Reported covered position: Special Assistant, Senate Judiciary Committee
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Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act".
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
Independent contracting H.R. 20/S. 567 (Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act) Nomination of Julie Su for Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor H.J.Res.98/S.J.Res.49 (joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act to nullify the National Labor Relations Boards (NLRB) Final Rule on Joint-Employer Status) H.J.Res. 116 (Congressional Review Act motion of disapproval of the Department of Labors Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act Rule
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act".
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THE COMMITTEE FOR JUSTICE via JAMES EDWARDS
2024 · third_quarter · 3T
Antitrust Consumer welfare standard Federal Trade Commission regulatory excesses, including Hart-Scott-Rodino merger reviews, merger challenges S. 2033 (American Innovation and Choice Online Act) S. 1094 (Journalism Competition and Preservation Act) Open App Markets Act H.R. 3692 (Fair and Balanced FTC Act) Nominees Andrew Ferguson and Melissa Holyoak for Federal Trade Commissioners Draft Merger Guidelines for Public Comment (FTC-2023-0043-0001) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Premerger Notification; Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements (RIN No. 3084-AB46) Oversight of U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division and Federal Trade Commission H.R. 7737 (One Agency Act) S. 4308 (Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act) H.R. 8773 (FY2025 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill) provisions related to the Federal Trade Commission
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Source: Senate LDA
| NUMBERSUSA ACTION | 11 | 2013–2015 |
| CENTRIPETAL NETWORKS, INC. | 8 | 2022–2024 |
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
Independent contracting H.R. 20/S. 567 (Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act) Nomination of Julie Su for Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor H.J.Res.98/S.J.Res.49 (joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act to nullify the National Labor Relations Boards (NLRB) Final Rule on Joint-Employer Status) H.J.Res. 116 (Congressional Review Act motion of disapproval of the Department of Labors Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act Rule)
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act".
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
Independent contracting H.R. 20/S. 567 (Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act) Nomination of Julie Su for Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor H.J.Res.98/S.J.Res.49 (joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act to nullify the National Labor Relations Boards (NLRB) Final Rule on Joint-Employer Status) H.J.Res. 116 (Congressional Review Act motion of disapproval of the Department of Labors Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act Rule)
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration entitled "Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards for Passenger Cars and Light Trucks for Model Years 2027 and Beyond and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Heavy-Duty Pickup Trucks and Vans for Model Years 2030 and Beyond".
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
H.R. 1435/S. 2090 (Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act) H.R. 4468/S. 3094 (Choice in Automobile Retail Sales (CARS) Act) H.J.Res. 199/H.J.Res. 194/S.J.Res. 104 (Congressional Review Act resolution to overrule NHTSAs CAFE standards intended to force manufacturers to rely on electric vehicles)
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration relating to "Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards for Passenger Cars and Light Trucks for Model Years 2027 and Beyond and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Heavy-Duty Pickup Trucks and Vans for Model Years 2030 and Beyond".
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
H.R. 1435/S. 2090 (Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act) H.R. 4468/S. 3094 (Choice in Automobile Retail Sales (CARS) Act) H.J.Res. 199/H.J.Res. 194/S.J.Res. 104 (Congressional Review Act resolution to overrule NHTSAs CAFE standards intended to force manufacturers to rely on electric vehicles)
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Revised Definition of 'Waters of the United States'".
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
RES: H.J. Res. 27/S.J. Res. 7 (Congressional Review Act disapproval of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule issued by the Biden Environmental Protection Agency and the Corps of Engineers) H.R. 4394 (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act) provisions related to proscriptions on the Biden administrations Revised Definition of Waters of the United States
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Revised Definition of 'Waters of the United States'".
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
H.J. Res. 27/S.J. Res. 7 (Congressional Review Act disapproval of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule issued by the Biden Environmental Protection Agency and the Corps of Engineers) H.R. 4394 (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act) provisions related to proscriptions on the Biden administrations Revised Definition of Waters of the United States
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Revised Definition of 'Waters of the United States'".
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
H.J. Res. 27/S.J. Res. 7 (Congressional Review Act disapproval of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule issued by the Biden Environmental Protection Agency and the Corps of Engineers) H.R. 4394 (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act) provisions related to proscriptions on the Biden administrations Revised Definition of Waters of the United States
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Revised Definition of 'Waters of the United States'".
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
H.J. Res. 27/S.J. Res. 7 (Congressional Review Act disapproval of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule issued by the Biden Environmental Protection Agency and the Corps of Engineers) H.R. 4394 (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act) provisions related to proscriptions on the Biden administrations Revised Definition of Waters of the United States
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights".
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
Antitrust Consumer welfare standard Federal Trade Commission regulatory excesses, such as antitrust merger reviews and challenges H.J. Res. 30/S.J. Res. 8 (Congressional Review Act disapproval of the ESG investment rule for employee retirement savings benefits, submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights) Draft Merger Guidelines for Public Comment (FTC-2023-0043-0001) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Premerger Notification; Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements (RIN No. 3084-AB46) Oversight of U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division and Federal Trade Commission
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights".
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
Antitrust Consumer welfare standard Federal Trade Commission regulatory excesses, such as antitrust merger reviews and challenges H.J. Res. 30/S.J. Res. 8 (Congressional Review Act disapproval of the ESG investment rule for employee retirement savings benefits, submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights) Draft Merger Guidelines for Public Comment (FTC-2023-0043-0001) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Premerger Notification; Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements (RIN No. 3084-AB46) Oversight of U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division and Federal Trade Commission S. 148 (Stop STALLING Act) S. 142 (Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act) S. 150 (Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act) H.R. 7737 (One Agency Act)
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights".
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
Antitrust Consumer welfare standard Federal Trade Commission regulatory excesses, such as antitrust merger reviews and challenges H.J. Res. 30/S.J. Res. 8 (Congressional Review Act disapproval of the ESG investment rule for employee retirement savings benefits, submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights) Draft Merger Guidelines for Public Comment (FTC-2023-0043-0001) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Premerger Notification; Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements (RIN No. 3084-AB46) Oversight of U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division and Federal Trade Commission S. 148 (Stop STALLING Act) S. 142 (Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act) S. 150 (Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act)
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights".
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
Antitrust Consumer welfare standard Federal Trade Commission regulatory excesses, such as antitrust merger reviews and challenges H.J. Res. 30/S.J. Res. 8 (Congressional Review Act disapproval of the ESG investment rule for employee retirement savings benefits, submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights) Draft Merger Guidelines for Public Comment (FTC-2023-0043-0001) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Premerger Notification; Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements (RIN No. 3084-AB46) Oversight of U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division and Federal Trade Commission S. 148 (Stop STALLING Act) S. 142 (Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act) S. 150 (Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act) H.R. 7737 (One Agency Act)
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating to "Standard for Determining Joint Employer Status".
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
Independent contracting H.R. 20/S. 567 (Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act) Nomination of Julie Su for Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor H.J.Res.98/S.J.Res.49 (joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act to nullify the National Labor Relations Boards (NLRB) Final Rule on Joint-Employer Status) H.J.Res. 116 (Congressional Review Act motion of disapproval of the Department of Labors Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act Rule)
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating to "Standard for Determining Joint Employer Status".
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
Independent contracting H.R. 20/S. 567 (Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act) Nomination of Julie Su for Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor H.J.Res.98/S.J.Res.49 (joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act to nullify the National Labor Relations Boards (NLRB) Final Rule on Joint-Employer Status) H.J.Res. 116 (Congressional Review Act motion of disapproval of the Department of Labors Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act Rule
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating to "Standard for Determining Joint Employer Status".
