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CCIA To Intervene In Upcoming Court Case To Preserve Net Neutrality
February 21, 2018
Washington -- The tech industry will be intervening in the upcoming effort to appeal the FCC’s recent reversal of its 2015 Open Internet rules that protected net neutrality. While public interest gr...
Tech and Rights Groups urge European Commission to consult stakeholders on illegal content
February 13, 2018
Brussels - Today, ten organisations representing digital rights groups, startups, Internet and technology businesses are asking the European Commission to uphold its commitment to consult stakeholders...
CCIA Asks USTR To Confront Discriminatory Copyright Regulations In Its Annual Trade Report
February 8, 2018
Washington - With Europe and other trading partners passing or considering regulations that violate US trade agreements and international copyright norms, the Computer & Communications Industry As...
CCIA Welcomes Incoming Article 29 Chair
February 7, 2018
Brussels, BELGIUM -- Today, the head of the Austrian Data Protection Authority Andrea Jelinek was elected as the new Chairwoman of the Article 29 Working Party. With her election today, Jelinek is als...
CCIA Encouraged By Bipartisan CLOUD Act
February 6, 2018
Washington -- Senators Orrin Hatch, Chris Coons, Lindsey Graham, Sheldon Whitehouse, and Representatives Doug Collins, Hakeem Jeffries, Darrell Issa, and Suzan DelBene introduced the Clarifying Lawful...
Senate Confirms New Leader For Patent and Trademark Office
February 5, 2018
Washington -- The Senate has unanimously confirmed Andrei Iancu, an IP attorney from a Los Angeles law firm, to lead the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The PTO has been without a leader si...
CCIA hosts Transatlantic Digital Economy Dialogue ahead of EU-US regulatory talks
February 1, 2018
On the eve of the EU-U.S. Information Society Dialogue, CCIA hosted the third edition of our Transatlantic Digital Economy Dialogue in Brussels on January 31. Speakers included Roberto Viola (Director...
Takeaways from Disrupter Series Hearing on The Internet of Things, Manufacturing, and Innovation
January 30, 2018
The Internet of Things (IoT) is already impacting and changing the global manufacturing landscape. On Thursday January 18, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer P...
Congress Needs To Offer A Boost For 5G; CCIA Offers 6 Principles For A Broadband Buildout Bill
January 29, 2018
Washington -- On Tuesday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee is expected to discuss almost two dozen broadband infrastructure bills aimed at laying the groundwork for 5G deployment and higher spe...
White House Nominates Four Commissioners To FTC
January 25, 2018
Washington -- The administration has announced four nominees to fill out the Federal Trade Commission -- DC antitrust attorney Joe Simons would lead the agency. The other Republican nominees would be ...
CCIA Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief In American Express Case
January 23, 2018
Washington -- The Computer & Communications Industry Association has filed an amicus brief on how the Supreme Court should look at multi-sided business models from an antitrust perspective when i...