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Demand Letter Transparency Act of 2015
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Demand Letter Transparency Act of 2015 Requires any entity that sends a specified number of demand letters during any 365-day period to submit to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), with respect to each patent that was the subject in each letter, a disclosure identifying: the patent, including a confirmation that the entity that sent the letter is the owner of the patent and is the last recorded entity in USPTO records for purposes of assignment, grant, or conveyance; the entity that has the right to license the patent or the name of the exclusive licensee; each entity asserting a claim with regard to the patent; each obligation to license the patent and the financial terms at which such patent has been licensed; the ultimate parent entity of such entity; the number of recipients of the letter; any case that has been filed by such entity relating to such patent; and any ex parte review or inter partes review of such patent. Defines "demand letter" as any written communication directed to an unaffiliated third party stating or indicating that the intended recipient, or anyone affiliated with that recipient, is or may be infringing a patent, or may bear liability or owe compensation to another because of such patent. Authorizes a court, in a patent infringement or validity action brought by an entity that does not meet such USPTO disclosure requirements, to sanction such entity for an amount to be awarded to the adverse party to cover any costs incurred as a result of such violation. Exempts from such disclosure requirements: (1) original or joint inventors, (2) institutions of higher education, and (3) technology transfer organizations facilitating the commercialization of technology developed by institutions of higher education. Directs the USPTO to establish a publicly accessible and searchable database of the information obtained pursuant to such disclosures. Requires any demand letter sent to another entity to include specified information concerning: each claim of each patent allegedly infringed, including each accused instrumentality; each party alleging infringement; the direct infringement for each claim alleged to have been infringed indirectly; the principal business of the party alleging infringement; each complaint filed that asserts or asserted any of the same patents, each case filed by such entity, and any ex parte or inter partes review for each patent; whether the patent is subject to any licensing term or pricing commitments; owners, co-owners, assignees, or exclusive licensees of the patent; any person who has a legal right to enforce the patent; any person with a direct financial interest in the outcome of the action; and how the recipient can access the USPTO demand letter database. Permits a recipient of a demand letter to file a petition with the USPTO if it believes that disclosure or patent letter information requirements have not been met. Directs the USPTO, if it determines that a requirement has not been met, to notify the patent owner that the patent will be voided unless a fee is paid. Requires the USPTO to consider good faith mistakes in the determination of whether to void a patent.
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Filing registrants (6)
2016 · fourth_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
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H.R. 9, Innovation Act, setting pleading requirements in patent actions, awarding of fees to prevailing party, joinder of interested parties, requiring disclosure of other interested parties to patent, and requiring specificity in demand letters S. 632, Support Technology and Research for Our Nation's Growth Patents Act of 2015 (STRONG Patents Act of 2015), setting requirements for patent suits and making it a unfair act or practice to send a demand letter in bad faith S. 1137, Protecting American Talent and Entrepreneurship Act (PATENT Act), setting requirements for patent suits and making it an unfair act or practice to send a demand letter in bad faith H.R. 1896, Demand Letter Transparency Act of 2015, requiring entities sending 20 or more demand letters a year to meet certain requirements of notice to the USPTO H.R. 2045, Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act (TROL Act), making it an unfair or deceptive act or practice of sending demand letters in bad faith
Client expense: $420,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Patent Litigation Reform HR9 - the Innovation Act HR1896 - Demand Letter Transparency Act of 2015 HR2045 - the TROL Act S1137 - PATENT Act S2733 - Venue Equity and Non-Uniformity Elimination Act of 2016
Client expense: $19,540,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2016 · fourth_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Copyright protection for software and digital information content (including enforcement); Patent litigation reform, including the Innovation Act (H.R. 9); the PATENT Act (S. 1137, the TROL Act (HR 2045) and the Demand Letter Transparency Act (HR 1896); IP Task Force Copyright Policy Green Paper; ICANN and domain name issues affecting copyrights and trademarks; Congressional review of copyright policy; Modernization of the Copyright Office; Trade secret protection, including the Defend Trade Secrets Act (H.R.3326, S. 1890); Copyright Office studies of online service provider liability, embedded software and Section 1201.