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
Independent contracting H.R. 20/S. 567 (Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act) Nomination of Julie Su for Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor H.J.Res.98/S.J.Res.49 (joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act to nullify the National Labor Relations Boards (NLRB) Final Rule on Joint-Employer Status) H.J.Res. 116 (Congressional Review Act motion of disapproval of the Department of Labors Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act Rule)
H.R. 1 (Lower Energy Costs Act) H.R. 1615(Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act) H.R. 1640(Save Our Gas Stoves Act)
H.R. 1 (Lower Energy Costs Act) H.R. 1615(Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act) H.R. 1640(Save Our Gas Stoves Act)
H.R. 1 (Lower Energy Costs Act) H.R. 1615(Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act) H.R. 1640(Save Our Gas Stoves Act)
H.R. 1 (Lower Energy Costs Act) H.R. 1615(Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act) H.R. 1640(Save Our Gas Stoves Act)
Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
H.R. 1435/S. 2090 (Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act) H.R. 4468/S. 3094 (Choice in Automobile Retail Sales (CARS) Act)
Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
H.R. 1435/S. 2090 (Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act) H.R. 4468/S. 3094 (Choice in Automobile Retail Sales (CARS) Act) Congressional Review Act resolution to overrule NHTSAs CAFE standards intended to force manufacturers to rely on electric vehicles
Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
H.R. 1435/S. 2090 (Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act) H.R. 4468/S. 3094 (Choice in Automobile Retail Sales (CARS) Act) H.J.Res. 199/H.J.Res. 194/S.J.Res. 104 (Congressional Review Act resolution to overrule NHTSAs CAFE standards intended to force manufacturers to rely on electric vehicles)
Modern, Clean, and Safe Trucks Act of 2023
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
H.R. 1440/S. 694 (Modern, Clean, and Safe Trucks Act)
Modern, Clean, and Safe Trucks Act of 2023
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
H.R. 1440/S. 694 (Modern, Clean, and Safe Trucks Act)
Modern, Clean, and Safe Trucks Act of 2023
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
H.R. 1440/S. 694 (Modern, Clean, and Safe Trucks Act)
Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
H.R. 1 (Lower Energy Costs Act) H.R. 1615(Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act) H.R. 1640(Save Our Gas Stoves Act)
Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
H.R. 1 (Lower Energy Costs Act) H.R. 1615(Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act) H.R. 1640(Save Our Gas Stoves Act)
Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
H.R. 1 (Lower Energy Costs Act) H.R. 1615(Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act) H.R. 1640(Save Our Gas Stoves Act)
Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
H.R. 1 (Lower Energy Costs Act) H.R. 1615(Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act) H.R. 1640(Save Our Gas Stoves Act)
H.R. 1 (Lower Energy Costs Act) H.R. 1615(Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act) H.R. 1640(Save Our Gas Stoves Act)
H.R. 1 (Lower Energy Costs Act) H.R. 1615(Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act) H.R. 1640(Save Our Gas Stoves Act)
H.R. 1 (Lower Energy Costs Act) H.R. 1615(Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act) H.R. 1640(Save Our Gas Stoves Act)
H.R. 1 (Lower Energy Costs Act) H.R. 1615(Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act) H.R. 1640(Save Our Gas Stoves Act)
Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2023
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
Independent contracting H.R. 20/S. 567 (Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act) Nomination of Julie Su for Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor H.J.Res.98/S.J.Res.49 (joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act to nullify the National Labor Relations Boards (NLRB) Final Rule on Joint-Employer Status) H.J.Res. 116 (Congressional Review Act motion of disapproval of the Department of Labors Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act Rule
Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2023
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
Independent contracting H.R. 20/S. 567 (Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act) Nomination of Julie Su for Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor H.J.Res.98/S.J.Res.49 (joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act to nullify the National Labor Relations Boards (NLRB) Final Rule on Joint-Employer Status) H.J.Res. 116 (Congressional Review Act motion of disapproval of the Department of Labors Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act Rule)
Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2023
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
Independent contracting H.R. 20/S. 567 (Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act) Nomination of Julie Su for Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor H.J.Res.98/S.J.Res.49 (joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act to nullify the National Labor Relations Boards (NLRB) Final Rule on Joint-Employer Status) H.J.Res. 116 (Congressional Review Act motion of disapproval of the Department of Labors Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act Rule)
Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
S. 1034/H.R. 2367 (Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act) Comments on Notification of Interim Guidance: Definitions of Broker and Bona Fide Agents (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-24923) Comments on Request for Comments on Broker and Freight Forwarder Financial Responsibility (Docket No. FMCSA-2016-0102) Commercial motor carrier regulatory policy issues, including freight fraud enforcement and Compliance Safety Accountability program H.R. 3039/S. 2671 (Deregulating Restrictions on Interstate Vehicles and Eighteen-Wheelers (DRIVE Act)) Supplemental comments on Request for Comment: Definitions of Broker and Bona Fide Agents (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0134) Supplemental comments on Extension of Comment Period on Broker and Freight Forwarder Financial Responsibility (Docket No. FMCSA-2016-0102-0139) Comments on Crash Preventability Determination Program (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0233) Comments on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), Automatic Emergency Braking Test Devices: Heavy Vehicle Automatic Emergency Braking (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0171) Final Rule, Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs: Addition of Oral Fluid Specimen Testing for Drugs (Docket No. DOT-OST-2021-0093-0420) Fiscal Years 2024 and 2025 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations, provisions relating to speed limiters on commercial vehicles, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and amendment to form a freight fraud task force in DOT Comments on Request for Comments on Appeal Process: Requests for Data Review (Docket No. FMCSA-2023-0190) H.R. 8505 (Household Goods Shipping Consumer Protection Act)
Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
TRA: S. 1034/H.R. 2367 (Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act) Comments on Notification of Interim Guidance: Definitions of Broker and Bona Fide Agents (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-24923) Comments on Request for Comments on Broker and Freight Forwarder Financial Responsibility (Docket No. FMCSA-2016-0102) Commercial motor carrier regulatory policy issues, including freight fraud enforcement and Compliance Safety Accountability program H.R. 3039/S. 2671 (Deregulating Restrictions on Interstate Vehicles and Eighteen-Wheelers (DRIVE Act)) Supplemental comments on Request for Comment: Definitions of Broker and Bona Fide Agents (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0134) Supplemental comments on Extension of Comment Period on Broker and Freight Forwarder Financial Responsibility (Docket No. FMCSA-2016-0102-0139) Comments on Crash Preventability Determination Program (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0233) Comments on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), Automatic Emergency Braking Test Devices: Heavy Vehicle Automatic Emergency Braking (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0171) Final Rule, Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs: Addition of Oral Fluid Specimen Testing for Drugs (Docket No. DOT-OST-2021-0093-0420) Fiscal Years 2024 and 2025 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations, provisions relating to speed limiters on commercial vehicles, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Comments on Request for Comments on Appeal Process: Requests for Data Review (Docket No. FMCSA-2023-0190) H.R. 8505 (Household Goods Shipping Consumer Protection Act)
Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
S. 1034/H.R. 2367 (Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act) Comments on Notification of Interim Guidance: Definitions of Broker and Bona Fide Agents (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-24923) Comments on Request for Comments on Broker and Freight Forwarder Financial Responsibility (Docket No. FMCSA-2016-0102) Commercial motor carrier regulatory policy issues, including freight fraud enforcement and Compliance Safety Accountability program H.R. 3039/S. 2671 (Deregulating Restrictions on Interstate Vehicles and Eighteen-Wheelers (DRIVE Act)) Supplemental comments on Request for Comment: Definitions of Broker and Bona Fide Agents (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0134) Supplemental comments on Extension of Comment Period on Broker and Freight Forwarder Financial Responsibility (Docket No. FMCSA-2016-0102-0139) Comments on Crash Preventability Determination Program (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0233) Comments on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), Automatic Emergency Braking Test Devices: Heavy Vehicle Automatic Emergency Braking (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0171) Final Rule, Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs: Addition of Oral Fluid Specimen Testing for Drugs (Docket No. DOT-OST-2021-0093-0420) Fiscal Years 2024 and 2025 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations, provisions relating to speed limiters on commercial vehicles Comments on Request for Comments on Appeal Process: Requests for Data Review (Docket No. FMCSA-2023-0190
Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2023
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
H.R. 277 (REINS Act) regulatory reform to major rule H.R. 288(Separation of Powers Restoration Act) Administrative Procedure Act reforms to statutory interpretation H.R. 6758 (Defense of Property Rights Act) establishing a uniform, more efficient process for protecting property owners' Fifth Amendment rights H.R. 7455 (Sunset Act) regulatory reform for automatic expiration of rules and regulations after 10 years, unless Congress extends it
Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2023
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
H.R. 277 (REINS Act) regulatory reform to major rule H.R. 288(Separation of Powers Restoration Act) Administrative Procedure Act reforms to statutory interpretation H.R. 6758 (Defense of Property Rights Act) establishing a uniform, more efficient process for protecting property owners' Fifth Amendment rights H.R. 7455 (Sunset Act) regulatory reform for automatic expiration of rules and regulations after 10 years, unless Congress extends it
Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2023
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
H.R. 277 (REINS Act) regulatory reform to major rule H.R. 288(Separation of Powers Restoration Act) Administrative Procedure Act reforms to statutory interpretation H.R. 6758 (Defense of Property Rights Act) establishing a uniform, more efficient process for protecting property owners' Fifth Amendment rights H.R. 7455 (Sunset Act) regulatory reform for automatic expiration of rules and regulations after 10 years, unless Congress extends it
Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2023
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
H.R. 277 (REINS Act) regulatory reform to major rule H.R. 288(Separation of Powers Restoration Act) Administrative Procedure Act reforms to statutory interpretation H.R. 6758 (Defense of Property Rights Act) establishing a uniform, more efficient process for protecting property owners' Fifth Amendment rights H.R. 7455 (Sunset Act) regulatory reform for automatic expiration of rules and regulations after 10 years, unless Congress extends it
Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
Republican Study Committee FY24 budget proposal H.R. 2811 (Limit, Save, Grow Act) debt limit and offsets H.R. 3746 (Fiscal Responsibility Act) debt limit and offsets Republican Study Committee FY25 budget proposal
Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
Republican Study Committee FY24 budget proposal H.R. 2811 (Limit, Save, Grow Act) debt limit and offsets H.R. 3746 (Fiscal Responsibility Act) debt limit and offsets Republican Study Committee FY25 budget proposa
Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
Republican Study Committee FY24 budget proposal H.R. 2811 (Limit, Save, Grow Act) debt limit and offsets H.R. 3746 (Fiscal Responsibility Act) debt limit and offsets Republican Study Committee FY25 budget proposal
Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
Republican Study Committee FY24 budget proposal H.R. 2811 (Limit, Save, Grow Act) debt limit and offsets H.R. 3746 (Fiscal Responsibility Act) debt limit and offsets Republican Study Committee FY25 budget proposal
Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2023
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
H.R. 277 (REINS Act) regulatory reform to major rule H.R. 288(Separation of Powers Restoration Act) Administrative Procedure Act reforms to statutory interpretation H.R. 6758 (Defense of Property Rights Act) establishing a uniform, more efficient process for protecting property owners' Fifth Amendment rights H.R. 7455 (Sunset Act) regulatory reform for automatic expiration of rules and regulations after 10 years, unless Congress extends it
Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2023
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
