According to various news reports, IBM is in merger talks with Sun Microsystems Inc. These high tech giants have several overlapping products and services and are key players in numerous markets, including the critical server market, and a merger will impact the key area of cloud computing. The Computer & Communications Industry Association was founded…
The Computer & Communications Industry Association is praising the return of a top information economy and antitrust expert to the Department of Justice. President Obama has appointed economist Carl Shapiro to become the chief economist for the DOJ’s antitrust division, according to various news reports. Shapiro served in the Clinton administration, is the author of…
The Computer & Communications Industry Association is applauding the reintroduction of the Patent Reform Act today by Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., former Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers, D-Mich., and ranking member Lamar Smith, R-Texas. The following statement can be attributed to CCIA President & CEO Ed Black: “With members…
The Computer & Communications Industry Association is concerned about three bills introduced today that will treat online marketplaces in a discriminatory fashion in response to retailers claims that stolen goods are being resold through online marketplaces. The bills are the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2009 introduced in the Senate and companion legislation in…
While the Supreme Court passing over the appeal in the Federal Trade Commission’s case against Rambus is disappointing, the Computer & Communications Industry Association is expressing optimism about future antitrust enforcement in the standards setting process. The FTC had alleged that Rambus illegally attempted to monopolize memory markets by urging a standards setting body to…
The following statement is in response to news reports that President Obama is naming Jon Leibowitz to the post of FTC chairman. It can be attributed to Ed Black, the President and CEO of the Computer & Communications Industry Association. “CCIA welcomes the President’s decision to put Commissioner Leibowitz at the helm of the Federal…
The Computer & Communications Industry Association will be among those monitoring the outcome of a privacy violation case Wednesday (February 18) in Italy. Several Google executives face up to 3 years in prison over a YouTube video. The video, which showed a disabled student being harassed, was identified and taken down within 24 hours by…
As the Senate now considers the economic stimulus legislation, a tech trade association is concerned that some well-intentioned “Buy American” provisions could have a negative economic impact. The Computer & Communications Industry Association sent a letter to House and Senate leaders Monday that explained our stance on free trade and our concerns about protectionism escalating…
As the Senate now considers the economic stimulus legislation, a tech trade association is concerned that some well-intentioned “Buy American” provisions could have a negative economic impact. The Computer & Communications Industry Association sent a letter to House and Senate leaders Monday that explained our stance on free trade and our concerns about protectionism escalating…
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