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 [...]
Recently, the Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament took a significant step forward in advancing the much-needed standard-essential patent (SEP) regulation in the European Union that would curb SEP licensing practices that continue to harm and distort competition across consumer and enterprise markets. This development is important to [...]
Startups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are crucial to Europe's green transition, creating internet of things (IoT) devices like smart sensors and carbon footprint trackers to enhance energy efficiency. These businesses need fair licensing of standard technologies to thrive. As the European Parliament deliberates on the proposed EU Regulation [...]