H.R. 277 (REINS Act) regulatory reform to major rule H.R. 288(Separation of Powers Restoration Act) Administrative Procedure Act reforms to statutory interpretation H.R. 6758 (Defense of Property Rights Act) establishing a uniform, more efficient process for protecting property owners' Fifth Amendment rights H.R. 7455 (Sunset Act) regulatory reform for automatic expiration of rules and regulations after 10 years, unless Congress extends it
Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2023
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
H.R. 277 (REINS Act) regulatory reform to major rule H.R. 288(Separation of Powers Restoration Act) Administrative Procedure Act reforms to statutory interpretation H.R. 6758 (Defense of Property Rights Act) establishing a uniform, more efficient process for protecting property owners' Fifth Amendment rights H.R. 7455 (Sunset Act) regulatory reform for automatic expiration of rules and regulations after 10 years, unless Congress extends it
Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2023
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
H.R. 277 (REINS Act) regulatory reform to major rule H.R. 288(Separation of Powers Restoration Act) Administrative Procedure Act reforms to statutory interpretation H.R. 6758 (Defense of Property Rights Act) establishing a uniform, more efficient process for protecting property owners' Fifth Amendment rights H.R. 7455 (Sunset Act) regulatory reform for automatic expiration of rules and regulations after 10 years, unless Congress extends it
S. 1034/H.R. 2367 (Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act) Comments on Notification of Interim Guidance: Definitions of Broker and Bona Fide Agents (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-24923) Comments on Request for Comments on Broker and Freight Forwarder Financial Responsibility (Docket No. FMCSA-2016-0102) Commercial motor carrier regulatory policy issues, including freight fraud enforcement and Compliance Safety Accountability program H.R. 3039/S. 2671 (Deregulating Restrictions on Interstate Vehicles and Eighteen-Wheelers (DRIVE Act)) Supplemental comments on Request for Comment: Definitions of Broker and Bona Fide Agents (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0134) Supplemental comments on Extension of Comment Period on Broker and Freight Forwarder Financial Responsibility (Docket No. FMCSA-2016-0102-0139) Comments on Crash Preventability Determination Program (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0233) Comments on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), Automatic Emergency Braking Test Devices: Heavy Vehicle Automatic Emergency Braking (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0171) Final Rule, Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs: Addition of Oral Fluid Specimen Testing for Drugs (Docket No. DOT-OST-2021-0093-0420) Fiscal Years 2024 and 2025 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations, provisions relating to speed limiters on commercial vehicles, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and amendment to form a freight fraud task force in DOT Comments on Request for Comments on Appeal Process: Requests for Data Review (Docket No. FMCSA-2023-0190) H.R. 8505 (Household Goods Shipping Consumer Protection Act)
S. 1034/H.R. 2367 (Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act) Comments on Notification of Interim Guidance: Definitions of Broker and Bona Fide Agents (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-24923) Comments on Request for Comments on Broker and Freight Forwarder Financial Responsibility (Docket No. FMCSA-2016-0102) Commercial motor carrier regulatory policy issues, including freight fraud enforcement and Compliance Safety Accountability program H.R. 3039/S. 2671 (Deregulating Restrictions on Interstate Vehicles and Eighteen-Wheelers (DRIVE Act)) Supplemental comments on Request for Comment: Definitions of Broker and Bona Fide Agents (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0134) Supplemental comments on Extension of Comment Period on Broker and Freight Forwarder Financial Responsibility (Docket No. FMCSA-2016-0102-0139) Comments on Crash Preventability Determination Program (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0233) Comments on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), Automatic Emergency Braking Test Devices: Heavy Vehicle Automatic Emergency Braking (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0171) Final Rule, Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs: Addition of Oral Fluid Specimen Testing for Drugs (Docket No. DOT-OST-2021-0093-0420) Fiscal Years 2024 and 2025 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations, provisions relating to speed limiters on commercial vehicles Comments on Request for Comments on Appeal Process: Requests for Data Review (Docket No. FMCSA-2023-0190
TRA: S. 1034/H.R. 2367 (Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act) Comments on Notification of Interim Guidance: Definitions of Broker and Bona Fide Agents (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-24923) Comments on Request for Comments on Broker and Freight Forwarder Financial Responsibility (Docket No. FMCSA-2016-0102) Commercial motor carrier regulatory policy issues, including freight fraud enforcement and Compliance Safety Accountability program H.R. 3039/S. 2671 (Deregulating Restrictions on Interstate Vehicles and Eighteen-Wheelers (DRIVE Act)) Supplemental comments on Request for Comment: Definitions of Broker and Bona Fide Agents (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0134) Supplemental comments on Extension of Comment Period on Broker and Freight Forwarder Financial Responsibility (Docket No. FMCSA-2016-0102-0139) Comments on Crash Preventability Determination Program (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0233) Comments on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), Automatic Emergency Braking Test Devices: Heavy Vehicle Automatic Emergency Braking (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0171) Final Rule, Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs: Addition of Oral Fluid Specimen Testing for Drugs (Docket No. DOT-OST-2021-0093-0420) Fiscal Years 2024 and 2025 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations, provisions relating to speed limiters on commercial vehicles, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Comments on Request for Comments on Appeal Process: Requests for Data Review (Docket No. FMCSA-2023-0190) H.R. 8505 (Household Goods Shipping Consumer Protection Act)
Advancing America’s Interests Act
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
Patent Trial and Appeal Board, including institution of proceedings, Fintiv/NHK and related procedures Patent-eligible subject matter Injunctive relief against patent infringers Standard Essential Royalty Act, to establish a patent licensing royalty rate-setting judicial panel disadvantageous to patent owners and favorable to patent infringers H.R. 3535 (Advancing Americas Interest Act) to disadvantageously change U.S. firms access to and treatment before the U.S. International Trade Commission when seeking Section 337 remedies blocking importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods S. 2321/H.R. 5893 (Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations, FY24) report language to erect barriers to Sec. 337 USITC remedies to block importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods Proposals to misuse Bayh-Dole Acts march-in against patent ownership rights based on product price Unilateral changes to Dept. of Energy funding agreements requiring headquarters review of any licensing agreement, undermining the Bayh-Dole Act Comments on Initiatives to Ensure the Robustness and Reliability of Patent Rights (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0025) Request for Comments Regarding Joint USPTO-FDA Collaboration Initiatives (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0037) Federal position on proposal at World Trade Organization to waive intellectual property protections due under Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement with regard to COVID-19-related inventions Comments on U.S. International Trade Commission Investigation No. 332-596, COVID-19 Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Supply, Demand, and TRIPS Agreement Flexibilities Comments on advance notice of proposed rulemaking, Changes Under Consideration to Discretionary Institution Practices, Petition Word-Count Limits, and Settlement Practices for America Invents Act Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Docket No. PTO-P-2020-0022) S. 2220/H.R. 4370 (Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act) Comments related to National Institutes of Health, Workshop on Transforming Discoveries into Products: Maximizing NIHs Levers to Catalyze Technology Transfer S. 2140 (Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA)) Mandatory customer stay that deprives patent owners of the ability to enforce their patent rights against all parties such as through injunctive relief and that would unfairly protect direct and contributory patent infringers, including large retail corporations Defending American Patents Act, which would punish U.S. patent owners with the loss of six years of patent protection for asserting their patent in a foreign court against an American patent infringer H.R. 5475 (Preventing Adversarial Patents Act), which would radically change from the hallmark of merit-based U.S. patent issuance, by adding denial or unenforceability of patents based on certain characteristics of the patentee Comments on U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Joint Collaboration Initiative Regarding Standards (Docket No. PTO-C-2023-0034) Digital copyright piracy, site-blocking injunction National Institute of Standards and Technology, Request for Information Regarding the Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights (Docket No. NIST-2023-0008) Comments to U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, regarding WIPO IGC Negotiations on Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge (Docket No.: PTO-C-2023-0019) H.R. 7476 (Countering Communist China Act) intellectual property provisions H.R. 8134 (Restoring Americas Leadership in Innovation Act) Comments to USPTO on Unlocking the Full Potential of Intellectual Property by Translating More Innovation to the Marketplace (Docket No. PTO-C-2024-0004) Comments to USPTO on Patent Trial and Appeal Board Rules of Practice for Briefing Discretionary Denial Issues, and Rules for 325(d) Considerations, Instituting Parallel and Serial Petitions, and Termination Due to Settlement Agreement (Docket No. PTO- P-2023-0048) Leadership in Critical and Emerging Technologies (CET) Act to expedite CET patent examination S. 1956 (Invent Here, Make Here Act) S. 4840/H.R. 9221 (RESTORE Patent Rights Act) Comments to USPTO on Terminal Disclaimer Practice to Obviate Nonstatutory Double Patenting (Docket No. PTO- P-2024-0003) S. 4875 (Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe (NO FAKES) Act) S. 2780 (Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act)
Advancing America’s Interests Act
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
Patent Trial and Appeal Board, including institution of proceedings, Fintiv/NHK and related procedures Patent-eligible subject matter Injunctive relief against patent infringers Standard Essential Royalty Act, to establish a patent licensing royalty rate-setting judicial panel disadvantageous to patent owners and favorable to patent infringers H.R. 3535 (Advancing Americas Interest Act) to disadvantageously change U.S. firms access to and treatment before the U.S. International Trade Commission when seeking Section 337 remedies blocking importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods S. 2321/H.R. 5893 (Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations, FY24) report language to erect barriers to Sec. 337 USITC remedies to block importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods Proposals to misuse Bayh-Dole Acts march-in against patent ownership rights based on product price Unilateral changes to Dept. of Energy funding agreements requiring headquarters review of any licensing agreement, undermining the Bayh-Dole Act Comments on Initiatives to Ensure the Robustness and Reliability of Patent Rights (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0025) Request for Comments Regarding Joint USPTO-FDA Collaboration Initiatives (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0037) Federal position on proposal at World Trade Organization to waive intellectual property protections due under Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement with regard to COVID-19-related inventions Comments on U.S. International Trade Commission Investigation No. 332-596, COVID-19 Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Supply, Demand, and TRIPS Agreement Flexibilities Comments on advance notice of proposed rulemaking, Changes Under Consideration to Discretionary Institution Practices, Petition Word-Count Limits, and Settlement Practices for America Invents Act Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Docket No. PTO-P-2020-0022) S. 2220/H.R. 4370 (Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act) Comments related to National Institutes of Health, Workshop on Transforming Discoveries into Products: Maximizing NIHs Levers to Catalyze Technology Transfer S. 2140 (Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA)) Mandatory customer stay that deprives patent owners of the ability to enforce their patent rights against all parties such as through injunctive relief and that would unfairly protect direct and contributory patent infringers, including large retail corporations Defending American Patents Act, which would punish U.S. patent owners with the loss of six years of patent protection for asserting their patent in a foreign court against an American patent infringer H.R. 5475 (Preventing Adversarial Patents Act), which would radically change from the hallmark of merit-based U.S. patent issuance, by adding denial or unenforceability of patents based on certain characteristics of the patentee Comments on U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Joint Collaboration Initiative Regarding Standards (Docket No. PTO-C-2023-0034) Digital copyright piracy, site-blocking injunction National Institute of Standards and Technology, Request for Information Regarding the Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights (Docket No. NIST-2023-0008) Comments to U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, regarding WIPO IGC Negotiations on Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge (Docket No.: PTO-C-2023-0019) H.R. 7476 (Countering Communist China Act) intellectual property provisions H.R. 8134 (Restoring Americas Leadership in Innovation Act) Comments to USPTO on Unlocking the Full Potential of Intellectual Property by Translating More Innovation to the Marketplace (Docket No. PTO-C-2024-0004) Comments to USPTO on Patent Trial and Appeal Board Rules of Practice for Briefing Discretionary Denial Issues, and Rules for 325(d) Considerations, Instituting Parallel and Serial Petitions, and Termination Due to Settlement Agreement (Docket No. PTO- P-2023-0048) Leadership in Critical and Emerging Technologies (CET) Act to expedite CET patent examination S. 1956 (Invent Here, Make Here Act) S. 4840/H.R. 9221 (RESTORE Patent Rights Act) Comments to USPTO on Terminal Disclaimer Practice to Obviate Nonstatutory Double Patenting (Docket No. PTO- P-2024-0003) S. 4875 (Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe (NO FAKES) Act) S. 2780 (Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act)
