Every startup begins with the identification of a problem, followed by ideas to solve it. For the Belgian app maker SyndoHealth, this problem is helping patients with chronic diseases cope with their illnesses. Their solution is mobile technologies and wearables. In the European Union (EU), common chronic illnesses account for [...]
Following multiple public consultations, the European Commission released a proposal for the Digital Markets Act (DMA) on 16 December 2020 (see our statement here). If enacted, this legislation could significantly impact the way the app economy functions. In this blog, we dive into the DMA proposal and what it means for small [...]
In February and March 2021, ACT | The App Association and Competition Policy International (CPI) are collaborating on a series of webinars discussing how antitrust regulation works in the digital world. During the first event of the series, five experts explored the key issues surrounding the European Commission’s Digital Markets [...]
As the European Union’s (EU) largest market, Germany is a frequent venue for patent litigation in the region. We now live in a world of increasingly complex devices, where a simple connected device can depend on hundreds, if not thousands, of patents. Under current German law, the burden of attaining [...]
Standards-Essential Patents: Progress or regression? March 2, 2021 16:00 -17:00 CET Online Webinar Click here to register For small businesses that develop internet of things (IoT) devices, the ability to license standard-essential patents on fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms is vital to their competitiveness and innovative capacity. At a time [...]