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Latest Actions by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Squires Weaken the Certainty in the U.S. IP System that Small Businesses Need
WASHINGTON - ACT | The App Association expresses serious concern regarding the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) recently released Notice of Proposed [...]
Addressing Digital Trade Barriers Across the Asia-Pacific Region
This year has seen major shifts in U.S. trade policy, and those issues have risen to the top of the agenda for many. [...]
State of Confusion: How a Patchwork of AI Laws Hurts Small Businesses and U.S. Competitiveness
updated October 30, 2025 Earlier this year, Congress considered including a temporary moratorium on state artificial intelligence (AI) laws in the federal reconciliation package, [...]
ACT | App Association Releases Survey on The Extent of Transatlantic AI Gap and Impact of UK/EU Regulations
EU-style Tech Regulations Set Back UK and European Startups and SMEs from their US counterparts, New Survey Finds Today, ACT | The App Association [...]
Is the FTC Using Dark Patterns to Pursue Dark Patterns?
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Act has long provided a flexible consumer protection framework. The law generally empowers the FTC to challenge net-harmful [...]
Labour Party Conference 2025: Recap
Our UK Country Manager, Stephen Tulip, shares his thoughts after attending the Labour Party Conference 2025 Party conference season is a fixture of the [...]
Always Be Filing: ACT | The App Association Filing Activity September 2025
Throughout the year, our policy team submits filings with government bodies worldwide to advocate for a regulatory environment that inspires and rewards innovation. [...]
Distributing Risk in the AI Value Chain: Insights from the IAPP AI Governance Conference
At the IAPP AI Governance Conference in Boston in mid-September 2025, ACT | The App Association’s Brian Scarpelli moderated a timely and thought-provoking [...]
