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What the UK Government Can Do to Encourage Competition and Innovation in the Standard-Essential Patent Ecosystem
One of our goals here at ACT | The App Association is preserving and promoting innovation while encouraging a healthy and robust standards ecosystem [...]
What Tech SMEs Should Know About the European Commission’s Consultation on SEPs
Internet of things (IoT) innovators across the European Union (EU) have long advocated for the need for EU-wide legislation concerning standard-essential patents (SEPs)—the patents [...]
President Biden to Congress: Forget the Antitrust Bills, Get Privacy Done
In last night’s State of the Union (SOTU) speech, President Biden hit the bullseye on the tech issues voters really care about: taking on [...]
Next StEPs: DoJ, USPTO, and NIST Draft Policy Update
Quick Reminder Late last year, the United States Department of Justice (DoJ), United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and the National Institute of [...]
Event Recap: Transparency in FRAND methodologies for SEP evaluations
Part three of the webinar series: A new framework for standard-essential patents (SEPs) On 8 February 2022, ACT | The App Association held the [...]
Member Spotlight: Blue Maestro
What happy chimps and sixteenth century art have in common Pentworth House in West Sussex, UK is a National Trust property that houses a [...]
ExSEPtional FRANDs
At the beginning of December, building on the Biden Administration’s executive order on competition, the Department of Justice (DoJ), United States Patent and Trademark [...]
Examining the Privacy of Verbal Communications in Disenfranchised Communities
In 2021, ACT | The App Association launched its Amplify Diverse Talent Working Group, an effort seeking to elevate the contributions of diverse populations [...]
