Pre-Election Survey Shows Strong Support for a National Data Privacy Law & Other Small Business Priorities
In a new poll conducted by ACT | The App Association, likely voters share their tech policy priorities and express concern around current approaches to antitrust Access poll results here Less than two weeks out from Election Day, a new poll from the App Association and fielded by Embold Research shows likely voters across the United States strongly support Congress passing a national data privacy law and are concerned about the impact and repercussions of the government's aggressive antitrust approach [...]
IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED: Safeguarding Sensitive Data in the Age of Increasing Cyber Threats
“We regret to inform you that a vendor was hacked, exposing our customers' personal information.” For many, this sentence has become all too familiar. As technology becomes more deeply integrated into every aspect of our lives, the rising tide of data breaches threatens the security of personal information. The startling reality is that one in three Americans has experienced a data breach. But these numbers don't tell the full story. These violations disproportionately affect disenfranchised communities—often with less access to [...]
New UK Government Department Aims to Cut Red Tape
The UK government has announced a new department, the Regulatory Innovation Office (RIO). The department, housed under the Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology (DSIT), aims to ‘reduce the burden of red tape and speed up access to new technologies that improve our daily lives – from AI [artificial intelligence] in healthcare to emergency delivery drones’. A strategic shift for the tech sector The RIO was a key Labour manifesto commitment ahead of the 2024 UK general election. Since Labour’s [...]
DoJ has Trouble with the Present, Past, and Future in Proposing Google Remedies
Last week, the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) filed its proposed remedies following a federal judge’s finding that Google monopolized the market for search services. DoJ is asking for broad and deep interventions to address the liability determined in Judge Amit Mehta’s opinion, and they’re worth analyzing in context. DoJ cites the Microsoft case from the late ‘90s and early 2000s to support its proposition that it can prevent even the unlikeliest of potential anticompetitive conduct with its proposed [...]
Statement from ACT | The App Association on Federal Circuit Appeals Decision in Ericsson v Lenovo on Standard Essential Patents (SEPs)
Today, the Federal Circuit took a significant step to curb standard essential patent (SEP) licensing abuses by vacating and remanding the lower court's decision. This decision follows ACT | The App Association recently filing an amicus brief on behalf of our small and medium-sized developer community in an appeal to the Federal Circuit to reverse a North Carolina federal court’s denial of an anti-suit injunction (ASI). The ASI was sought against a standard essential patent (SEP) holder that was simultaneously [...]