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CCIA Offers Comments To Japanese Regulators On Competition In The Mobile Ecosystem
June 16, 2022
Washington – The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) submitted comments on the Japan Digital Market Competition Headquarters’ (DMCH) Interim Reports on Evaluation of Compet...
CCIA Welcomes Bipartisan Patent Bill That Would Update PTO Procedures, Promote Fairness In Patent Appeals Process
June 16, 2022
Washington – Senators Cornyn, Leahy, and Tillis have introduced the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Reform Act of 2022 today. Current USPTO guidance allows the PTAB to refuse to examine the v...
Product Safety: CCIA Europe Welcomes European Parliament Vote on New EU Rules
June 16, 2022
Brussels, BELGIUM — Today, the European Parliament’s Internal Market Committee (IMCO) adopted its position on the proposed General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR). The aim of these new rules is t...
CCIA Joins Associations In Letter To Congress On Privacy Bill
June 14, 2022
Washington – The Computer & Communications Industry Association joined the Software & Information Industry Association, and TechNet in a letter supporting the effort toward creating a baseli...
CCIA Marks 50 Years Of Tech Advocacy With Reception, Award
June 9, 2022
Washington – The Computer & Communications Industry Association celebrated 50 years of promoting a competitive tech industry, open markets, and internet access and freedom in Washington at a r...
CCIA Supports Congressional Efforts Toward Federal Privacy Legislation
June 6, 2022
Washington – Members of Congress released a draft bill Friday the “American Data Privacy and Protection Act” that aims for baseline federal privacy protections. The bipartisan deal between Senat...
CCIA Announces New Hires Including Former Deputy Assistant USTR Jonathan McHale
June 2, 2022
Washington -- The Computer & Communications Industry Association is pleased to welcome former Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Jonathan McHale as Vice President of Digital Trade for the ...
Supreme Court Pauses Texas Social Media Law Ahead Of Lower Court Reviewing Constitutional Concerns
May 31, 2022
Washington – The Supreme Court has issued an emergency ruling temporarily blocking HB 20, the Texas social media law, from being enforced while a lower court resolves a preliminary First Amendment c...
CCIA Responds To Manager’s Amendment To Controversial Antitrust Bill
May 26, 2022
Washington – Sen. Amy Klobuchar reintroduced a slightly revised version of her controversial S. 2992 bill that had come under criticism for a range of issues from increasing costs on popular digital...
Fireside Chat With Hal Varian: Antitrust Bills Would Harm Tech Market, Consumers
May 24, 2022
Washington – A recent fireside chat with Google’s Chief Economist Hal Varian featured discussion on the flawed reasoning behind proposed tech regulations in antitrust bills like S. 2992, H.R. 3825...
CCIA Files NTIA Comments On Competition in the Mobile App Ecosystem
May 23, 2022
Washington – As part of a Biden Administration executive order on promoting competition, the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is currently r...