Mid-Year Report — SMITH STRONG & SCHLESINGER for INTL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ALLIANCE (2007)

Firm

SMITH STRONG & SCHLESINGER

Client

INTL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ALLIANCE

Income

$80,000

Expenses

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What was lobbied

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

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

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

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.