September 18, 2023
Charting New Waters: Supporting Underrepresented Innovators for Talk Like a Pirate Day
International Talk Like a Pirate Day (TLAPD) emerged in the mid-‘90s as a day for people across the globe to “talk and act like pirates for the [...]
Five Questions Small Businesses Have for the FTC Nominees
In a serious blow to its reputational capital, the two Republican commissioners at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) resigned before their terms expired, frustrated with [...]
August 31, 2023
Balancing big tech and SMEs: the DMCC’s role in the UK
The UK’s Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (DMCC) was introduced earlier this year in an effort to regulate digital markets and safeguard consumers. The bill, currently [...]
ComMission Creep: 2022 and 2023 at the FTC and What it Means for Small Business
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been on a tear. The court losses that punctuate its campaign make it hard to call it a winning streak, but [...]
App Makers Need Copyright and IP Protections
On July 18, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing debating the so-called “right to repair” for devices like smartphones and tablets as well as larger machinery [...]