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FTC Votes To Begin Studying Cost Of Patent Trolls
September 27, 2013
Washington – The FTC has voted to seek public comments on a study that would examine companies whose main business is extorting money from patents, known as patent assertion entities (PAEs) or pat...
Merkel’s Big Win – What’s in for the IT sector?
September 26, 2013
The recent federal elections in Germany were truly historical. Apart from Angela Merkel’s resounding victory the German liberals, the smaller coalition partner of the last Merkel-led government, did...
Senators Introduce Bill to Curb Government Surveillance
September 26, 2013
Washington – Senators Richard Blumenthal, Rand Paul, Mark Udall and Ron Wyden have introduced bipartisan legislation this week to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to curtail th...
CCIA Asks Supreme Court to Help #fixpatents in Wild Tangent Case
September 24, 2013
CCIA filed an amicus brief asking the Supreme Court to grant cert in the WildTangent case. This case could help fix patents and clarify some of the confusion that has come out of recent decisions...
CCIA Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief in Wild Tangent Patent Case
September 23, 2013
Washington – The Supreme Court may take up a case that many are hoping could resolve a division within the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on patent eligibility of software. About half...
CCIA Calls Copyright Ruling A Victory For Innovators
September 19, 2013
Washington – Those who like to skip TV commercials and those making the devices that help them do it won a key court victory Wednesday. A New York southern District Judge dismissed an argument by AB...
CCIA’s Response To MPAA Study Today
September 19, 2013
The MPAA released a study today which claims that search engines "influenced" about 19 percent of visits to websites that predominately offer copyright infringing content. The report may mislead, ho...
CCIA's Response To MPAA Study Today
September 19, 2013
The MPAA released a study today which claims that search engines "influenced" about 19 percent of visits to websites that predominately offer copyright infringing content. The report may mislead, ho...
Coalition Seeking Privacy Reforms Relaunches Site Today
September 19, 2013
Today will see the relaunch of VanishingRights.com, a site that calls on Congress to reform the Electronic Communications Privacy Act - also known as ECPA. CCIA has been engaged in the fight to refo...
CCIA Welcomes Court Decision Upholding Song Licenses for Internet Radio
September 18, 2013
Washington – A U.S. District Court has ruled that a group representing songwriters and music publishers cannot limit the number of songs it licenses to the Internet’s largest radio service. The ra...
House Judiciary Committee Releases Internet Taxation Principles
September 18, 2013
Washington – The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) today welcomed the release of the House Judiciary Committee’s basic principles on Internet sales taxation.
Chairman ...