Posts Tagged: "Washington IP"

This week in Washington IP news, committee hearings in the House of Representatives will focus on ways to ensure that America retains global leadership in microelectronics, proposed legislative amendments to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act to rein in legal immunities for major online platform providers, and recommendations from the recent decadal survey for astronomy and astrophysics, including recommendations for building a next-generation large telescope. Over in the Senate, the Judiciary Committee will discuss several judicial nominations, including a pair of nominees to sit on the Ninth Circuit. Elsewhere, the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation will host the annual Global Trade and Innovation Policy Alliance summit, while the American Enterprise Institute explores ways that Congress can make minor changes to current antitrust law to increase regulation against anticompetitive Big Tech practices while limiting negative impacts on consumers. 

This week in Washington IP events, both house of Congress remain silent during their August recesses, but the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) kicks off Invention-Con 2020 on Thursday, featuring three days of programming designed for small businesses and independent inventors who want to learn more about obtaining IP and using it to achieve business success. Elsewhere, the Aspen Institute hosts two webinars featuring presentations on research projects related to climate change and disaster tech infrastructure, while the Peterson Institute for International Economics explores the growing field of regulatory and supervisory agency technologies which is sprouting up around the fintech sector.

This week in Washington, D.C., both houses of Congress will host a short hearing schedule as D.C. begins a slow return to some semblance of normalcy during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the Senate, committee hearings will focus on a recent governmental cybersecurity report as well as ways to improve broadband access during the COVID-19 crisis. In the House of Representatives, a joint hearing of the House Subcommittees on Health and Energy and Commerce will explore ways to promote the development of a COVID-19 vaccine without sacrificing scientific integrity. Elsewhere, the Brookings Institution will discuss the issues to space travel posed by orbiting space junk, and the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation discusses a new vision for promoting the commercialization of energy innovation. The week got started with the first day of the KnowIt IP conference, being conducted virtually, which will explore a bevy of IP topics over three days, including a FRAND/SEP roundtable on Monday that featured IPWatchdog President and CEO Gene Quinn.