Always Be Filing: ACT Filing Activity October 2025
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 impact on our small business members driving the app economy. Below is a roundup of our filings from around the globe this past month. Title: Comments of ACT | The [...]
ACT | The App Association Statement on Announced Proposal by Epic Games and Google
WASHINGTON, DC – In response to the joint filing for modification of the injunction in Epic Games INC v. Google LLC et al, Morgan Reed, president of ACT | The App Association issued the following statement: “While we still have concerns with the jury’s verdict in the case, the proposed injunction modifications seem to address one of the core objections that our members have consistently raised, namely the forced access to their intellectual property by any third-party app store [...]
A Scroll Down Membership Lane: October 2025’s Member Mondays
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 considering proposals that could weaken encryption, we featured members whose work demonstrates why strong, reliable cybersecurity is essential to keeping people safe online. For small tech companies, encryption isn’t theoretical. [...]
Legislation in Brazil Threatens Local Digital Economy and Small Businesses
ACT | The App Association Calls on National Congress to Vote Against “Fast Tracking” Proposed Tech Regulation in Brazil WASHINGTON, D.C. – ACT | The App Association urges the National Congress of Brazil to immediately reject any move to “fast track” legislative bill 4675. Rushing into the adoption of such complex, high-impact digital platform regulation imperils Brazil's growing digital economy and its countless small businesses and developers. “Rushing through a vote on this DMA-style legislation would be a grave [...]
ACT | The App Association Welcomes JURI Committee’s Decision to Take the Commission to Court Over SEP Withdrawal
BRUSSELS – Today, the European Parliament’s JURI Committee voted to challenge the European Commission’s withdrawal of the proposed Standard Essential Patents (SEP) Regulation in court. ACT | The App Association strongly supports this decision, which is a vital step to protect Europe’s small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) innovators and consumers. Mike Sax, founder and chairperson of ACT | The App Association, an international trade association for app developers, entrepreneurs, and tech SMEs, released the following statement: ‘Europe’s SMEs cannot be [...]