Client expense: $300,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Postal Service (USPS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2016 · fourth_quarter · Science/Technology
H.R.1561 - Weather Research & Forecasting Act of 2015 H.R.1896 - America COMPETES Act of 2015
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Patent reform and trade secrets reform, including changes to PATENT Act (S. 1137), Innovation Act (H.R. 9), Demand Letter Transparency Act of 2015 (H.R. 1896), Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters (TROL) Act (H.R. 2045), Support Technology and Research for Our Nation's Growth (STRONG) Patents Act of 2015 (S. 632); support for S. 1890/H.R. 3326 Defend Trade Secrets Act.
Client expense: $3,290,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Railroad Administration, Federal Transit Administration (FTA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Surface Transportation Board (STB), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2016 · third_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Copyright protection for software and digital information content (including enforcement); Patent litigation reform, including the Innovation Act (H.R. 9); the PATENT Act (S. 1137, the TROL Act (HR 2045) and the Demand Letter Transparency Act (HR 1896); IP Task Force Copyright Policy Green Paper; ICANN and domain name issues affecting copyrights and trademarks; Congressional review of copyright policy; Modernization of the Copyright Office; Trade secret protection, including the Defend Trade Secrets Act (H.R.3326, S. 1890); Copyright Office studies of online service provider liability, embedded software and Section 1201.
Client expense: $300,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Postal Service (USPS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2016 · third_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Patent reform and trade secrets reform, including changes to PATENT Act (S. 1137), Innovation Act (H.R. 9), Demand Letter Transparency Act of 2015 (H.R. 1896), Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters (TROL) Act (H.R. 2045), Support Technology and Research for Our Nations Growth (STRONG) Patents Act of 2015 (S. 632); support for S. 1890/H.R. 3326 Defend Trade Secrets Act.
Client expense: $2,485,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Railroad Administration, Federal Transit Administration (FTA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Surface Transportation Board (STB), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2016 · third_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Patent Litigation Reform HR9 - the Innovation Act HR1896 - Demand Letter Transparency Act of 2015 HR2045 - the TROL Act S1137 - PATENT Act S2733 - Venue Equity and Non-Uniformity Elimination Act of 2016
Client expense: $23,800,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Forest Service, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2016 · third_quarter · Science/Technology
H.R.1561 - Weather Research & Forecasting Act of 2015 H.R.1896 - America COMPETES Act of 2015
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · third_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
H.R. 9, Innovation Act, setting pleading requirements in patent actions, awarding of fees to prevailing party, joinder of interested parties, requiring disclosure of other interested parties to patent, and requiring specificity in demand letters S. 632, Support Technology and Research for Our Nation's Growth Patents Act of 2015 (STRONG Patents Act of 2015), setting requirements for patent suits and making it a unfair act or practice to send a demand letter in bad faith S. 1137, Protecting American Talent and Entrepreneurship Act (PATENT Act), setting requirements for patent suits and making it an unfair act or practice to send a demand letter in bad faith H.R. 1896, Demand Letter Transparency Act of 2015, requiring entities sending 20 or more demand letters a year to meet certain requirements of notice to the USPTO H.R. 2045, Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act (TROL Act), making it an unfair or deceptive act or practice of sending demand letters in bad faith
Client expense: $420,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2016 · second_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Copyright protection for software and digital information content (including enforcement); Patent litigation reform, including the Innovation Act (H.R. 9); the PATENT Act (S. 1137, the TROL Act (HR 2045) and the Demand Letter Transparency Act (HR 1896); IP Task Force Copyright Policy Green Paper; ICANN and domain name issues affecting copyrights and trademarks; Congressional review of copyright policy; Modernization of the Copyright Office; Trade secret protection, including the Defend Trade Secrets Act (H.R.3326, S. 1890); Copyright Office studies of online service provider liability, embedded software and Section 1201.
