On March 6, 2024, ACT | The App Association led a briefing on Capitol Hill to discuss the dissonance between Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and recent arguments to enable broad rights to repair consumer devices. We were joined by experts Devlin Hartline, Legal Fellow, Hudson [...]
Generative artificial intelligence (GAI) has been shown to support small business innovation in several ways. For example, small companies use GAI in ways that reduce time, cost, and efficiency barriers, advancing avenues for expansion, and otherwise enabling innovation. Yet, potential consequences from utilizing GAI as a commercial tool, including the [...]
To address the existing power imbalances and transparency issues within the standard-essential patent (SEP) licensing landscape, members of ACT | The App Association recently sent a letter to members of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees. This letter underscores the App Association’s support for the Administration’s National Standards Strategy for [...]
We have said it once, and we’ll say it again: the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) must be careful not to adopt broad rulemaking that would invite serious security, privacy, and intellectual property (IP) risks for U.S. businesses. This broad rulemaking includes the heavily debated consumers’ right to repair as recently [...]
Statement from Mike Sax, founder and chairperson of ACT | The App Association, on today’s European Parliament plenary vote regarding the Regulation addressing standard-essential patent (SEPs) licensing: ‘The App Association welcomes the overwhelming vote by the European Parliament (EP) plenary to improve transparency and predictability in the system for licensing [...]