Advancing America’s Interests Act
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
CPT: Patent Trial and Appeal Board, including institution of proceedings, Fintiv/NHK and related procedures Patent-eligible subject matter Injunctive relief against patent infringers Standard Essential Royalty Act, to establish a patent licensing royalty rate-setting judicial panel disadvantageous to patent owners and favorable to patent infringers H.R. 3535 (Advancing Americas Interest Act) to disadvantageously change U.S. firms access to and treatment before the U.S. International Trade Commission when seeking Section 337 remedies blocking importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods S. 2321/H.R. 5893 (Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations, FY24) report language to erect barriers to Sec. 337 USITC remedies to block importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods Proposals to misuse Bayh-Dole Acts march-in against patent ownership rights based on product price Unilateral changes to Dept. of Energy funding agreements requiring headquarters review of any licensing agreement, undermining the Bayh-Dole Act Comments on Initiatives to Ensure the Robustness and Reliability of Patent Rights (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0025) Request for Comments Regarding Joint USPTO-FDA Collaboration Initiatives (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0037) Federal position on proposal at World Trade Organization to waive intellectual property protections due under Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement with regard to COVID-19-related inventions Comments on U.S. International Trade Commission Investigation No. 332-596, COVID-19 Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Supply, Demand, and TRIPS Agreement Flexibilities Comments on advance notice of proposed rulemaking, Changes Under Consideration to Discretionary Institution Practices, Petition Word-Count Limits, and Settlement Practices for America Invents Act Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Docket No. PTO-P-2020-0022) S. 2220/H.R. 4370 (Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act) Comments related to National Institutes of Health, Workshop on Transforming Discoveries into Products: Maximizing NIHs Levers to Catalyze Technology Transfer S. 2140 (Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA)) Mandatory customer stay that deprives patent owners of the ability to enforce their patent rights against all parties such as through injunctive relief and that would unfairly protect direct and contributory patent infringers, including large retail corporations Defending American Patents Act, which would punish U.S. patent owners with the loss of six years of patent protection for asserting their patent in a foreign court against an American patent infringer H.R. 5475 (Preventing Adversarial Patents Act), which would radically change from the hallmark of merit-based U.S. patent issuance, by adding denial or unenforceability of patents based on certain characteristics of the patentee Comments on U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Joint Collaboration Initiative Regarding Standards (Docket No. PTO-C-2023-0034) Digital copyright piracy, site-blocking injunction National Institute of Standards and Technology, Request for Information Regarding the Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights (Docket No. NIST-2023-0008) Comments to U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, regarding WIPO IGC Negotiations on Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge (Docket No.: PTO-C-2023-0019) H.R. 7476 (Countering Communist China Act) intellectual property provisions H.R. 8134 (Restoring Americas Leadership in Innovation Act) Comments to USPTO on Unlocking the Full Potential of Intellectual Property by Translating More Innovation to the Marketplace (Docket No. PTO-C-2024-0004) Comments to USPTO on Patent Trial and Appeal Board Rules of Practice for Briefing Discretionary Denial Issues, and Rules for 325(d) Considerations, Instituting Parallel and Serial Petitions, and Termination Due to Settlement Agreement (Docket No. PTO- P-2023-0048) Leadership in Critical and Emerging Technologies (CET) Act to expedite CET patent examination S. 1956 (Invent Here, Make Here Act)
Advancing America’s Interests Act
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
P Patent Trial and Appeal Board, including institution of proceedings, Fintiv/NHK and related procedures Patent-eligible subject matter Injunctive relief against patent infringers Standard Essential Royalty Act, to establish a patent licensing royalty rate-setting judicial panel disadvantageous to patent owners and favorable to patent infringers H.R. 3535 (Advancing Americas Interest Act) to disadvantageously change U.S. firms access to and treatment before the U.S. International Trade Commission when seeking Section 337 remedies blocking importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods S. 2321/H.R. 5893 (Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations, FY24) report language to erect barriers to Sec. 337 USITC remedies to block importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods Proposals to misuse Bayh-Dole Acts march-in against patent ownership rights based on product price Unilateral changes to Dept. of Energy funding agreements requiring headquarters review of any licensing agreement, undermining the Bayh-Dole Act Comments on Initiatives to Ensure the Robustness and Reliability of Patent Rights (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0025) Request for Comments Regarding Joint USPTO-FDA Collaboration Initiatives (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0037) Federal position on proposal at World Trade Organization to waive intellectual property protections due under Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement with regard to COVID-19-related inventions Comments on U.S. International Trade Commission Investigation No. 332-596, COVID-19 Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Supply, Demand, and TRIPS Agreement Flexibilities Comments on advance notice of proposed rulemaking, Changes Under Consideration to Discretionary Institution Practices, Petition Word-Count Limits, and Settlement Practices for America Invents Act Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Docket No. PTO-P-2020-0022) S. 2220/H.R. 4370 (Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act) Comments related to National Institutes of Health, Workshop on Transforming Discoveries into Products: Maximizing NIHs Levers to Catalyze Technology Transfer S. 2140 (Patent Eligibility Restoration Act) Mandatory customer stay that deprives patent owners of the ability to enforce their patent rights against all parties such as through injunctive relief and that would unfairly protect direct and contributory patent infringers, including large retail corporations Defending American Patents Act, which would punish U.S. patent owners with the loss of six years of patent protection for asserting their patent in a foreign court against an American patent infringer H.R. 5475 (Preventing Adversarial Patents Act), which would radically change from the hallmark of merit-based U.S. patent issuance, by adding denial or unenforceability of patents based on certain characteristics of the patentee Comments on U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Joint Collaboration Initiative Regarding Standards (Docket No. PTO-C-2023-0034) Digital copyright piracy, site-blocking injunction National Institute of Standards and Technology, Request for Information Regarding the Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights (Docket No. NIST-2023-0008) Comments to U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, regarding WIPO IGC Negotiations on Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge (Docket No.: PTO-C-2023-0019) H.R. 7476 (Countering Communist China Act) intellectual property provisions
Stopping Cultural Marxism at the FTC Act
Client: THE COMMITTEE FOR JUSTICE · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
Antitrust Consumer welfare standard Federal Trade Commission regulatory excesses, including Hart-Scott-Rodino merger reviews, merger challenges S. 2033 (American Innovation and Choice Online Act) S. 1094 (Journalism Competition and Preservation Act) Open App Markets Act H.R. 3692 (Fair and Balanced FTC Act) Nominees Andrew Ferguson and Melissa Holyoak for Federal Trade Commissioners Draft Merger Guidelines for Public Comment (FTC-2023-0043-0001) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Premerger Notification; Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements (RIN No. 3084-AB46) Oversight of U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division and Federal Trade Commission H.R. 7737 (One Agency Act) S. 4308 (Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act) H.R. 8773 (FY2025 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill) provisions related to the Federal Trade Commission
Stopping Cultural Marxism at the FTC Act
Client: THE COMMITTEE FOR JUSTICE · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
Antitrust Consumer welfare standard Federal Trade Commission regulatory excesses, including Hart-Scott-Rodino merger reviews, merger challenges S. 2033 (American Innovation and Choice Online Act) S. 1094 (Journalism Competition and Preservation Act) Open App Markets Act H.R. 3692 (Fair and Balanced FTC Act) Nominees Andrew Ferguson and Melissa Holyoak for Federal Trade Commissioners Draft Merger Guidelines for Public Comment (FTC-2023-0043-0001) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Premerger Notification; Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements (RIN No. 3084-AB46) Oversight of U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division and Federal Trade Commission H.R. 7737 (One Agency Act) S. 4308 (Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act) H.R. 8773 (FY2025 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill) provisions related to the Federal Trade Commission
Stopping Cultural Marxism at the FTC Act
Client: THE COMMITTEE FOR JUSTICE · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
Antitrust Consumer welfare standard Federal Trade Commission regulatory excesses, including Hart-Scott-Rodino merger reviews, merger challenges American Innovation and Choice Online Act S. 1094 (Journalism Competition and Preservation Act) Open App Markets Act H.R. 3692 (Fair and Balanced FTC Act) Nominees Andrew Ferguson and Melissa Holyoak for Federal Trade Commissioners Draft Merger Guidelines for Public Comment (FTC-2023-0043-0001) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Premerger Notification; Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements (RIN No. 3084-AB46) Oversight of U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division and Federal Trade Commission H.R. 7737 (One Agency Act)
Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
Republican Study Committee FY24 budget proposal H.R. 2811 (Limit, Save, Grow Act) debt limit and offsets H.R. 3746 (Fiscal Responsibility Act) debt limit and offsets Republican Study Committee FY25 budget proposal
Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
Republican Study Committee FY24 budget proposal H.R. 2811 (Limit, Save, Grow Act) debt limit and offsets H.R. 3746 (Fiscal Responsibility Act) debt limit and offsets Republican Study Committee FY25 budget proposal
Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
Republican Study Committee FY24 budget proposal H.R. 2811 (Limit, Save, Grow Act) debt limit and offsets H.R. 3746 (Fiscal Responsibility Act) debt limit and offsets Republican Study Committee FY25 budget proposa
Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
Republican Study Committee FY24 budget proposal H.R. 2811 (Limit, Save, Grow Act) debt limit and offsets H.R. 3746 (Fiscal Responsibility Act) debt limit and offsets Republican Study Committee FY25 budget proposal
