Posts Tagged: "This Week in Washington IP"

This week in Washington IP news, the Senate remains largely quiet as it enters a scheduled state work period on the 2021 legislative schedule. However, the House of Representatives has several hearings scheduled related to R&D, including a legislative markup hearing by the House Energy Subcommittee focusing on a pair of bills involving efforts to support clean energy research and a House Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing on addressing gaps in broadband Internet equity for rural and tribal communities. Elsewhere, the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation hosts events this week exploring recent EU calls for global AI regulation as well as increased focus by antitrust regulators on so-called “killer acquisitions.”

This week in Washington IP news, committees in the House of Representatives will debate ways to increase broadband and mobile Internet infrastructure across rural America, as well as the ARTS Act for waiving certain copyright registration fees. In the Senate, the IP Subcommittee will take a look at tackling inclusivity issues in the U.S. patent system, while the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee will grill representatives from Apple and Google on anticompetitive business practices related to their app stores. Elsewhere, the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation will explore multi-cancer early detection technologies while the Center for Strategic & International Studies closes out the week with a look at the importance of IP protections during the COVID-19 pandemic in developing vaccines and other treatments. 

This week in Washington IP events, subcommittees in both the Senate and the House of Representatives will examine President Biden’s $10.17 billion appropriations request for the National Science Foundation. The Senate Defense Subcommittee will explore R&D at the U.S. Department of Defense while the Senate Energy Committee will take a look at innovation stemming from the activities of the U.S. Department of Energy. In the House, the Consumer Protection Subcommittee assesses issues related to the growing use of innovative banking charters for fintech companies, while the Government Operations Subcommittee will discuss federal agency compliance with IT acquisition responsibilities under FITARA. And in industry events, the Global Innovation Policy Center hosts it third in a series of events on the innovation ecosystem.

This week in Washington IP news, both houses of Congress remain quiet during their regularly scheduled work periods. Among policy institutes, the Center for Strategic & International Studies hosts a pair of events exploring ways to address Russian and Chinese advances in anti-satellite capabilities, as well as efforts to leverage the use of remote conferencing technologies in vogue during the COVID-19 pandemic to address the broadband Internet gap in developing nations. The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation will host an event exploring policy recommendations from last October’s digital antitrust report from the House Antitrust Subcommittee, and the Hudson Institute will discuss Europe’s difficult position between the United States and China as those two countries compete for dominance in artificial intelligence and 5G networks. 

This week in Washington IP news, the Senate Judiciary Committee will debate passage of the IDEA Act and the ARTS Act, while House subcommittees will explore pathways to sustainable technologies, especially those used to develop aviation fuel from biomass. The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation hosts a series of events this week, including an event to clarify march-in rights under the Bayh-Dole Act featuring Joe Allen, a key staffer for Senator Birch Bayh during passage of Bayh-Dole and a regular IPWatchdog contributor. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will also host its regular trademark and patent workshops, as well as events to celebrate Women’s History Month, including a Women’s Entrepreneurship Symposium event focused on funding resources for women entrepreneurs.

This week in Washington IP news, the Senate Energy Committee will discuss R&D initiatives underway to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the nation’s transportation sector. Over in the House of Representatives, several subcommittees will hold hearings related to Big Tech antitrust issues, ways to rebuild the federal scientist workforce and the SHOP SAFE Act, which would amend U.S. trademark law to create contributory liability to platforms allowing counterfeit sales. Elsewhere, the Hudson Institute will focus on transatlantic efforts to incorporate antitrust efforts into IP licensing, while the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation explores the potential impacts of the Digital Markets Act in the EU.

This week in Washington IP news, the House of Representatives hosts a pair of hearings that may interest IP enthusiasts: the House Legislative Branch Subcommittee will convene a hearing to discuss the Library of Congress’ budget appropriations for the 2022 fiscal year while the House Health Subcommittee will explore how telehealth has benefited patients during the COVID-19 pandemic and ways of bridging the current gap of Medicare funding for remote doctor visits. Elsewhere, the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation explores the balance between innovation and privacy in virtual reality tech, the Center for Strategic & International Studies discusses how to support the coming wave of quantum computing innovation, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office hosts a public roundtable on implementation of provisions of the Trademark Modernization Act.

