Save the Dates: Navigating Intellectual Property Rights for App Developers
Don’t miss this three-part webinar series featuring representatives from the USPTO on what SMBs need to know to protect their intellectual propertySmall and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are the backbone of the U.S. economy’s growth and job creation. While many factors play an important role in the success of SMBs, securing and enforcing intellectual property (IP) protection is increasingly essential for companies of all sizes.Unfortunately, many SMBs seeking to compete and grow in the digital economy don’t have access to the legal [...]
Is it Getting STEAM-Y in Here, or is it Just Our Future Workforce?
Members of ACT | The App Association are innovative small businesses and enterprises transforming the way we live, work, and play through apps and connected technology. They’re leading the next generation of trailblazers who are working to solve problems and fill gaps across industries. In order for our members to continue improving the lives of their customers and clients through safe, secure products, the public and private sectors together must invest in our future workforce through science, technology, engineering, and [...]
What’s the Cost of Trading Away our Comparative Advantage in Tech?
American policymakers are grappling with substantial political pressure to “rein in” some of our most successful online marketplaces. The smartphone-driven entry of social media platforms like Facebook, curated online retail marketplaces like Amazon’s, software platforms like the major app stores, and search platforms like Google’s has brought with it a formidable expansion of choices and value for individual consumers and small businesses. Unsurprisingly, the rapid growth of these marketplaces and platforms also led to increased scrutiny of competition and consumer [...]
SEP Law Protects Businesses and National Security
To safeguard American leadership in tech-driven markets vis à vis foreign rivals like the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Congress must recognize the importance of standards. Specifically, U.S. policy should account for the crucial role of standard-essential patents (SEPs) to global commerce, and ensure enforcement of fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms in SEP licensing. Consensus-based technological standards fuel innovation. Trusted standards-setting organizations (SSOs) develop these standards to promote interoperability between products and services as well as to ensure end [...]
Statement from ACT | The App Association founder Mike Sax on major SEP FRAND judgment in the UK
‘On Thursday, March 16, 2023, the UK High Court called out Interdigital Technology Corporation for acting as an unwilling licensor of standard-essential patents (SEP) by demanding unfair terms and an excessive royalty rate. ‘Today’s decision shows that SEP abuse is real and that with enough resources, it is possible to fight back and win against abuses. ‘This court decision reaffirmed that a fair standards process requires fair play and has now made it clear that open standards require willing licensors. ‘A healthy [...]
3.14 Cheers for Pi Day: Statement from Morgan Reed
Today, ACT | The App Association released a statement from president Morgan Reed celebrating Pi Day: “There’s an infinite number of reasons to celebrate Pi Day today. Here are my three favorite slices of pi: Pi Day is an opportunity to remind ourselves of the importance of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education in our lives and for our future. STEM education is also responsible for shaping the minds of the next generation of innovators in the app economy, [...]