A Scroll Down Memory Lane: November 2024’s Member Mondays
A Scroll Down Memory Lane: November 2024’s Member Mondays ACT | The App Association’s members are at the forefront of innovation, leveraging technology to create meaningful solutions that drive positive change. Each month, we spotlight these trailblazing small businesses through our Member Monday series. In November, as elections dominated the headlines around the globe, we focused on the intersection of policy and innovation—an area where small businesses are navigating challenges and finding opportunities. From trade policies to data privacy regulations, [...]
Event Recap: U.S. Leadership in Standards for Emerging Technologies and AI
As artificial intelligence (AI) and other critical emerging technologies (CETs) reshape industries and society, the United States faces a pivotal moment in defining its leadership role in global standards development. Earlier this month, ACT | The App Association, the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), and USTelecom | The Broadband Association convened a distinguished panel to discuss how policymakers, businesses, and stakeholders can ensure the United States remains at the forefront of standards-setting for the technologies of tomorrow. Kedharnath Sankararaman, policy associate [...]
Statement On Decision from Brazil’s Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) On In-App Purchases
In response to the recent decision by Brazil’s Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) to force Apple to change its practices for in-app purchases, a spokesperson for ACT | The App Association issued the following statement: “We are concerned with CADE’s decision to intervene in the Brazilian app ecosystem and risk distorting competition, particularly when the impacts of the European Union’s unprecedented Digital Markets Act are already appearing to reduce the EU’s competitiveness. CADE must preserve the access, trust, [...]
Statement from ACT | The App Association on the DoJ’s Proposed Remedies in its Case Against Google
Yesterday, the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) finalized its proposed judgment in its case against Google, arguing for an unprecedented breakup of the company’s products and services that would hurt consumers and the small businesses that use them every day to compete and reach new customers. “The DoJ’s proposed remedies are actually an attempt to legislate based on flawed forecasts of the future in a manner that disregards the consequences small businesses in the app economy would bear,” said [...]
On the potential introduction of federal legislation to mandate app store-level age verification, ACT | The App Association issued the following statement:
“Any proposed federal legislation that imposes this one-size-fits-all approach to mandate app store-level age verification would create confusing and even contradictory requirements on parents, developers, and the stores themselves. ” said the App Association’s President, Morgan Reed, “App store-level age verification shifts responsibility away from social media platforms and other websites and does not reflect the lived reality of American families with children who often share and use multiple mobile devices, tablets, and computers that would then not be protected [...]
The Top Three SEP Takeaways from Ericsson v. Lenovo
On October 24, 2024, the Federal Circuit took a key step in preventing standard-essential patent (SEP) holders from evading their voluntary commitments to license on fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms. By reversing a North Carolina federal court’s denial of Lenovo’s request for an anti-suit injunction (ASI) against Ericsson, the court reinforced that SEP licensing practices should uphold fair standards, benefiting small business innovators who rely on a predictable patent system. In this case, Ericsson sought injunctions in Brazilian [...]