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Automotive Industry AUT

Role of telematics in improving transportation efficiency and safety

Contacted: White House Office; SENATE; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Education, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Transportation TRA

Role of telematics in improving transportation efficiency and safety

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); SENATE; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Education, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Need for corporate tax reform

Contacted: Justice, Dept of (DOJ); White House Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Education, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs MED

H.R. 3577 - To establish the Commission on Health Care Savings through Innovative Wireless Technologies

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Education, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)

Bills named: H.R. 3577 (113th)

Defense DEF

S. 844, the Deter Cyber Theft Act, to allow certain federal agencies to ban imports suspected of violating U.S. IP policy (advocate for reasonable cyber supply chain restrictions)

Contacted: Education, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; White House Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)

Bills named: S. 844 (113th)

Telecommunications TEC

Implementation of the voluntary incentive auction authority in PL 112-96, the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, including the need for additional spectrum to support growth of mobile broadband H.R. 2739 - Efficient Use of Government Spectrum Act - Need for more spectrum to support mobile broadband.

Contacted: SENATE; Education, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); White House Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Bills named: H.R. 2739 (113th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Lobbying on provisions that address abusive litigation tactics and modifications to the patent review process for covered business methods. H.R. 3309 - Innovation Act - A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, and the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make improvements and technical corrections and for other purposes.H.R. 3309 - Innovation Act - Stays; Involuntary Joinder; CBM programming could have raised estoppel; Real party in Interest; Fee shifting; Heightened pleading requirements; claim construction H.R. 2024 - End Anonymous Patents Act - A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, to require disclosure of ownership and transfers of ownership of patents. S. 1013 - Patent Abuse Reduction Act - A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, to add procedural requirements for patent infringement suits. S. 866 - Patent Quality Improvement Act - A bill to make improvements to the transitional program for covered business method patents, and for other purposes. H.R. 2639 - Patent Litigation and Innovation Act - A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, to add procedural requirements for patent infringement suits and for other purposes. Also heightened pleading requirements; limits on discovery. Abusive Patent Litigation Discussion Draft - A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, and the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make improvements and technical corrections and for other purposes. H.R. 2766 - Stopping Offensive Use of Patents Act - A bill to make improvements to the transitional program for covered business method patents, and for other purposes. S. 1612 - Patent Litigation Integrity Act - A bill to deter abusive patent litigation by targeting the economic incentives that fuel frivolous lawsuits. S. 1720 - Patent Transparency and Improvements Act - A bill to promote transparency in patent ownership and make other improvements to the patent system and for other purposes. H.R. 845 - Saving High Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes Act - A bill to amend chapter 29 of title 35, United States Code, to provide for the recovery of patent litigation costs and for other purposes. H.R. 3540 - Demand Letter Transparency Act - A bill to amend chapter 26 of title 35, United States Code, to require the disclosure of information related to patent ownership and for other purposes.

Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Education, Dept of; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Bills named: S. 1720 (113th), S. 1013 (113th), S. 1612 (113th), H.R. 2024 (113th), H.R. 3540 (113th), H.R. 3309 (113th), H.R. 2766 (113th), H.R. 2639 (113th), H.R. 845 (113th), S. 866 (113th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Implementation of the voluntary incentive auction authority in PL 112-96, the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, including the need for additional spectrum to support growth of mobile broadband H.R. 2739 - Efficient Use of Government Spectrum Act - Need for more spectrum to support mobile broadband.

Contacted: White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Education, Dept of; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); SENATE; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ)

Bills named: H.R. 2739 (113th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

S. 696, The Safe Chemicals Act of 2013, legislation to regulate the use of hazardous chemicals. (advocate for reasonable chemicals use management)

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); White House Office; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Education, Dept of

Bills named: S. 696 (113th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

H.R. 540, The Energy Efficient Government Technology Act, legislation to save the federal government energy and money by requiring the use of energy efficient and energy reduction technologies, particularly in federal data centers (advocate for increased energy efficiency in federal data centers) S. 761, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (advocate for ICT enabled energy efficient government)

Contacted: Justice, Dept of (DOJ); White House Office; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Bills named: H.R. 540 (113th), S. 761 (113th)

Immigration IMM

Immigration of highly skilled workers. S. 744 - Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act H.R. 2131 - SKILLS Visa Act

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Executive Office of the President (EOP); White House Office; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 2131 (113th), S. 744 (113th)

Education EDU

Support for STEM education and the use of mobile technology in improving education outcomes.

Contacted: SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Education, Dept of; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); White House Office; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Homeland Security HOM

H.R. 624, The Cyber Intelligence and Sharing Protection Act (CISPA), to facilitate greater information sharing regarding cyber threats between the public and private sectors (advocate for reasonable cyber security protections) H.R. 756, The Cybersecurity Enhancement Act, to spur cybersecurity R & D (advocate for reasonable cyber security protections) Advocate for reasonable cyber security regulationsH.R. 967, the Advancing America's Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Act, to spur cybersecurity R&D (advocate for reasonable cyber security protections) H.R. 1163, the Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2013, to reauthorize and update federal cybersecurity efforts (advocate for reasonable cyber security protections.)

Contacted: SENATE; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Education, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Bills named: H.R. 756 (113th), H.R. 624 (113th), H.R. 1163 (113th)

Intelligence INT

H.R. 624, The Cyber Intelligence and Sharing Protection Act (CISPA), to facilitate greater information sharing regarding cyber threats between the public and private sectors (advocate for reasonable cyber security protections)

Contacted: SENATE; Natl Economic Council (NEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Education, Dept of; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: H.R. 624 (113th)

Science/Technology SCI

H.R. 756, The Cybersecurity Enhancement Act, to spur cybersecurity R & D (advocate for reasonable cyber security protections) H.R. 967, the Advancing America's Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Act, to spur cybersecurity R&D (advocate for reasonable cyber security protections) Support for STEM education and funding for basic research

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Education, Dept of; White House Office; SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: H.R. 756 (113th), H.R. 967 (113th)

Natural Resources NAT

H.R. 527, the Responsible Helium Administration and Stewardship Act, legislation to reauthorize the federal helium lease program. Helium is used in IT manufacturing processes (advocate for reasonable access to federal helium supplies)

Contacted: Education, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); White House Office; SENATE; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Justice, Dept of (DOJ)

Bills named: H.R. 527 (113th)

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

Implementation of the voluntary incentive auction authority in PL 112-96, the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, including the need for additional spectrum to support growth of mobile broadband H.R. 2739 - Efficient Use of Government Spectrum Act - Need for more spectrum to support mobile broadband.

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Education, Dept of; Natl Economic Council (NEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); White House Office; Justice, Dept of (DOJ)

Bills named: H.R. 2739 (113th)