Briefs and Filings

Antitrust

Letters and Testimony

• CCIA Comments on Consultation on European DG-Comp Revisions to Horizontal Cooperation Guidelines
• Letter to Asst. Attorney General Christine Varney on the proposed Ticketmaster-Live Nation transaction
• Testimony for House Judiciary Committee's tech antitrust hearing (September 2010)
  
• CCIA's Petition to Deny AT&T/T-Mobile Merger (May 2011)
• CCIA Comments to FTC on the Motorola Consent Decree (February 2013)

Amicus Briefs

• Brief of Amicus Curiae on Proposed Settlement in The Authors Guild, Association of American Publishers, et al., v. Google (September 2009) 
  
• Illinois Tool v. Independent Ink

Intel Case

• Reporters and CCIA Motion to Unseal in Intel-AMD Case

CCIA briefs in Microsoft trial

• Economic Analysis by Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz
• Legal Analysis
• Political Analysis
• Brief at Tunney Act Hearing Appeal
• Motion to Appeal Tunney Act ruling
• Amicus Brief in Tunney Act hearing
• Amicus Brief on remedies in initial District Court case

Copyright

Amicus Briefs

• CCIA Comments in 2009 DMCA Rulemaking
• CCIA Comments to Federal Trade Commission DRM Town Hall meeting
• Amicus Brief - Perfect 10 v. Google
• Amicus Brief - Sima v. Macrovision
• Amicus Brief - Twentieth Century Fox v. Cablevision
• Amicus Brief - Elektra v. Barker
• Amicus Brief - MGM v. Grokster
• Amicus Brief - Davidson & Associates v. Internet Gateway
• Amicus Brief - Chamberlain Group v. Skylink Technologies
• Amicus Brief - Lexmark International Inc. v. Static Control Components Inc
• Amicus Brief - Verizon Internet Services Inc. v. RIAA
• Explorologist v. Sapient
• Capitol Records v. Thomas
• Joint Comments on Section 115 digital music rulemaking
• Arista v. Limewire
• CCIA Comments in 2009 DMCA Rulemaking
• CCIA Comments to NTIA on Copyright and Internet Economy (December 2010)
• CCIA Comments to Federal Trade Commission DRM Town Hall meeting
• CCIA-NetCoalition 9th Circuit Amicus Brief in Viacom et al. v. YouTube (April 2011)

• NetCoalition-CCIA Joint Amicus Brief in Support of Aereo - district court (May 2012)

• CCIA Brief In Canadian Supreme Court Fair Dealings Appeal (July 2012)
• CCIA Comments on IPEC's Joint Strategic Plan (August 2012) 
• CCIA Comments on EU's E-Commerce Directive Impacting Liability, NTD (Sept. 2012)
• CCIA Amicus Brief in Support of Aereo [2d Cir 2012] (October 2012)
• CCIA Amicus Brief in AP v. Meltwater - District Court (January 2013)
• CCIA et al. Amicus Brief in Support of Dish - district court (January 2013)
• CCIA Amicus Brief in Fox v. Aereokiller - 9th District Court (March 2013)
• CCIA Amicus Brief in Oracle America v. Google [9th Cir] (May 2013)
• CCIA Intervenor's Brief, Warman v. Fournier [Can. Fed. Ct. of Appeal] (July 2013)

• NetCoalition and CCIA Joint Letter to OMB for Comments on the Joint Strategic Plan
• CCIA comments on Statutory Damages (PRO IP Act Section 104)
• CCIA comments on additional exemptions for access control technologies
• CCIA President & CEO Ed Black's testimony at House IP Subcommittee on the Broadcast Flag
• Letter to all Members of Congress urging support for Rep. Boucher's DMCA reform bill, H.R. 107
• CCIA comments on the Second Draft Consolidated Texts of the Free Trade Area of the Americas
• CCIA comments on exemptions to prohibitions on circumvention of copyright protection systems for access control technologies
• CCIA comments on the Broadcast Flag proposal
• Letter sent to Senate Leader Daschle opposing "Biden Bill"
• Letter to President's "Cyber-Czar" Richard Clarke on reforming the DMCA
• CCIA President & CEO Ed Black's testimony at FTC/DoJ Hearings on IP and Competition Policy
• Response to the Public Consultation on the Draft Functional Specification
• Joint letter on S.3804  (September 2010)
• CCIA's Senate testimony on targeting websites for infringement (February 2011)
  
• CCIA Statement at 25th WIPO Meeting of Standing Committee on Trademarks (March 2011)
• CCIA Statement to House Judiciary Committee Regarding HR 3261, the 'Stop Online Piracy Act' (Nov. 2011)

• CCIA Comments on Orphan Works and Mass Digitization (January 2013)
• CCIA Statement, House Judiciary IP Subcmte. Hearing, “Innovation in America: The Role of Copyrights” (July 2013)
• CCIA Statement, House Judiciary IP Subcmte. Hearing, "Innovation in America: The Role of Technology" (August 2013)
• CCIA Comments to USPTO on Voluntary Best Practices Study (August 2013)
• CCIA Response to EU Consultation on NTD Procedures for Illegal Content by Online Intermediaries (September 2013)
• CCIA Position Paper on the EU Trademark Review Package (September 2013)

Cybersecurity

Letters and Testimony

• Comments to White House on Cybersecurity

Government Competition

Letters and Testimony

• CCIA's reply comments to the President's Commission on the United States Postal Service
• CCIA's comments to the President's Commission on the United States Postal Service

International Trade

Letters and Testimony

• Testimony of Ed Black before the Congressional Executive Committee on China hearing on "Google, the Internet and China: A Nexus Between Human Rights and Trade?" (March 2010)
• Comments on 2010 Special 301 Review
  