P Patent Trial and Appeal Board, including institution of proceedings, Fintiv/NHK and related procedures Patent-eligible subject matter Injunctive relief against patent infringers Standard Essential Royalty Act, to establish a patent licensing royalty rate-setting judicial panel disadvantageous to patent owners and favorable to patent infringers H.R. 3535 (Advancing Americas Interest Act) to disadvantageously change U.S. firms access to and treatment before the U.S. International Trade Commission when seeking Section 337 remedies blocking importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods S. 2321/H.R. 5893 (Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations, FY24) report language to erect barriers to Sec. 337 USITC remedies to block importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods Proposals to misuse Bayh-Dole Acts march-in against patent ownership rights based on product price Unilateral changes to Dept. of Energy funding agreements requiring headquarters review of any licensing agreement, undermining the Bayh-Dole Act Comments on Initiatives to Ensure the Robustness and Reliability of Patent Rights (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0025) Request for Comments Regarding Joint USPTO-FDA Collaboration Initiatives (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0037) Federal position on proposal at World Trade Organization to waive intellectual property protections due under Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement with regard to COVID-19-related inventions Comments on U.S. International Trade Commission Investigation No. 332-596, COVID-19 Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Supply, Demand, and TRIPS Agreement Flexibilities Comments on advance notice of proposed rulemaking, Changes Under Consideration to Discretionary Institution Practices, Petition Word-Count Limits, and Settlement Practices for America Invents Act Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Docket No. PTO-P-2020-0022) S. 2220/H.R. 4370 (Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act) Comments related to National Institutes of Health, Workshop on Transforming Discoveries into Products: Maximizing NIHs Levers to Catalyze Technology Transfer S. 2140 (Patent Eligibility Restoration Act) Mandatory customer stay that deprives patent owners of the ability to enforce their patent rights against all parties such as through injunctive relief and that would unfairly protect direct and contributory patent infringers, including large retail corporations Defending American Patents Act, which would punish U.S. patent owners with the loss of six years of patent protection for asserting their patent in a foreign court against an American patent infringer H.R. 5475 (Preventing Adversarial Patents Act), which would radically change from the hallmark of merit-based U.S. patent issuance, by adding denial or unenforceability of patents based on certain characteristics of the patentee Comments on U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Joint Collaboration Initiative Regarding Standards (Docket No. PTO-C-2023-0034) Digital copyright piracy, site-blocking injunction National Institute of Standards and Technology, Request for Information Regarding the Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights (Docket No. NIST-2023-0008) Comments to U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, regarding WIPO IGC Negotiations on Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge (Docket No.: PTO-C-2023-0019) H.R. 7476 (Countering Communist China Act) intellectual property provisions
Patent Trial and Appeal Board, including institution of proceedings, Fintiv/NHK and related procedures Patent-eligible subject matter Injunctive relief against patent infringers Standard Essential Royalty Act, to establish a patent licensing royalty rate-setting judicial panel disadvantageous to patent owners and favorable to patent infringers H.R. 3535 (Advancing Americas Interest Act) to disadvantageously change U.S. firms access to and treatment before the U.S. International Trade Commission when seeking Section 337 remedies blocking importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods S. 2321/H.R. 5893 (Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations, FY24) report language to erect barriers to Sec. 337 USITC remedies to block importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods Proposals to misuse Bayh-Dole Acts march-in against patent ownership rights based on product price Unilateral changes to Dept. of Energy funding agreements requiring headquarters review of any licensing agreement, undermining the Bayh-Dole Act Comments on Initiatives to Ensure the Robustness and Reliability of Patent Rights (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0025) Request for Comments Regarding Joint USPTO-FDA Collaboration Initiatives (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0037) Federal position on proposal at World Trade Organization to waive intellectual property protections due under Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement with regard to COVID-19-related inventions Comments on U.S. International Trade Commission Investigation No. 332-596, COVID-19 Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Supply, Demand, and TRIPS Agreement Flexibilities Comments on advance notice of proposed rulemaking, Changes Under Consideration to Discretionary Institution Practices, Petition Word-Count Limits, and Settlement Practices for America Invents Act Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Docket No. PTO-P-2020-0022) S. 2220/H.R. 4370 (Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act) Comments related to National Institutes of Health, Workshop on Transforming Discoveries into Products: Maximizing NIHs Levers to Catalyze Technology Transfer S. 2140 (Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA)) Mandatory customer stay that deprives patent owners of the ability to enforce their patent rights against all parties such as through injunctive relief and that would unfairly protect direct and contributory patent infringers, including large retail corporations Defending American Patents Act, which would punish U.S. patent owners with the loss of six years of patent protection for asserting their patent in a foreign court against an American patent infringer H.R. 5475 (Preventing Adversarial Patents Act), which would radically change from the hallmark of merit-based U.S. patent issuance, by adding denial or unenforceability of patents based on certain characteristics of the patentee Comments on U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Joint Collaboration Initiative Regarding Standards (Docket No. PTO-C-2023-0034) Digital copyright piracy, site-blocking injunction National Institute of Standards and Technology, Request for Information Regarding the Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights (Docket No. NIST-2023-0008) Comments to U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, regarding WIPO IGC Negotiations on Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge (Docket No.: PTO-C-2023-0019) H.R. 7476 (Countering Communist China Act) intellectual property provisions H.R. 8134 (Restoring Americas Leadership in Innovation Act) Comments to USPTO on Unlocking the Full Potential of Intellectual Property by Translating More Innovation to the Marketplace (Docket No. PTO-C-2024-0004) Comments to USPTO on Patent Trial and Appeal Board Rules of Practice for Briefing Discretionary Denial Issues, and Rules for 325(d) Considerations, Instituting Parallel and Serial Petitions, and Termination Due to Settlement Agreement (Docket No. PTO- P-2023-0048) Leadership in Critical and Emerging Technologies (CET) Act to expedite CET patent examination S. 1956 (Invent Here, Make Here Act) S. 4840/H.R. 9221 (RESTORE Patent Rights Act) Comments to USPTO on Terminal Disclaimer Practice to Obviate Nonstatutory Double Patenting (Docket No. PTO- P-2024-0003) S. 4875 (Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe (NO FAKES) Act) S. 2780 (Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act)
Patent Trial and Appeal Board, including institution of proceedings, Fintiv/NHK and related procedures Patent-eligible subject matter Injunctive relief against patent infringers Standard Essential Royalty Act, to establish a patent licensing royalty rate-setting judicial panel disadvantageous to patent owners and favorable to patent infringers H.R. 3535 (Advancing Americas Interest Act) to disadvantageously change U.S. firms access to and treatment before the U.S. International Trade Commission when seeking Section 337 remedies blocking importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods S. 2321/H.R. 5893 (Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations, FY24) report language to erect barriers to Sec. 337 USITC remedies to block importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods Proposals to misuse Bayh-Dole Acts march-in against patent ownership rights based on product price Unilateral changes to Dept. of Energy funding agreements requiring headquarters review of any licensing agreement, undermining the Bayh-Dole Act Comments on Initiatives to Ensure the Robustness and Reliability of Patent Rights (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0025) Request for Comments Regarding Joint USPTO-FDA Collaboration Initiatives (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0037) Federal position on proposal at World Trade Organization to waive intellectual property protections due under Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement with regard to COVID-19-related inventions Comments on U.S. International Trade Commission Investigation No. 332-596, COVID-19 Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Supply, Demand, and TRIPS Agreement Flexibilities Comments on advance notice of proposed rulemaking, Changes Under Consideration to Discretionary Institution Practices, Petition Word-Count Limits, and Settlement Practices for America Invents Act Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Docket No. PTO-P-2020-0022) S. 2220/H.R. 4370 (Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act) Comments related to National Institutes of Health, Workshop on Transforming Discoveries into Products: Maximizing NIHs Levers to Catalyze Technology Transfer S. 2140 (Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA)) Mandatory customer stay that deprives patent owners of the ability to enforce their patent rights against all parties such as through injunctive relief and that would unfairly protect direct and contributory patent infringers, including large retail corporations Defending American Patents Act, which would punish U.S. patent owners with the loss of six years of patent protection for asserting their patent in a foreign court against an American patent infringer H.R. 5475 (Preventing Adversarial Patents Act), which would radically change from the hallmark of merit-based U.S. patent issuance, by adding denial or unenforceability of patents based on certain characteristics of the patentee Comments on U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Joint Collaboration Initiative Regarding Standards (Docket No. PTO-C-2023-0034) Digital copyright piracy, site-blocking injunction National Institute of Standards and Technology, Request for Information Regarding the Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights (Docket No. NIST-2023-0008) Comments to U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, regarding WIPO IGC Negotiations on Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge (Docket No.: PTO-C-2023-0019) H.R. 7476 (Countering Communist China Act) intellectual property provisions H.R. 8134 (Restoring Americas Leadership in Innovation Act) Comments to USPTO on Unlocking the Full Potential of Intellectual Property by Translating More Innovation to the Marketplace (Docket No. PTO-C-2024-0004) Comments to USPTO on Patent Trial and Appeal Board Rules of Practice for Briefing Discretionary Denial Issues, and Rules for 325(d) Considerations, Instituting Parallel and Serial Petitions, and Termination Due to Settlement Agreement (Docket No. PTO- P-2023-0048) Leadership in Critical and Emerging Technologies (CET) Act to expedite CET patent examination S. 1956 (Invent Here, Make Here Act) S. 4840/H.R. 9221 (RESTORE Patent Rights Act) Comments to USPTO on Terminal Disclaimer Practice to Obviate Nonstatutory Double Patenting (Docket No. PTO- P-2024-0003) S. 4875 (Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe (NO FAKES) Act) S. 2780 (Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act)
CPT: Patent Trial and Appeal Board, including institution of proceedings, Fintiv/NHK and related procedures Patent-eligible subject matter Injunctive relief against patent infringers Standard Essential Royalty Act, to establish a patent licensing royalty rate-setting judicial panel disadvantageous to patent owners and favorable to patent infringers H.R. 3535 (Advancing Americas Interest Act) to disadvantageously change U.S. firms access to and treatment before the U.S. International Trade Commission when seeking Section 337 remedies blocking importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods S. 2321/H.R. 5893 (Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations, FY24) report language to erect barriers to Sec. 337 USITC remedies to block importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods Proposals to misuse Bayh-Dole Acts march-in against patent ownership rights based on product price Unilateral changes to Dept. of Energy funding agreements requiring headquarters review of any licensing agreement, undermining the Bayh-Dole Act Comments on Initiatives to Ensure the Robustness and Reliability of Patent Rights (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0025) Request for Comments Regarding Joint USPTO-FDA Collaboration Initiatives (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0037) Federal position on proposal at World Trade Organization to waive intellectual property protections due under Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement with regard to COVID-19-related inventions Comments on U.S. International Trade Commission Investigation No. 332-596, COVID-19 Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Supply, Demand, and TRIPS Agreement Flexibilities Comments on advance notice of proposed rulemaking, Changes Under Consideration to Discretionary Institution Practices, Petition Word-Count Limits, and Settlement Practices for America Invents Act Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Docket No. PTO-P-2020-0022) S. 2220/H.R. 4370 (Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act) Comments related to National Institutes of Health, Workshop on Transforming Discoveries into Products: Maximizing NIHs Levers to Catalyze Technology Transfer S. 2140 (Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA)) Mandatory customer stay that deprives patent owners of the ability to enforce their patent rights against all parties such as through injunctive relief and that would unfairly protect direct and contributory patent infringers, including large retail corporations Defending American Patents Act, which would punish U.S. patent owners with the loss of six years of patent protection for asserting their patent in a foreign court against an American patent infringer H.R. 5475 (Preventing Adversarial Patents Act), which would radically change from the hallmark of merit-based U.S. patent issuance, by adding denial or unenforceability of patents based on certain characteristics of the patentee Comments on U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Joint Collaboration Initiative Regarding Standards (Docket No. PTO-C-2023-0034) Digital copyright piracy, site-blocking injunction National Institute of Standards and Technology, Request for Information Regarding the Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights (Docket No. NIST-2023-0008) Comments to U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, regarding WIPO IGC Negotiations on Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge (Docket No.: PTO-C-2023-0019) H.R. 7476 (Countering Communist China Act) intellectual property provisions H.R. 8134 (Restoring Americas Leadership in Innovation Act) Comments to USPTO on Unlocking the Full Potential of Intellectual Property by Translating More Innovation to the Marketplace (Docket No. PTO-C-2024-0004) Comments to USPTO on Patent Trial and Appeal Board Rules of Practice for Briefing Discretionary Denial Issues, and Rules for 325(d) Considerations, Instituting Parallel and Serial Petitions, and Termination Due to Settlement Agreement (Docket No. PTO- P-2023-0048) Leadership in Critical and Emerging Technologies (CET) Act to expedite CET patent examination S. 1956 (Invent Here, Make Here Act)