Client expense: $320,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Postal Service (USPS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2016 · second_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Patent Litigation Reform HR9 - the Innovation Act HR1896 - Demand Letter Transparency Act of 2015 HR2045 - the TROL Act S1137 - PATENT Act S2733 - Venue Equity and Non-Uniformity Elimination Act of 2016 Discussions with the Commerce Department on patent reform.
Client expense: $9,380,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2016 · second_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Patent reform and trade secrets reform, including changes to PATENT Act (S. 1137), Innovation Act (H.R. 9), Demand Letter Transparency Act of 2015 (H.R. 1896), Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters (TROL) Act (H.R. 2045), Support Technology and Research for Our Nations Growth (STRONG) Patents Act of 2015 (S. 632); support for S. 1890/H.R. 3326 Defend Trade Secrets Act.
Client expense: $2,870,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Railroad Administration, Federal Transit Administration (FTA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Surface Transportation Board (STB), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2016 · second_quarter · Science/Technology
H.R.1561 - Weather Research & Forecasting Act of 2015 H.R.1896 - America COMPETES Act of 2015
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · second_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
H.R. 9, Innovation Act, setting pleading requirements in patent actions, awarding of fees to prevailing party, joinder of interested parties, requiring disclosure of other interested parties to patent, and requiring specificity in demand letters S. 632, Support Technology and Research for Our Nation's Growth Patents Act of 2015 (STRONG Patents Act of 2015), setting requirements for patent suits and making it a unfair act or practice to send a demand letter in bad faith S. 1137, Protecting American Talent and Entrepreneurship Act (PATENT Act), setting requirements for patent suits and making it an unfair act or practice to send a demand letter in bad faith H.R. 1896, Demand Letter Transparency Act of 2015, requiring entities sending 20 or more demand letters a year to meet certain requirements of notice to the USPTO H.R. 2045, Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act (TROL Act), making it an unfair or deceptive act or practice of sending demand letters in bad faith
Client expense: $420,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2016 · first_quarter · Science/Technology
H.R.1561 - Weather Research & Forecasting Act of 2015 H.R.1896 - America COMPETES Act of 2015
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · first_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Copyright protection for software and digital information content (including enforcement); Patent litigation reform, including the Innovation Act (H.R. 9); the PATENT Act (S. 1137, the TROL Act (HR 2045) and the Demand Letter Transparency Act (HR 1896); IP Task Force Copyright Policy Green Paper; ICANN and domain name issues affecting copyrights and trademarks; Congressional review of copyright policy; Modernization of the Copyright Office; Trade secret protection; Copyright Office studies of online service provider liability, embedded software and Section 1201.
Client expense: $330,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Postal Regulatory Commission, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Postal Service (USPS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2016 · first_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Patent Litigation Reform HR9 - the Innovation Act HR1896 - Demand Letter Transparency Act of 2015 HR2045 - the TROL Act S1137 - PATENT Act S2733 - Venue Equity and Non-Uniformity Elimination Act of 2016
Client expense: $11,970,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2016 · first_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Patent reform and trade secrets reform, including changes to PATENT Act (S. 1137), Innovation Act (H.R. 9), Demand Letter Transparency Act of 2015 (H.R. 1896), Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters (TROL) Act (H.R. 2045), Support Technology and Research for Our Nations Growth (STRONG) Patents Act of 2015 (S. 632); support for S. 1890/H.R. 3326 Defend Trade Secrets Act.
