Navigating the New Space Regulatory Frontier
The space industry is entering a new era. Satellite broadband, low-Earth orbit constellations, remote sensing, direct-to-device connectivity, and emerging in-space services are moving from specialized applications into core digital infrastructure. These technologies can expand broadband access, strengthen emergency communications, support new business models, and improve resilience across the economy. That growth also raises hard regulatory questions. Policymakers must address spectrum access, licensing timelines, orbital debris, interference, space traffic coordination, remote sensing, and international market access. The challenge is to [...]
Developed EU + UK Tour: Going Behind the Rules Shaping Funding
Decisions made in Brussels, London, and other capitals around the globe increasingly shape whether startups can raise funds, access markets, and scale worldwide. When the rules of the road aren’t clear or keep shifting, they affect product timelines, increase costs, and make investors turn away. That’s true for early-stage founders trying to get to a first raise, and it’s true for scaling teams trying to expand into new markets. ACT exists to bridge the gap between startups and scaleups [...]
The EU’s Revised TTBER and Technology Transfer Guidelines: A Step Forward, but SMEs Still Need More
On 16 April 2026, the European Commission adopted its revised Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation (TTBER) and Technology Transfer Guidelines (Guidelines). For ACT’s members, these Guidelines could determine the ability to license some of the patented components at the heart of technical standards like 5G, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms. Without that, Europe’s small technology businesses simply cannot compete. We appreciate the Commission’s open and collaborative process to update these guidelines. ACT and our [...]
Health and Tech Startups Join Forces in Vancouver
ACT and CABHI jointly sponsoring the largest gathering of developers and innovators in North America VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA – At Web Summit Vancouver this week May 11-14, the Association for Competitive Technology (ACT) and the Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI, powered by Baycrest) will kick off a new partnership to support North American-based startups and small health technology companies to access necessary capital, drive forward innovation, and create jobs in AI and emerging tech. “Canadian innovators [...]
Championing Small Business Innovation with Leading Competition Regulators During the ABA Spring Antitrust Meeting
Around this year’s American Bar Association (ABA) Spring Antitrust Meeting, the Association for Competitive Technology (ACT) convened a series of high-level meetings with global competition authorities to advance a shared agenda: ensuring that competition policy supports, rather than stifles, the small and medium-sized innovators driving the global digital economy. Over the course of the week, we sat down with Brazil’s Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE), the Malaysia Competition Commission (MyCC), the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa [...]
Pre-Market Review of AI Is Concerning
The New York Times Reporting of the White House’s Interest Raises Red Flags for Startups and Small Tech Companies WASHINGTON, D.C. – Commenting on today’s reporting by The New York Times, Morgan Reed, president of the Association for Competitive Technology (ACT): "Appropriate oversight is reasonable, and the White House struck the balance between accountability and flexibility in its National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence. We should be relying on existing law, like the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) Unfair or Deceptive [...]