Brussels, Belgium – The App Association is deeply disappointed with the European Commission’s final decision to withdraw the proposed Standard Essential Patents (SEP) Regulation without any clear plan for replacement as is being reported in the press. Innovators need a SEP framework that ensures small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) [...]
The UK’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has launched a consultation on Standard Essential Patents (SEPs), running from 15 July to 7 October 2025. The IPO’s goal is to improve transparency, fairness, and efficiency in how SEPs are licensed, something that could have a big impact on startups and scaleups navigating [...]
In June, ACT | The App Association partnered with the Brazilian research association Lawgorithm to host the timely webinar series “Core Principles for Licensing Standard-Essential Patents.” Over three sessions, experts discussed the challenges that Brazil is facing in regulating a developing standard-essential patent (SEP) licensing landscape and the opportunity [...]
This May, to address the rapid development of India’s standard-essential patent (SEP) licensing landscape, ACT | The App Association hosted a timely event titled “A Fair Standard-Essential Patent Licensing Process for a Thriving Economy,” in collaboration with Jindal Initiative on Research in IP and Competition (JIRICO) at O.P. Jindal [...]
This April, ACT | The App Association spent 10 days in India meeting with policymakers, regulators, and stakeholders to make the case for a fair, pro-innovation national stance on standard-essential patent (SEP) licensing. For small tech companies and independent app developers, SEP policy can feel distant, but it has [...]