Just before Halloween, ACT | The App Association filed extensive comments with the United States Trade Representative (USTR) as the agency prepares its annual edition of the National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers (NTE Report) for Congress. Every year, USTR publishes a new NTE Report identifying laws [...]
Throughout the year, our policy team submits filings with government bodies worldwide to advocate for a regulatory environment that inspires and rewards innovation. From issues around regulating artificial intelligence to digital trade, our team is ACTive on a wide range of topics that could have a positive or negative [...]
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 [...]