ACT | The App Association Statement on Confirmation of John Squires to Lead U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today in a letter to newly confirmed Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) John Squires, ACT | The App Association and a diverse coalition of industry trade groups provided recommendations to support job creation and growth for American businesses. “Now that John Squires has been confirmed, we look forward to working with him to advance U.S. innovation and competitiveness through intellectual property (IP) [...]
ACT | The App Association Statement on State Visit to the United Kingdom and Signing of U.S.-UK Technology Prosperity Deal
WASHINGTON – Today’s Technology Prosperity Deal between the United States and United Kingdom, with investment commitments from private corporations of £31 billion to develop UK AI, has the potential to supercharge transatlantic innovation partnerships for startups and small tech companies. ‘Our members and companies like them are the leading edge of technical innovation, building novel solutions to overlooked challenges,’ said Morgan Reed, president of ACT | The App Association. ‘The new U.S.-UK Technology Prosperity Deal sets the vision for [...]
Introduction of DMA-Style Brazilian Online Platform Legislation Will Stifle Growth of Digital Economy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – ACT | The App Association is discouraged by today’s announcement from Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of proposed legislation to regulate the digital economy, similar to the approach taken in the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA). The DMA so far has produced no positive movement towards its stated goals of boosting competition and supporting startups and scaleups. Rather than pursue this, Brazil’s policymakers should learn the lesson from DMA and build a pro-innovation [...]
ACT | The App Association Brings Small Business Voice to High-Stakes Tech Regulation Debate
The recent House Judiciary Committee hearing on Europe’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) and related regulations drew intense attention in Washington and beyond. Representing small app developers and connected device makers across the United States and Europe, ACT | The App Association’s president Morgan Reed underscored how Europe’s regulatory experiments threaten not just Big Tech, but the small innovators who have existing business relationships with them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2cHyn1bSUo Morgan made clear that Europe’s ex ante (regulate-before-harm) model, from the [...]
ACT | The App Association Raises Red Flags From Small Businesses on New Jersey’s Data Privacy Act Implementation
The legislation aims to provide New Jersey residents with ‘more control over their personal data’, but provisions contain unnecessarily far-reaching and unusually restrictive mandates on innovative small businesses in the Garden State. Washington, DC (9/11/25) - The App Association shared comments with the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs (NJDCA) highlighting concerns from member companies in the state regarding proposed rules to implement the recently passed New Jersey Data Privacy Act. In a letter to NJDCA Acting Director Cari [...]