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CCIA Calls Copyright Ruling A Victory For Innovators
July 24, 2013
A federal appeals court has wisely blocked an attempt by Fox to cut off customer access to a DISH Network service that skips TV commercials, saying the Fox legal argument was not strong enough to issu...
Two Upcoming House Judiciary Hearings on Copyright and Technology
July 24, 2013
The Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet of the House Judiciary Committee has announced two upcoming hearings on copyright, to continue the “House Judiciary Committee�...
House Bill Would Halt Some Common Patent Troll Attacks
July 22, 2013
Reps. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Judy Chu, D-Calif., introduced the Stopping the Offensive Use of Patents Act (STOP Act) H.R. 2766 Monday. The bipartisan bill is similar to the Patent Quality Impro...
CCIA, Others Ask For More Transparency On Surveillance Practices
July 18, 2013
In a letter to President Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder and key House and Senate leaders, a diverse group of more than 50 trade associations, companies, public interest organizations and invest...
Will the NSA revelations create barriers to cloud adoption in the developing world?
July 18, 2013
What benefits can developing countries expect from cloud computing? And what policies are needed to fully seize its potential?
Several questions were discussed at a peer review of the upcoming clou...
CCIA, Trade Associations Ask Congress For Patent Reform
July 17, 2013
CCIA joined dozens of trade associations from the American Bankers Association to the National Retail Federation to NCTA asking House and Senate leaders to pass comprehensive legislation aimed at pate...
Panelists Concerned NSA News Will Buoy Efforts To Control Internet
July 17, 2013
Yesterday, the Open Technology Institute at the New America Foundation put on an event: Safeguarding Human Rights in Times of Surveillance. The event featured a round table with Rebecca Mackinnon,...
House Telecom Panel Examines FCC Legislation
July 12, 2013
At a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing Thursday on “Improving the FCC Process,” lawmakers discussed the reintroduction of H.R. 3309 and H.R. 3310, which would change various FCC proce...
Immigration Reform in the House
July 12, 2013
With Senate passage late last month of the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act, the focus of the immigration reform effort has shifted to the House of Representativ...
CCIA Applauds Legislation Targeting Patent Abuse
July 11, 2013
Reps. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, and Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., introduced a bipartisan bill in the House Wednesday afternoon to help mitigate the impact of lawsuits from patent trolls. The bill is H....
CCIA Welcomes Senate Passage of Comprehensive Immigration Reform
June 28, 2013
The Computer & Communications Industry Association applauds the Senate for approving S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act. This comprehensive immig...
CCIA Praises WIPO Treaty On Access To Copyrighted Material For The Visually Impaired
June 26, 2013
World Intellectual Property Organization member states have agreed on treaty language that will mean millions of visually impaired people around the world can gain access to special-formatted books. T...