Washington — The Computer & Communications Industry Association applauds the Supreme Court ruling in a patent case (Oil States vs. Greene’s Energy) that has been closely watched by the thousands of companies sued every year by those abusing the patent system. The high court found inter partes review (IPR) is constitutional. This review process has…
Washington — The Disruptive Competition (DisCo) blog that covers disruptive innovation and the policies that enable it launched its new blog design today. The Computer & Communications Industry Association started its DisCo blog more than five years ago before tech competition issues were news headlines. Since then, the technology policy experts have written published posts…
Brussels, Belgium – The European Commission today issued its package to improve cross-border access to electronic evidence. The package includes two legislative proposals, including a “Regulation on cross-border access to e-Evidence” and a “Directive on appointing a Legal Representative”. The proposals require online service providers to respond to data production and preservation orders issued by…
Washington — Ahead of a House Ways & Means Committee hearing on China tariffs Thursday, the Computer & Communications Industry Association joined dozens of other industries in a letter to leaders about the harm the tariffs would cause. The letter encourages Congress to work with the Administration to come up with a more effective strategy…
Washington — The House Judiciary Committee convenes on Wednesday to mark up legislation that will significantly change the regulation of online music. Included among the bills that the Committee plans to mark up is the Music Modernization Act, which aims to modernize the licensing of digital music rights. The legislation also includes titles which partially…
Brussels, BELGIUM — The Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) has ruled on the question of whether France needed to notify the European Commission before passing a law impacting Europe’s Digital Single Market (DSM). Under EU rules, Member States must communicate to the Commission any draft technical regulations that relate to the taking-up or…
Washington — The Computer & Communications Industry Association has filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court of the United States case involving online taxation. When the high court hears South Dakota v. Wayfair, Overstock.com, and Newegg, CCIA urged Justices not to depart from precedent which limits states’ ability to tax outside their borders. CCIA…
Washington, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ordered the transfer of petitions for review of the FCC’s recent order that repealed the 2015 Open Internet rules to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. The D.C. Circuit has heard three separate appeals regarding net neutrality in this decade. Last week,…
Washington — Ahead of today’s G7 Meeting of Innovation and Employment Ministers, the Computer & Communications Industry Association along with several other associations released a joint statement on one of the Canadian Presidency’s major themes for the G7 – preparing for jobs of the future. CCIA and others urged leaders of the world’s largest economies…
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