Client expense: $4,790,982 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Railroad Administration, Federal Transit Administration (FTA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Surface Transportation Board (STB), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2016 · first_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
H.R. 9, Innovation Act, setting pleading requirements in patent actions, awarding of fees to prevailing party, joinder of interested parties, requiring disclosure of other interested parties to patent, and requiring specificity in demand letters S. 632, Support Technology and Research for Our Nation's Growth Patents Act of 2015 (STRONG Patents Act of 2015), setting requirements for patent suits and making it a unfair act or practice to send a demand letter in bad faith S. 1137, Protecting American Talent and Entrepreneurship Act (PATENT Act), setting requirements for patent suits and making it an unfair act or practice to send a demand letter in bad faith H.R. 1896, Demand Letter Transparency Act of 2015, requiring entities sending 20 or more demand letters a year to meet certain requirements of notice to the USPTO H.R. 2045, Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act (TROL Act), making it an unfair or deceptive act or practice of sending demand letters in bad faith
Client expense: $460,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2015 · fourth_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Copyright protection for software and digital information content (including enforcement); Patent litigation reform, including the Innovation Act (H.R. 9); the PATENT Act (S. 1137, the TROL Act (HR 2045) and the Demand Letter Transparency Act (HR 1896); Text and data mining; IP Task Force Copyright Policy Green Paper; ICANN and domain name issues affecting copyrights and trademarks; Congressional review of copyright policy; Modernization of the Copyright Office; Trade secret protection; You Own Device Act (H.R. 862) Copyright Office study of Orphan Works and Mass Digitization; Copyright Office Triennial DMCA Rulemaking.
Client expense: $330,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2015 · fourth_quarter · Science/Technology
H.R.1561 - Weather Research & Forecasting Act of 2015 H.R.1896 - America COMPETES Act of 2015
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · fourth_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Patent Litigation Reform HR9 - the Innovation Act HR1896 - Demand Letter Transparency Act of 2015 HR2045 - the TROL Act S1137 - PATENT Act
Client expense: $14,280,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of
2015 · fourth_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
H.R. 9, Innovation Act, setting pleading requirements in patent actions, awarding of fees to prevailing party, joinder of interested parties, requiring disclosure of other interested parties to patent, and requiring specificity in demand letters S. 632, Support Technology and Research for Our Nation's Growth Patents Act of 2015 (STRONG Patents Act of 2015), setting requirements for patent suits and making it a unfair act or practice to send a demand letter in bad faith S. 1137, Protecting American Talent and Entrepreneurship Act (PATENT Act), setting requirements for patent suits and making it an unfair act or practice to send a demand letter in bad faith H.R. 1896, Demand Letter Transparency Act of 2015, requiring entities sending 20 or more demand letters a year to meet certain requirements of notice to the USPTO H.R. 2045, Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act (TROL Act), making it an unfair or deceptive act or practice of sending demand letters in bad faith
Client expense: $430,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2015 · third_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Copyright protection for software and digital information content (including enforcement); Patent litigation reform, including the Innovation Act (H.R. 9); the PATENT Act (S. 1137, the TROL Act (HR 2045) and the Demand Letter Transparency Act (HR 1896); Text and data mining; IP Task Force Copyright Policy Green Paper; ICANN and domain name issues affecting copyrights and trademarks; Congressional review of copyright policy; Modernization of the Copyright Office; Trade secret protection; You Own Device Act (H.R. 862) Copyright Office study of Orphan Works and Mass Digitization; Copyright Office Triennial DMCA Rulemaking.
Client expense: $340,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Postal Regulatory Commission, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2015 · third_quarter · Science/Technology
H.R.1561 - Weather Research & Forecasting Act of 2015 H.R.1896 - America COMPETES Act of 2015
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · third_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Patent Litigation Reform HR9 - the Innovation Act HR1896 - Demand Letter Transparency Act of 2015 HR2045 - the TROL Act S1137 - PATENT Act
Client expense: $7,520,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2015 · third_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Patent reform, including changes to PATENT Act (S. 1137), Innovation Act (H.R. 9), Demand Letter Transparency Act of 2015 (H.R. 1896), Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters (TROL) Act (H.R. 2045), Support Technology and Research for Our Nations Growth (STRONG) Patents Act of 2015 (S. 632).
