Mid-Year Report — SMITH STRONG & SCHLESINGER for INDEPENDENT FILM & TELEVISION ALLIANCE (2007)

Firm

SMITH STRONG & SCHLESINGER

Client

INDEPENDENT FILM & TELEVISION ALLIANCE

Income

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Expenses

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No amount is shown when the filer reports less than $5,000 for the period, which the form does not ask them to state.

What was lobbied

2 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

A. Develop and implement U.S. trade policy, negotiation of bilateral agreements, and administration of U.S. trade laws (such as Special 301, Generalized System of Preferences, Caribbean Basin Initiative, Andean Trade Preferences Act) with respect to copyright protection and enforcement in selected foreign countries, including proposed amendments to some of these laws.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL N SCHLESINGER	N/A
ERIC H SMITH	N/A
MARIA STRONG	N/A

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Copyright Office; SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

A. Improving other countries' copyright and related enforcement laws and practices. B. U.S. government international copyright education and enforcement training activities. C. Copyright and electronic commerce in the digital environment, including effective implementation of the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performers Treaty obligations in countries' laws abroad

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL N SCHLESINGER	N/A
ERIC H SMITH	N/A
MARIA STRONG	N/A

Contacted: SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Copyright Office; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.