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
H.J. Res. 27/S.J. Res. 7 (Congressional Review Act disapproval of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule issued by the Biden Environmental Protection Agency and the Corps of Engineers) H.R. 4394 (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act) provisions related to proscriptions on the Biden administrations Revised Definition of Waters of the United States
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
H.J. Res. 27/S.J. Res. 7 (Congressional Review Act disapproval of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule issued by the Biden Environmental Protection Agency and the Corps of Engineers) H.R. 4394 (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act) provisions related to proscriptions on the Biden administrations Revised Definition of Waters of the United States
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
RES: H.J. Res. 27/S.J. Res. 7 (Congressional Review Act disapproval of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule issued by the Biden Environmental Protection Agency and the Corps of Engineers) H.R. 4394 (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act) provisions related to proscriptions on the Biden administrations Revised Definition of Waters of the United States
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
H.J. Res. 27/S.J. Res. 7 (Congressional Review Act disapproval of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule issued by the Biden Environmental Protection Agency and the Corps of Engineers) H.R. 4394 (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act) provisions related to proscriptions on the Biden administrations Revised Definition of Waters of the United States
Choice in Automobile Retail Sales Act of 2023
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
H.R. 1435/S. 2090 (Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act) H.R. 4468/S. 3094 (Choice in Automobile Retail Sales (CARS) Act) Congressional Review Act resolution to overrule NHTSAs CAFE standards intended to force manufacturers to rely on electric vehicles
Choice in Automobile Retail Sales Act of 2023
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
H.R. 1435/S. 2090 (Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act) H.R. 4468/S. 3094 (Choice in Automobile Retail Sales (CARS) Act)
Choice in Automobile Retail Sales Act of 2023
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
H.R. 1435/S. 2090 (Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act) H.R. 4468/S. 3094 (Choice in Automobile Retail Sales (CARS) Act) H.J.Res. 199/H.J.Res. 194/S.J.Res. 104 (Congressional Review Act resolution to overrule NHTSAs CAFE standards intended to force manufacturers to rely on electric vehicles)
Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act of 2023
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
Price controls proposals regarding pharmaceuticals or other medical goods or services, including direct government price-setting, reduced reimbursement rates, and restrictions on beneficiary choice and plan or provider competition in government health programs or private insurance plans H.R. 485 (Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act) S. 1246/S. 1264 (Strengthening Medicare and Reducing Taxpayer (SMART) Prices Act) Senate HELP Committees 2023 Reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act, Sec. 601, BARDA reasonable pricing requirements, and Sec. 602, CDC reasonable pricing requirements, other contemplated "reasonable pricing price controls and patent prize schemes Repeal of Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), Sec. 5000D, drug price controls product price negotiation and 95% inflation penalty and IRA implementation S. 2305 (Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act) S. 2780 (Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act)
Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act of 2023
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
Price controls proposals regarding pharmaceuticals or other medical goods or services, including direct government price-setting, reduced reimbursement rates, and restrictions on beneficiary choice and plan or provider competition in government health programs or private insurance plans H.R. 485 (Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act) S. 1246/S. 1264 (Strengthening Medicare and Reducing Taxpayer (SMART) Prices Act) Senate HELP Committees 2023 Reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act, Sec. 601, BARDA reasonable pricing requirements, and Sec. 602, CDC reasonable pricing requirements, other contemplated "reasonable pricing price controls and patent prize schemes Repeal of Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), Sec. 5000D, drug price controls product price negotiation and 95% inflation penalty and IRA implementation
Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act of 2023
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
Price controls proposals regarding pharmaceuticals or other medical goods or services, including direct government price-setting, reduced reimbursement rates, and restrictions on beneficiary choice and plan or provider competition in government health programs or private insurance plans H.R. 485 (Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act) S. 1246/S. 1264 (Strengthening Medicare and Reducing Taxpayer (SMART) Prices Act) Senate HELP Committees 2023 Reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act, Sec. 601, BARDA reasonable pricing requirements, and Sec. 602, CDC reasonable pricing requirements, other contemplated "reasonable pricing price controls and patent prize schemes Repeal of Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), Sec. 5000D, drug price controls product price negotiation and 95% inflation penalty and IRA implementation S. 2305 (Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act) S. 2780 (Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act)
Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act of 2023
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
Price controls proposals regarding pharmaceuticals or other medical goods or services, including direct government price-setting, reduced reimbursement rates, and restrictions on beneficiary choice and plan or provider competition in government health programs or private insurance plans H.R. 485 (Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act) S. 1246/S. 1264 (Strengthening Medicare and Reducing Taxpayer (SMART) Prices Act) Senate HELP Committees 2023 Reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act, Sec. 601, BARDA reasonable pricing requirements, and Sec. 602, CDC reasonable pricing requirements, other contemplated "reasonable pricing price controls and patent prize schemes Repeal of Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) drug price controls product price negotiation and 95% inflation penalty and IRA implementation
Prohibiting Adversarial Patents Act of 2023
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
Patent Trial and Appeal Board, including institution of proceedings, Fintiv/NHK and related procedures Patent-eligible subject matter Injunctive relief against patent infringers Standard Essential Royalty Act, to establish a patent licensing royalty rate-setting judicial panel disadvantageous to patent owners and favorable to patent infringers H.R. 3535 (Advancing Americas Interest Act) to disadvantageously change U.S. firms access to and treatment before the U.S. International Trade Commission when seeking Section 337 remedies blocking importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods S. 2321/H.R. 5893 (Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations, FY24) report language to erect barriers to Sec. 337 USITC remedies to block importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods Proposals to misuse Bayh-Dole Acts march-in against patent ownership rights based on product price Unilateral changes to Dept. of Energy funding agreements requiring headquarters review of any licensing agreement, undermining the Bayh-Dole Act Comments on Initiatives to Ensure the Robustness and Reliability of Patent Rights (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0025) Request for Comments Regarding Joint USPTO-FDA Collaboration Initiatives (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0037) Federal position on proposal at World Trade Organization to waive intellectual property protections due under Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement with regard to COVID-19-related inventions Comments on U.S. International Trade Commission Investigation No. 332-596, COVID-19 Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Supply, Demand, and TRIPS Agreement Flexibilities Comments on advance notice of proposed rulemaking, Changes Under Consideration to Discretionary Institution Practices, Petition Word-Count Limits, and Settlement Practices for America Invents Act Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Docket No. PTO-P-2020-0022) S. 2220/H.R. 4370 (Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act) Comments related to National Institutes of Health, Workshop on Transforming Discoveries into Products: Maximizing NIHs Levers to Catalyze Technology Transfer S. 2140 (Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA)) Mandatory customer stay that deprives patent owners of the ability to enforce their patent rights against all parties such as through injunctive relief and that would unfairly protect direct and contributory patent infringers, including large retail corporations Defending American Patents Act, which would punish U.S. patent owners with the loss of six years of patent protection for asserting their patent in a foreign court against an American patent infringer H.R. 5475 (Preventing Adversarial Patents Act), which would radically change from the hallmark of merit-based U.S. patent issuance, by adding denial or unenforceability of patents based on certain characteristics of the patentee Comments on U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Joint Collaboration Initiative Regarding Standards (Docket No. PTO-C-2023-0034) Digital copyright piracy, site-blocking injunction National Institute of Standards and Technology, Request for Information Regarding the Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights (Docket No. NIST-2023-0008) Comments to U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, regarding WIPO IGC Negotiations on Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge (Docket No.: PTO-C-2023-0019) H.R. 7476 (Countering Communist China Act) intellectual property provisions H.R. 8134 (Restoring Americas Leadership in Innovation Act) Comments to USPTO on Unlocking the Full Potential of Intellectual Property by Translating More Innovation to the Marketplace (Docket No. PTO-C-2024-0004) Comments to USPTO on Patent Trial and Appeal Board Rules of Practice for Briefing Discretionary Denial Issues, and Rules for 325(d) Considerations, Instituting Parallel and Serial Petitions, and Termination Due to Settlement Agreement (Docket No. PTO- P-2023-0048) Leadership in Critical and Emerging Technologies (CET) Act to expedite CET patent examination S. 1956 (Invent Here, Make Here Act) S. 4840/H.R. 9221 (RESTORE Patent Rights Act) Comments to USPTO on Terminal Disclaimer Practice to Obviate Nonstatutory Double Patenting (Docket No. PTO- P-2024-0003) S. 4875 (Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe (NO FAKES) Act) S. 2780 (Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act)
Prohibiting Adversarial Patents Act of 2023
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
CPT: Patent Trial and Appeal Board, including institution of proceedings, Fintiv/NHK and related procedures Patent-eligible subject matter Injunctive relief against patent infringers Standard Essential Royalty Act, to establish a patent licensing royalty rate-setting judicial panel disadvantageous to patent owners and favorable to patent infringers H.R. 3535 (Advancing Americas Interest Act) to disadvantageously change U.S. firms access to and treatment before the U.S. International Trade Commission when seeking Section 337 remedies blocking importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods S. 2321/H.R. 5893 (Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations, FY24) report language to erect barriers to Sec. 337 USITC remedies to block importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods Proposals to misuse Bayh-Dole Acts march-in against patent ownership rights based on product price Unilateral changes to Dept. of Energy funding agreements requiring headquarters review of any licensing agreement, undermining the Bayh-Dole Act Comments on Initiatives to Ensure the Robustness and Reliability of Patent Rights (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0025) Request for Comments Regarding Joint USPTO-FDA Collaboration Initiatives (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0037) Federal position on proposal at World Trade Organization to waive intellectual property protections due under Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement with regard to COVID-19-related inventions Comments on U.S. International Trade Commission Investigation No. 332-596, COVID-19 Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Supply, Demand, and TRIPS Agreement Flexibilities Comments on advance notice of proposed rulemaking, Changes Under Consideration to Discretionary Institution Practices, Petition Word-Count Limits, and Settlement Practices for America Invents Act Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Docket No. PTO-P-2020-0022) S. 2220/H.R. 4370 (Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act) Comments related to National Institutes of Health, Workshop on Transforming Discoveries into Products: Maximizing NIHs Levers to Catalyze Technology Transfer S. 2140 (Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA)) Mandatory customer stay that deprives patent owners of the ability to enforce their patent rights against all parties such as through injunctive relief and that would unfairly protect direct and contributory patent infringers, including large retail corporations Defending American Patents Act, which would punish U.S. patent owners with the loss of six years of patent protection for asserting their patent in a foreign court against an American patent infringer H.R. 5475 (Preventing Adversarial Patents Act), which would radically change from the hallmark of merit-based U.S. patent issuance, by adding denial or unenforceability of patents based on certain characteristics of the patentee Comments on U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Joint Collaboration Initiative Regarding Standards (Docket No. PTO-C-2023-0034) Digital copyright piracy, site-blocking injunction National Institute of Standards and Technology, Request for Information Regarding the Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights (Docket No. NIST-2023-0008) Comments to U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, regarding WIPO IGC Negotiations on Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge (Docket No.: PTO-C-2023-0019) H.R. 7476 (Countering Communist China Act) intellectual property provisions H.R. 8134 (Restoring Americas Leadership in Innovation Act) Comments to USPTO on Unlocking the Full Potential of Intellectual Property by Translating More Innovation to the Marketplace (Docket No. PTO-C-2024-0004) Comments to USPTO on Patent Trial and Appeal Board Rules of Practice for Briefing Discretionary Denial Issues, and Rules for 325(d) Considerations, Instituting Parallel and Serial Petitions, and Termination Due to Settlement Agreement (Docket No. PTO- P-2023-0048) Leadership in Critical and Emerging Technologies (CET) Act to expedite CET patent examination S. 1956 (Invent Here, Make Here Act)