This week in Washington IP news, both the Senate and the House of Representatives get back into their schedule of committee hearings with the Biden Administration starting to take shape in D.C. The Senate Committee on Armed Services gets the week in IP and tech hearings underway with a look at emerging technologies with military applications and their impacts on U.S. national security. On Thursday, the House Science Committee explores decisions lawmakers can take to rebuild U.S. research networks affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and on Friday morning the House Homeland Security and Oversight Committees explore the role that private tech firms and actors played in the federal government’s data security breach that leveraged network vulnerabilities at SolarWinds. Elsewhere, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation explores the possible ramifications of Section 230 reforms while the American Enterprise Institute will look at the intersection of public space exploration programs and private space commercialization enterprises.

This week in Washington IP news, the House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology hosts a hearing to explore how expanding access to broadband Internet access can address many of the societal issues being posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Outside of Congress, the U.S. Copyright Office hosts an event this Wednesday afternoon to explore the legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the world of copyright law. Elsewhere, the Hudson Institute hosts an event Thursday evening to look at the changing landscape of patent litigation in China, and The Stimson Center explores recent research on the future fleet of advanced nuclear reactor technologies.

This week in Washington IP events, Congress continues to address early Biden Administration issues outside of the purview of intellectual property, although the House Homeland Security Committee will take a look at developing cybersecurity technologies that can prevent threats to the COVID-19 response plan being pushed by President Biden. Among D.C. area policy institutes, the Hudson Institute examines 25 years of the Telecommunications Act regime for Internet business regulation with a pair of former FCC commissioners, and the Center for Strategic & International Studies focuses on how the United States and Japan can collaborate in high tech supply chains to ward off the threat of Chinese technological dominance. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office also hosts a pair of events celebrating Black History Month, as well as the latest quarterly meeting of the agency’s Patent Public Advisory Committee.

This week in Washington IP news, both the House of Representatives and the Senate remain quiet during these early days of the 117th Congress, although the Senate Commerce Committee will continue to consider the nomination of Gina Raimondo to serve as President Biden’s Secretary of Commerce. In policy institutes, The Wilson Center explores the potential of low-cost open source tools in improving the future of science while the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation focuses on the European Commission’s plans for incorporating emerging AI technologies in the healthcare sector. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office also hosts a few informational webinars on IP basics, trademark registration and protecting IP assets in China.

This week in Washington IP news, the Senate will hold a hearing to discuss the nomination of Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo to serve the Biden Administration as the Secretary of Commerce. Elsewhere, both the Brookings Institution and the Center for Strategic & International Studies host events exploring the future of the U.S. military, including air threats that must be addressed during the Biden Administration as well as efforts to incorporate advanced technologies into the military through Project Convergence. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce also hosts an event this week to discuss the findings of its latest report on blockchain technologies and the digitalization of business assets. 

This week in Washington IP news, committees in both the Senate and the House of Representatives are quiet after a week of national turmoil, and as we get closer to the inauguration of Joe Biden to serve as the next President. Among D.C. area policy institutes, New America holds an event on the fate of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act under future President Joe Biden, the Center for Strategic & International Studies hosts a discussion with former Lockheed Martin CEO Norman Augustine on resetting America’s research priorities, while the American Enterprise Institute hosts a pair of events with members of the Federal Communications Commission, including Commissioner Brendan Carr and Chairman Ajit Pai, to discuss the FCC’s actions on 5G mobile spectrum policy. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office also hosts a few training sessions on trademark fundamentals, basics of intellectual property and patent application filings through the agency’s Patent Center.

This week in Washington intellectual property (IP) events, both houses of Congress are quiet in the lead-up to Joe Biden’s inauguration as President later this month. Among Washington, DC-area policy institutes, the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation explores whether the United States should continue to resist China’s growing technological dominance, while the Brookings Institution hosts events discussing a Tech New Deal to aid underprivileged communities and ways that artificial intelligence continues to drastically change our world. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is also hosting a few events this week designed to teach the basics of IP, especially regarding patents and trademarks, to interested entrepreneurs.

This week in Washington IP news, the Senate IP Subcommittee holds a hearing on emerging methods of combating online piracy, from private agreements to anti-piracy technology, while the Senate Commerce Committee explores ways to incentivize a more even distribution of venture capital funding for small businesses and tech startups across America. The American Enterprise Institute hosts an event on Tuesday to explore research that advocates for less patent protection for pharmaceutical products. Also this week, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce co-host the 14th annual roundtable event for IP attachés stationed around the world.