Despite being adopted by a super-majority vote (454 to 83) of the European Parliament, the European Commission decided to withdraw its proposed Standard Essential Patents (SEP) Regulation earlier this year. This leaves startups, scaleups, and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across Europe exposed to the same unpredictable and costly [...]
A Developer Community Spotlight with Mark Thomas Not many people can say they’ve attended 25 Apple Worldwide Developers Conferences (WWDCs), but Mark Thomas isn’t your average UK-based developer. As the founder of Appnalysis, an ACT | The App Association member company, Mark has spent his career digging deep into [...]
ACT | The App Association’s members are at the forefront of innovation, leveraging technology to create meaningful solutions that drive positive change. Each week, we spotlight these trailblazing small businesses through our Member Monday series. This summer, our Member Monday features highlighted how our global small tech members are [...]
Big changes are coming for any startup, scaleup, or small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) in the EU’s connected products (e.g. connected cars, medical and fitness devices), services (i.e. anything that would make a connected product operate in a specific way, such as an app to adjust the brightness of [...]
Last month, ACT | The App Association participated in several of the European Commission’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) enforcement track workshops. These compliance workshops brought together a wide range of stakeholders, highlighting viewpoints from across the app ecosystem in Europe. For two of these sessions, focused on Apple and [...]