Prohibiting Adversarial Patents Act of 2023
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
Patent Trial and Appeal Board, including institution of proceedings, Fintiv/NHK and related procedures Patent-eligible subject matter Injunctive relief against patent infringers Standard Essential Royalty Act, to establish a patent licensing royalty rate-setting judicial panel disadvantageous to patent owners and favorable to patent infringers H.R. 3535 (Advancing Americas Interest Act) to disadvantageously change U.S. firms access to and treatment before the U.S. International Trade Commission when seeking Section 337 remedies blocking importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods S. 2321/H.R. 5893 (Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations, FY24) report language to erect barriers to Sec. 337 USITC remedies to block importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods Proposals to misuse Bayh-Dole Acts march-in against patent ownership rights based on product price Unilateral changes to Dept. of Energy funding agreements requiring headquarters review of any licensing agreement, undermining the Bayh-Dole Act Comments on Initiatives to Ensure the Robustness and Reliability of Patent Rights (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0025) Request for Comments Regarding Joint USPTO-FDA Collaboration Initiatives (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0037) Federal position on proposal at World Trade Organization to waive intellectual property protections due under Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement with regard to COVID-19-related inventions Comments on U.S. International Trade Commission Investigation No. 332-596, COVID-19 Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Supply, Demand, and TRIPS Agreement Flexibilities Comments on advance notice of proposed rulemaking, Changes Under Consideration to Discretionary Institution Practices, Petition Word-Count Limits, and Settlement Practices for America Invents Act Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Docket No. PTO-P-2020-0022) S. 2220/H.R. 4370 (Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act) Comments related to National Institutes of Health, Workshop on Transforming Discoveries into Products: Maximizing NIHs Levers to Catalyze Technology Transfer S. 2140 (Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA)) Mandatory customer stay that deprives patent owners of the ability to enforce their patent rights against all parties such as through injunctive relief and that would unfairly protect direct and contributory patent infringers, including large retail corporations Defending American Patents Act, which would punish U.S. patent owners with the loss of six years of patent protection for asserting their patent in a foreign court against an American patent infringer H.R. 5475 (Preventing Adversarial Patents Act), which would radically change from the hallmark of merit-based U.S. patent issuance, by adding denial or unenforceability of patents based on certain characteristics of the patentee Comments on U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Joint Collaboration Initiative Regarding Standards (Docket No. PTO-C-2023-0034) Digital copyright piracy, site-blocking injunction National Institute of Standards and Technology, Request for Information Regarding the Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights (Docket No. NIST-2023-0008) Comments to U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, regarding WIPO IGC Negotiations on Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge (Docket No.: PTO-C-2023-0019) H.R. 7476 (Countering Communist China Act) intellectual property provisions H.R. 8134 (Restoring Americas Leadership in Innovation Act) Comments to USPTO on Unlocking the Full Potential of Intellectual Property by Translating More Innovation to the Marketplace (Docket No. PTO-C-2024-0004) Comments to USPTO on Patent Trial and Appeal Board Rules of Practice for Briefing Discretionary Denial Issues, and Rules for 325(d) Considerations, Instituting Parallel and Serial Petitions, and Termination Due to Settlement Agreement (Docket No. PTO- P-2023-0048) Leadership in Critical and Emerging Technologies (CET) Act to expedite CET patent examination S. 1956 (Invent Here, Make Here Act) S. 4840/H.R. 9221 (RESTORE Patent Rights Act) Comments to USPTO on Terminal Disclaimer Practice to Obviate Nonstatutory Double Patenting (Docket No. PTO- P-2024-0003) S. 4875 (Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe (NO FAKES) Act) S. 2780 (Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act)
Prohibiting Adversarial Patents Act of 2023
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
P Patent Trial and Appeal Board, including institution of proceedings, Fintiv/NHK and related procedures Patent-eligible subject matter Injunctive relief against patent infringers Standard Essential Royalty Act, to establish a patent licensing royalty rate-setting judicial panel disadvantageous to patent owners and favorable to patent infringers H.R. 3535 (Advancing Americas Interest Act) to disadvantageously change U.S. firms access to and treatment before the U.S. International Trade Commission when seeking Section 337 remedies blocking importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods S. 2321/H.R. 5893 (Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations, FY24) report language to erect barriers to Sec. 337 USITC remedies to block importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods Proposals to misuse Bayh-Dole Acts march-in against patent ownership rights based on product price Unilateral changes to Dept. of Energy funding agreements requiring headquarters review of any licensing agreement, undermining the Bayh-Dole Act Comments on Initiatives to Ensure the Robustness and Reliability of Patent Rights (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0025) Request for Comments Regarding Joint USPTO-FDA Collaboration Initiatives (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0037) Federal position on proposal at World Trade Organization to waive intellectual property protections due under Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement with regard to COVID-19-related inventions Comments on U.S. International Trade Commission Investigation No. 332-596, COVID-19 Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Supply, Demand, and TRIPS Agreement Flexibilities Comments on advance notice of proposed rulemaking, Changes Under Consideration to Discretionary Institution Practices, Petition Word-Count Limits, and Settlement Practices for America Invents Act Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Docket No. PTO-P-2020-0022) S. 2220/H.R. 4370 (Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act) Comments related to National Institutes of Health, Workshop on Transforming Discoveries into Products: Maximizing NIHs Levers to Catalyze Technology Transfer S. 2140 (Patent Eligibility Restoration Act) Mandatory customer stay that deprives patent owners of the ability to enforce their patent rights against all parties such as through injunctive relief and that would unfairly protect direct and contributory patent infringers, including large retail corporations Defending American Patents Act, which would punish U.S. patent owners with the loss of six years of patent protection for asserting their patent in a foreign court against an American patent infringer H.R. 5475 (Preventing Adversarial Patents Act), which would radically change from the hallmark of merit-based U.S. patent issuance, by adding denial or unenforceability of patents based on certain characteristics of the patentee Comments on U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Joint Collaboration Initiative Regarding Standards (Docket No. PTO-C-2023-0034) Digital copyright piracy, site-blocking injunction National Institute of Standards and Technology, Request for Information Regarding the Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights (Docket No. NIST-2023-0008) Comments to U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, regarding WIPO IGC Negotiations on Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge (Docket No.: PTO-C-2023-0019) H.R. 7476 (Countering Communist China Act) intellectual property provisions
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
Patent Trial and Appeal Board, including institution of proceedings, Fintiv/NHK and related procedures Patent-eligible subject matter Injunctive relief against patent infringers Standard Essential Royalty Act, to establish a patent licensing royalty rate-setting judicial panel disadvantageous to patent owners and favorable to patent infringers H.R. 3535 (Advancing Americas Interest Act) to disadvantageously change U.S. firms access to and treatment before the U.S. International Trade Commission when seeking Section 337 remedies blocking importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods S. 2321/H.R. 5893 (Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations, FY24) report language to erect barriers to Sec. 337 USITC remedies to block importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods Proposals to misuse Bayh-Dole Acts march-in against patent ownership rights based on product price Unilateral changes to Dept. of Energy funding agreements requiring headquarters review of any licensing agreement, undermining the Bayh-Dole Act Comments on Initiatives to Ensure the Robustness and Reliability of Patent Rights (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0025) Request for Comments Regarding Joint USPTO-FDA Collaboration Initiatives (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0037) Federal position on proposal at World Trade Organization to waive intellectual property protections due under Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement with regard to COVID-19-related inventions Comments on U.S. International Trade Commission Investigation No. 332-596, COVID-19 Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Supply, Demand, and TRIPS Agreement Flexibilities Comments on advance notice of proposed rulemaking, Changes Under Consideration to Discretionary Institution Practices, Petition Word-Count Limits, and Settlement Practices for America Invents Act Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Docket No. PTO-P-2020-0022) S. 2220/H.R. 4370 (Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act) Comments related to National Institutes of Health, Workshop on Transforming Discoveries into Products: Maximizing NIHs Levers to Catalyze Technology Transfer S. 2140 (Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA)) Mandatory customer stay that deprives patent owners of the ability to enforce their patent rights against all parties such as through injunctive relief and that would unfairly protect direct and contributory patent infringers, including large retail corporations Defending American Patents Act, which would punish U.S. patent owners with the loss of six years of patent protection for asserting their patent in a foreign court against an American patent infringer H.R. 5475 (Preventing Adversarial Patents Act), which would radically change from the hallmark of merit-based U.S. patent issuance, by adding denial or unenforceability of patents based on certain characteristics of the patentee Comments on U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Joint Collaboration Initiative Regarding Standards (Docket No. PTO-C-2023-0034) Digital copyright piracy, site-blocking injunction National Institute of Standards and Technology, Request for Information Regarding the Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights (Docket No. NIST-2023-0008) Comments to U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, regarding WIPO IGC Negotiations on Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge (Docket No.: PTO-C-2023-0019) H.R. 7476 (Countering Communist China Act) intellectual property provisions H.R. 8134 (Restoring Americas Leadership in Innovation Act) Comments to USPTO on Unlocking the Full Potential of Intellectual Property by Translating More Innovation to the Marketplace (Docket No. PTO-C-2024-0004) Comments to USPTO on Patent Trial and Appeal Board Rules of Practice for Briefing Discretionary Denial Issues, and Rules for 325(d) Considerations, Instituting Parallel and Serial Petitions, and Termination Due to Settlement Agreement (Docket No. PTO- P-2023-0048) Leadership in Critical and Emerging Technologies (CET) Act to expedite CET patent examination S. 1956 (Invent Here, Make Here Act) S. 4840/H.R. 9221 (RESTORE Patent Rights Act) Comments to USPTO on Terminal Disclaimer Practice to Obviate Nonstatutory Double Patenting (Docket No. PTO- P-2024-0003) S. 4875 (Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe (NO FAKES) Act) S. 2780 (Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act)
