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ACT | The App Association Applauds the United States and European Commission for Restoring Privacy Shield
On March 25, 2022, the United States and European Commission announced that they had reached an agreement on what is called the Trans-Atlantic Data [...]
Biden Should Act Now To Finalize SEP Draft Policy Statement
In the wake of the public comment period on proposed revisions to standard-essential patent policy, which revealed overwhelming support for the changes, the Biden [...]
We’re ACTivated: Happy Small Business Week!
Small Business Week is an opportunity to celebrate our small business members and their impact on their local communities and the app economy at [...]
Innovators Network Foundation (INF) Announces Its First Class of Antitrust and Competition Law and Policy Fellows
Policymakers at all levels across the globe are focused on how competition policy interacts with—or should interact with—modern digital markets, characterized by the entry [...]
How the Open App Markets Act (S. 2710) Would Undermine App Stores
S. 2710 seeks to undo the current management structure for mobile app stores. The provisions track some of the complaints from the largest companies [...]
How the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (S. 2992) Would Undermine App Stores
S. 2992 seeks to undo the current management structures of large, privately managed marketplaces, including software platforms (app store / operating system combinations). The [...]
2022 Annotated App Store Guidelines
As lawmakers continue to consider measures that would restrict the ability of app platforms to manage their ecosystems, ACT | The App Association remains [...]
Privacy and Antitrust Part 2: What’s Really at Stake if Congress Prohibits App Store Management?
Antitrust reform advocates argue strenuously that consumers will not lose privacy or security benefits if Congress prohibits mobile software platforms from being able to [...]
