1st Quarter - Report — TWINLOGIC STRATEGIES, LLP for AMAZON.COM (2015)

Firm

TWINLOGIC STRATEGIES, LLP

Client

AMAZON.COM

Income

$40,000

Expenses

—

What was lobbied

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

issues related to Remote Online Sales Tax, S. 698 - Marketplace Fairness Act of 2015 and related proposals in the House of Representatives

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ELIZABETH W FRAZEE	Legislative Counsel - Rep.Goodlatte/Press Sec.House E&C
ALYSSA GOWENS-BETZ	Legislative Counsel - Former Rep. Mel Watt
SHARON RINGLEY	Deputy Chief of Staff - Former Rep. Rick Boucher
RACHEL WOLBERS	Legislative Counsel - Rep. Blake Farenthold

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Copyright Office; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

Bills named: S. 698 (114th)

Telecommunications TEC

Issues related to Communications Act Update, broadband, device accessibility, net neutrality, Internet governance, and ICANN (including generic top-level domain names).

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ELIZABETH W FRAZEE	Legislative Counsel - Rep.Goodlatte/Press Sec.House E&C
ALYSSA GOWENS-BETZ	Legislative Counsel - Former Rep. Mel Watt
SHARON RINGLEY	Deputy Chief of Staff - Former Rep. Rick Boucher
RACHEL WOLBERS	Legislative Counsel - Rep. Blake Farenthold

Contacted: SENATE; U.S. Copyright Office; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Postal POS

Issues related to postal reform

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ELIZABETH W FRAZEE	—
ALYSSA GOWENS-BETZ	Legislative Counsel - Former Rep. Mel Watt
RACHEL WOLBERS	Legislative Counsel - Former Rep. Blake Farenthold

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Copyright Office; SENATE

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

Issues related to data protection and privacy, oline advertising, and cybersecurity

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ELIZABETH W FRAZEE	Legislative Counsel - Rep.Goodlatte/Press Sec.House E&C
ALYSSA GOWENS-BETZ	Legislative Counsel - Former Rep. Mel Watt
SHARON RINGLEY	Deputy Chief of Staff - Former Rep. Rick Boucher
RACHEL WOLBERS	Legislative Counsel - Rep. Blake Farenthold

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); SENATE; U.S. Copyright Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Immigration IMM

Issues related to high-skilled immigration

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ELIZABETH W FRAZEE	Legislative Counsel and Director - Rep. Bob Goodlatte/Press Secretary House E&C
ALYSSA GOWENS-BETZ	Legislative Counsel - Former Rep. Mel Watt
SHARON RINGLEY	Deputy Chief of Staff - Former Rep. Rick Boucher
RACHEL WOLBERS	Legislative Counsel - Rep. Blake Farenthold

Contacted: SENATE; U.S. Copyright Office; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Issues related to intellectual property: including: online infringement, copyright, copyright office and music licensing reform (including S. 662 and H.R. 1283, the Songwriter Equity Act) ITC reform, patent litigation reform (including: the Innovation Act H.R. 9 and related patent litigation reform in the Senate including S. 632, the STRONG Patents Act of 2015 and S.AMDT.437 to S.CON.RES 11), Trade Secrets; First Sale issues (including H.R. 869, You Own Devices Act)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ELIZABETH W FRAZEE	Legislative Counsel - Rep.Goodlatte/Press Sec.House E&C
ALYSSA GOWENS-BETZ	Legislative Counsel - Former Rep. Mel Watt
SHARON RINGLEY	Deputy Chief of Staff - Former Rep. Rick Boucher
RACHEL WOLBERS	Legislative Counsel - Rep. Blake Farenthold

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Copyright Office

Bills named: S. 662 (114th), S.Con.Res. 11 (114th), H.R. 869 (114th), S. 632 (114th), H.R. 1283 (114th), H.R. 9 (114th)

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.