BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – ACT | The App Association welcomes European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s emphasis on startups and competitiveness in her 2025 State of the Union speech. Her recognition of the role of Europe’s innovators sends an important signal at a critical moment for the EU’s digital [...]
WASHINGTON – This week ACT | The App Association Senior Global Counsel Brian Scarpelli participated in the Innovation Network Forum for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), held around the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation’s (APEC’s) Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Ministerial meeting in Jeju, Republic of Korea, a key forum for [...]
WASHINGTON – ACT | The App Association applauds today’s ruling by Judge Amit P. Mehta in the United States v Google search antitrust case. Judge Mehta rejected the Department of Justice’s overly broad and unrelated proposed remedies, a significant win for small technology companies and app developers who utilize [...]
WASHINGTON – Statement from Morgan Reed, president of ACT | The App Association: “Today’s announcement doesn’t include much that we already didn’t know and leaves out the biggest non-tariff trade barriers impacting small tech companies in the United States and in Europe” said Morgan Reed, president of ACT | [...]