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. This month, in recognition of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and at a moment when policymakers around the world are [...]
WASHINGTON – In an amicus brief filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, ACT | The App Association asserted its members’ vital interest in the judicial enforcement of the fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) licensing commitments that standard-essential patent (SEP) holders agree to when they [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – ACT | The App Association is encouraged to see the inclusion of digital trade priorities in new trade agreement frameworks the Administration announced with Cambodia, Japan, Korea, Malayasia, Thailand, and Vietnam. Though the terms of each have yet to be finalized, these frameworks include important commitments [...]
While the public conversation around H-1B visas often focuses on larger players in tech, startups and small tech companies rely on the program, too. Data from the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP) shows that more than half of new H-1B approvals go to employers that file 20 or [...]
WASHINGTON - ACT | The App Association expresses serious concern regarding the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) recently released Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) inter partes review (IPR) procedures and related policy changes, and USPTO Director John Squires announcement today [...]
