ACT | The App Association’s members drive the innovation that powers our digital world. Each month, through our Member Monday series, we spotlight these trailblazing small businesses and their cutting-edge achievements. For startups, scaleups, and small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), the standard-essential patent (SEP) licensing landscape can make or [...]
WASHINGTON – Today’s Technology Prosperity Deal between the United States and United Kingdom, with investment commitments from private corporations of £31 billion to develop UK AI, has the potential to supercharge transatlantic innovation partnerships for startups and small tech companies. ‘Our members and companies like them are the leading [...]
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 [...]
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority is reshaping how Apple and Google operate, but will small developers benefit or be left behind? The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published new proposed roadmaps setting out how the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (DMCCA) will apply to the mobile [...]
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 [...]