• Comment letter on proposed FTA with Bahrain
• Comment letter on Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)
• Letter sent to all Members of Congress supporting Trade Promotion Authority
• Letter to Department of Commerce outling CCIA's trade priorities
• CCIA Comments on China WTO Compliance (October 2010)
• CCIA's letter to French copyright enforcement agency HADOPI (October 2010)
• CCIA Comments to ITC on Section 337 Exclusion Orders (November 2010)
• NTIA Global Free Flow of Information Comments (December 2010)
• Letter to House Members Opposing Cuts to FY2012 International Affairs Budget (April 2011)
• Testimony to the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (November 2011)
• Pre-Hearing Brief of Ed Black for ITC Investigation on Digital Trade in the Economy (February 2013)
• CCIA Comments on USTR Request for Information on International Services Agreement  (February 2013)
• CCIA Comments on USTR Special 301 Report (February 2013)
• Digital Trade Follow-Up Letter to U.S. International Trade Commission (March 2013)
• CCIA Comments to USTR on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) (May 2013)

Internet Governance

• CCIA Comments in response to the DOC/NTIA Notice of Inquiry in the matter of Information Privacy and Innovation in the Internet Economy (June 2010)
  
• Brief of Amicus Curiae Opposing a Motion to Compel Yahoo! to allow law enforcement access to the contents of a Yahoo! email account without a search warrant
  
• CCIA comments to the UK Information Commissioner's Office in response to a consultation on Personal Information Online Code of Practice
• CCIA's comments to the FCC on privacy protections and the National Broadband Plan (January 2010)
  
• CCIA's Comments to FTC on consumer online privacy issues (November 2009)
• CCIA's Statement - September Senate Judiciary ECPA Hearing (October 2010)
• CCIA's Comments to Commerce Department on data privacy (January 2011)
• CCIA's Joint Letter on CALEA (February 2011)
• CCIA's FTC Privacy Comments (February 2011)
  
• CCIA's Comments to FCC on COPPA (December 2011)
• Testimony to Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security on Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act  (May 2012)

Procurement

Letters and Testimony

• Letter to Department of Homeland Security urging to procure more secure systems
• CCIA's Comments to OMB on contract bundling

Telecommunications

Letters and Testimony

• CCIA Comments to the FCC on Preserving the Open Internet and Broadband Industry Practices (January 2010)
• CCIA Reply Comments on National Broadband Plan
• CCIA National Broadband Plan Comments
  
• FCC Letter on Wireline to Wireless Number Portability
• FCC Comments on Broadband Industry Practices/Comcast Blocking
• FCC Comments on Two-Way Video Devices
• FCC Comments on Broadband Industry Practices
• FCC Comments on the FNPRM in the 700 MHz Auction Proceeding
• FCC Comments on Broadband Deployment
• FCC Comments on the AT&T-BellSouth Merger Conditions
• CCIA's Comments on FCC's Third Way Proposal (July 2010)
  
• FCC Reply Comments on the Framework of Internet Broadband Service (August 2010)
  
• FCC Reply Comments Concerning the Deployment of Advanced Telecommunications Capability (October 2010)
  
• Open Internet Coalition's FCC Comments on Net Neutrality (October 2010)
• CCIA's Open Internet Further Inquiry Comments (October 2010)
  
• CCIA Reply Comments on Open Internet Further Inquiry (November 2010)
• CCIA's Open Internet Letter to Congress (February 2011)
  
• CCIA's Letter to Congress in Opposition to Net Neutrality Repeal (April 2011)
• CCIA's Petition to FCC to Deny AT&T Merger (May 2011)
  
• CCIA's Petition for Writ of Mandamus - Special Access Pricing (July 2011)
• Attachments to Petition for Writ of Mandamus (July 2011)
• CCIA's Comments on LightSquared GPS Interference (July 2011)
• CCIA's Reply Comments on LightSquared GPS Interference (August 2011)
• CCIA's Reply Comments on Waiver Request for Dish Network (November 2011)
• CCIA's Comments Regarding NTIA Letter on Conditional Waiver (March 2012)
• CCIA's Reply Comments in Verizon- Cable Application (March 2012)
• CCIA's Reply Comments on the U.S. Telecom Forbearance Petition (April 2012)
• CCIA's Comments to FCC on MVPD and Channel (May 2012)
• CCIA's Comments to FCC on Spectrum Use for Mobile Broadband (May 2012)
• CCIA's Reply Comments to FCC on 2GHz Service Rules for Advanced Wireless (June 2012)
• CCIA's Letter to FCC on Verizon-Cable Consent to Assign Spectrum Licenses (July 2012)
• CCIA's Response to EU Consultation on Open Internet (October 2012) 
• CCIA's Comments to FCC on Mobile Spectrum Holdings (November 2012)
• CCIA's Letter to FCC on LightSquared's Petition for ATC Rulemaking (December 2012)
• CCIA's Comments to FCC on Incentive Auctions (January 2013)
• CCIA's Letter to FCC on Policies Regarding Mobile Spectrum Holdings (February 2013)
• CCIA's Reply Comments to FCC on Transition to IP Networks (February 2013)
• CCIA's Joint Letter to FCC on TDM to IP Network Transition (March 2013)
• CCIA's Joint Letter to FCC on Wireless Competition and Spectrum Holdings (May 2013)
• CCIA's Joint Letter to FCC with Study on Benefits of Business Broadband Competition (June 2013)
• CCIA's Joint Letter to Congress on Spectrum Aggregation Limits (July 2013)