Client expense: $1,560,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Railroad Administration, Federal Transit Administration (FTA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Surface Transportation Board (STB), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2015 · third_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Patent reform - HR 9, Innovation Act; S 1137, PATENT Act; HR 2045, Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act of 2015; S 632, STRONG Patents Act of 2015; HR 1896, Demand Letter Transparency Act of 2015.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $100,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · third_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Patent reform, including patent troll legislation - HR 9, Innovation Act; HR 2045, Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act of 2015; S 1137, PATENT Act; S 632, STRONG Patents Act of 2015; HR 1896, Demand Letter Transparency Act of 2015.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $100,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · third_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Patent reform - HR 9, Innovation Act; S 1137, PATENT Act; HR 2045, Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act of 2015; S 632, STRONG Patents Act of 2015; HR 1896, Demand Letter Transparency Act of 2015.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2015 · third_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
H.R. 9, Innovation Act, setting pleading requirements in patent actions, awarding of fees to prevailing party, joinder of interested parties, requiring disclosure of other interested parties to patent, and requiring specificity in demand letters S. 632, Support Technology and Research for Our Nation's Growth Patents Act of 2015 (STRONG Patents Act of 2015), setting requirements for patent suits and making it a unfair act or practice to send a demand letter in bad faith S. 1137, Protecting American Talent and Entrepreneurship Act (PATENT Act), setting requirements for patent suits and making it an unfair act or practice to send a demand letter in bad faith H.R. 1896, Demand Letter Transparency Act of 2015, requiring entities sending 20 or more demand letters a year to meet certain requirements of notice to the USPTO H.R. 2045, Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act (TROL Act), making it an unfair or deceptive act or practice of sending demand letters in bad faith
Client expense: $430,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2015 · second_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Copyright protection for software and digital information content (including enforcement); Patent litigation reform, including the Innovation Act (H.R. 9); the PATENT Act (S. 1137, the TROL Act (HR 2045) and the Demand Letter Transparency Act (HR 1896); Text and data mining; IP Task Force Copyright Policy Green Paper; ICANN and domain name issues affecting copyrights and trademarks; Congressional review of copyright policy; Modernization of the Copyright Office; Trade secret protection; You Own Device Act (H.R. 862) Copyright Office study of Orphan Works and Mass Digitization; Copyright Office Triennial DMCA Rulemaking.
Client expense: $350,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Postal Regulatory Commission, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2015 · second_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Patent Litigation Reform HR9 - the Innovation Act HR1896 - Demand Letter Transparency Act of 2015 HR2045 - the TROL Act S1137 - PATENT Act Conversations with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on patent litigation reform.
Client expense: $8,180,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2015 · second_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Patent reform, including changes to PATENT Act (S. 1137), Innovation Act (H.R. 9), Demand Letter Transparency Act of 2015 (H.R. 1896), Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters (TROL) Act (H.R. 2045), Support Technology and Research for Our Nations Growth (STRONG) Patents Act of 2015 (S. 632).
Client expense: $3,190,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Railroad Administration, Federal Transit Administration (FTA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Surface Transportation Board (STB), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2015 · second_quarter · Science/Technology
HR 1561 - Weather Research & Forecasting Act of 2015 HR 1896 - America COMPETES Act of 2015
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · second_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Patent reform - HR 9, Innovation Act; S 1137, PATENT Act; HR 2045, Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act of 2015; S 632, STRONG Patents Act of 2015; HR 1896, Demand Letter Transparency Act of 2015.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $100,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · second_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Patent reform - HR 9, Innovation Act; S 1137, PATENT Act; HR 2045, Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act of 2015; S 632, STRONG Patents Act of 2015; HR 1896, Demand Letter Transparency Act of 2015.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · second_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
H.R. 9, Innovation Act, setting pleading requirements in patent actions, awarding of fees to prevailing party, joinder of interested parties, requiring disclosure of other interested parties to patent, and requiring specificity in demand letters S. 632, Support Technology and Research for Our Nation's Growth Patents Act of 2015 (STRONG Patents Act of 2015), setting requirements for patent suits and making it a unfair act or practice to send a demand letter in bad faith S. 1137, Protecting American Talent and Entrepreneurship Act (PATENT Act), setting requirements for patent suits and making it an unfair act or practice to send a demand letter in bad faith H.R. 1896, Demand Letter Transparency Act of 2015, requiring entities sending 20 or more demand letters a year to meet certain requirements of notice to the USPTO H.R. 2045, Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act (TROL Act), making it an unfair or deceptive act or practice of sending demand letters in bad faith
Client expense: $430,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Government targets: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Government targets: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE