alert their customers on their smartphones when the iron is [...]
Today, ACT | The App Association released a statement regarding speeches made by Rebecca Slaughter, commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and Jennifer Dixton of the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) at the American National Standards Institute: “The remarks from Commissioner Slaughter and Ms. Dixton are [...]
Part one of the webinar series: A new framework for standard-essential patents (SEPs) On 27 September 2021, ACT | the App Association held the first in a series of public events covering fundamental standard-essential patent (SEP) licensing legal and policy issues that impact the ability of European small businesses to [...]