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
Patent Trial and Appeal Board, including institution of proceedings, Fintiv/NHK and related procedures Patent-eligible subject matter Injunctive relief against patent infringers Standard Essential Royalty Act, to establish a patent licensing royalty rate-setting judicial panel disadvantageous to patent owners and favorable to patent infringers H.R. 3535 (Advancing Americas Interest Act) to disadvantageously change U.S. firms access to and treatment before the U.S. International Trade Commission when seeking Section 337 remedies blocking importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods S. 2321/H.R. 5893 (Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations, FY24) report language to erect barriers to Sec. 337 USITC remedies to block importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods Proposals to misuse Bayh-Dole Acts march-in against patent ownership rights based on product price Unilateral changes to Dept. of Energy funding agreements requiring headquarters review of any licensing agreement, undermining the Bayh-Dole Act Comments on Initiatives to Ensure the Robustness and Reliability of Patent Rights (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0025) Request for Comments Regarding Joint USPTO-FDA Collaboration Initiatives (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0037) Federal position on proposal at World Trade Organization to waive intellectual property protections due under Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement with regard to COVID-19-related inventions Comments on U.S. International Trade Commission Investigation No. 332-596, COVID-19 Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Supply, Demand, and TRIPS Agreement Flexibilities Comments on advance notice of proposed rulemaking, Changes Under Consideration to Discretionary Institution Practices, Petition Word-Count Limits, and Settlement Practices for America Invents Act Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Docket No. PTO-P-2020-0022) S. 2220/H.R. 4370 (Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act) Comments related to National Institutes of Health, Workshop on Transforming Discoveries into Products: Maximizing NIHs Levers to Catalyze Technology Transfer S. 2140 (Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA)) Mandatory customer stay that deprives patent owners of the ability to enforce their patent rights against all parties such as through injunctive relief and that would unfairly protect direct and contributory patent infringers, including large retail corporations Defending American Patents Act, which would punish U.S. patent owners with the loss of six years of patent protection for asserting their patent in a foreign court against an American patent infringer H.R. 5475 (Preventing Adversarial Patents Act), which would radically change from the hallmark of merit-based U.S. patent issuance, by adding denial or unenforceability of patents based on certain characteristics of the patentee Comments on U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Joint Collaboration Initiative Regarding Standards (Docket No. PTO-C-2023-0034) Digital copyright piracy, site-blocking injunction National Institute of Standards and Technology, Request for Information Regarding the Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights (Docket No. NIST-2023-0008) Comments to U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, regarding WIPO IGC Negotiations on Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge (Docket No.: PTO-C-2023-0019) H.R. 7476 (Countering Communist China Act) intellectual property provisions H.R. 8134 (Restoring Americas Leadership in Innovation Act) Comments to USPTO on Unlocking the Full Potential of Intellectual Property by Translating More Innovation to the Marketplace (Docket No. PTO-C-2024-0004) Comments to USPTO on Patent Trial and Appeal Board Rules of Practice for Briefing Discretionary Denial Issues, and Rules for 325(d) Considerations, Instituting Parallel and Serial Petitions, and Termination Due to Settlement Agreement (Docket No. PTO- P-2023-0048) Leadership in Critical and Emerging Technologies (CET) Act to expedite CET patent examination S. 1956 (Invent Here, Make Here Act) S. 4840/H.R. 9221 (RESTORE Patent Rights Act) Comments to USPTO on Terminal Disclaimer Practice to Obviate Nonstatutory Double Patenting (Docket No. PTO- P-2024-0003) S. 4875 (Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe (NO FAKES) Act) S. 2780 (Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act)
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
CPT: Patent Trial and Appeal Board, including institution of proceedings, Fintiv/NHK and related procedures Patent-eligible subject matter Injunctive relief against patent infringers Standard Essential Royalty Act, to establish a patent licensing royalty rate-setting judicial panel disadvantageous to patent owners and favorable to patent infringers H.R. 3535 (Advancing Americas Interest Act) to disadvantageously change U.S. firms access to and treatment before the U.S. International Trade Commission when seeking Section 337 remedies blocking importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods S. 2321/H.R. 5893 (Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations, FY24) report language to erect barriers to Sec. 337 USITC remedies to block importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods Proposals to misuse Bayh-Dole Acts march-in against patent ownership rights based on product price Unilateral changes to Dept. of Energy funding agreements requiring headquarters review of any licensing agreement, undermining the Bayh-Dole Act Comments on Initiatives to Ensure the Robustness and Reliability of Patent Rights (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0025) Request for Comments Regarding Joint USPTO-FDA Collaboration Initiatives (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0037) Federal position on proposal at World Trade Organization to waive intellectual property protections due under Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement with regard to COVID-19-related inventions Comments on U.S. International Trade Commission Investigation No. 332-596, COVID-19 Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Supply, Demand, and TRIPS Agreement Flexibilities Comments on advance notice of proposed rulemaking, Changes Under Consideration to Discretionary Institution Practices, Petition Word-Count Limits, and Settlement Practices for America Invents Act Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Docket No. PTO-P-2020-0022) S. 2220/H.R. 4370 (Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act) Comments related to National Institutes of Health, Workshop on Transforming Discoveries into Products: Maximizing NIHs Levers to Catalyze Technology Transfer S. 2140 (Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA)) Mandatory customer stay that deprives patent owners of the ability to enforce their patent rights against all parties such as through injunctive relief and that would unfairly protect direct and contributory patent infringers, including large retail corporations Defending American Patents Act, which would punish U.S. patent owners with the loss of six years of patent protection for asserting their patent in a foreign court against an American patent infringer H.R. 5475 (Preventing Adversarial Patents Act), which would radically change from the hallmark of merit-based U.S. patent issuance, by adding denial or unenforceability of patents based on certain characteristics of the patentee Comments on U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Joint Collaboration Initiative Regarding Standards (Docket No. PTO-C-2023-0034) Digital copyright piracy, site-blocking injunction National Institute of Standards and Technology, Request for Information Regarding the Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights (Docket No. NIST-2023-0008) Comments to U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, regarding WIPO IGC Negotiations on Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge (Docket No.: PTO-C-2023-0019) H.R. 7476 (Countering Communist China Act) intellectual property provisions H.R. 8134 (Restoring Americas Leadership in Innovation Act) Comments to USPTO on Unlocking the Full Potential of Intellectual Property by Translating More Innovation to the Marketplace (Docket No. PTO-C-2024-0004) Comments to USPTO on Patent Trial and Appeal Board Rules of Practice for Briefing Discretionary Denial Issues, and Rules for 325(d) Considerations, Instituting Parallel and Serial Petitions, and Termination Due to Settlement Agreement (Docket No. PTO- P-2023-0048) Leadership in Critical and Emerging Technologies (CET) Act to expedite CET patent examination S. 1956 (Invent Here, Make Here Act)
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
P Patent Trial and Appeal Board, including institution of proceedings, Fintiv/NHK and related procedures Patent-eligible subject matter Injunctive relief against patent infringers Standard Essential Royalty Act, to establish a patent licensing royalty rate-setting judicial panel disadvantageous to patent owners and favorable to patent infringers H.R. 3535 (Advancing Americas Interest Act) to disadvantageously change U.S. firms access to and treatment before the U.S. International Trade Commission when seeking Section 337 remedies blocking importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods S. 2321/H.R. 5893 (Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations, FY24) report language to erect barriers to Sec. 337 USITC remedies to block importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods Proposals to misuse Bayh-Dole Acts march-in against patent ownership rights based on product price Unilateral changes to Dept. of Energy funding agreements requiring headquarters review of any licensing agreement, undermining the Bayh-Dole Act Comments on Initiatives to Ensure the Robustness and Reliability of Patent Rights (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0025) Request for Comments Regarding Joint USPTO-FDA Collaboration Initiatives (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0037) Federal position on proposal at World Trade Organization to waive intellectual property protections due under Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement with regard to COVID-19-related inventions Comments on U.S. International Trade Commission Investigation No. 332-596, COVID-19 Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Supply, Demand, and TRIPS Agreement Flexibilities Comments on advance notice of proposed rulemaking, Changes Under Consideration to Discretionary Institution Practices, Petition Word-Count Limits, and Settlement Practices for America Invents Act Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Docket No. PTO-P-2020-0022) S. 2220/H.R. 4370 (Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act) Comments related to National Institutes of Health, Workshop on Transforming Discoveries into Products: Maximizing NIHs Levers to Catalyze Technology Transfer S. 2140 (Patent Eligibility Restoration Act) Mandatory customer stay that deprives patent owners of the ability to enforce their patent rights against all parties such as through injunctive relief and that would unfairly protect direct and contributory patent infringers, including large retail corporations Defending American Patents Act, which would punish U.S. patent owners with the loss of six years of patent protection for asserting their patent in a foreign court against an American patent infringer H.R. 5475 (Preventing Adversarial Patents Act), which would radically change from the hallmark of merit-based U.S. patent issuance, by adding denial or unenforceability of patents based on certain characteristics of the patentee Comments on U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Joint Collaboration Initiative Regarding Standards (Docket No. PTO-C-2023-0034) Digital copyright piracy, site-blocking injunction National Institute of Standards and Technology, Request for Information Regarding the Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights (Docket No. NIST-2023-0008) Comments to U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, regarding WIPO IGC Negotiations on Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge (Docket No.: PTO-C-2023-0019) H.R. 7476 (Countering Communist China Act) intellectual property provisions
Defense of Property Rights Act
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
H.R. 277 (REINS Act) regulatory reform to major rule H.R. 288(Separation of Powers Restoration Act) Administrative Procedure Act reforms to statutory interpretation H.R. 6758 (Defense of Property Rights Act) establishing a uniform, more efficient process for protecting property owners' Fifth Amendment rights H.R. 7455 (Sunset Act) regulatory reform for automatic expiration of rules and regulations after 10 years, unless Congress extends it
Defense of Property Rights Act
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
H.R. 277 (REINS Act) regulatory reform to major rule H.R. 288(Separation of Powers Restoration Act) Administrative Procedure Act reforms to statutory interpretation H.R. 6758 (Defense of Property Rights Act) establishing a uniform, more efficient process for protecting property owners' Fifth Amendment rights H.R. 7455 (Sunset Act) regulatory reform for automatic expiration of rules and regulations after 10 years, unless Congress extends it
Defense of Property Rights Act
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
H.R. 277 (REINS Act) regulatory reform to major rule H.R. 288(Separation of Powers Restoration Act) Administrative Procedure Act reforms to statutory interpretation H.R. 6758 (Defense of Property Rights Act) establishing a uniform, more efficient process for protecting property owners' Fifth Amendment rights H.R. 7455 (Sunset Act) regulatory reform for automatic expiration of rules and regulations after 10 years, unless Congress extends it
Defense of Property Rights Act
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
H.R. 277 (REINS Act) regulatory reform to major rule H.R. 288(Separation of Powers Restoration Act) Administrative Procedure Act reforms to statutory interpretation H.R. 6758 (Defense of Property Rights Act) establishing a uniform, more efficient process for protecting property owners' Fifth Amendment rights H.R. 7455 (Sunset Act) regulatory reform for automatic expiration of rules and regulations after 10 years, unless Congress extends it
H.R. 277 (REINS Act) regulatory reform to major rule H.R. 288(Separation of Powers Restoration Act) Administrative Procedure Act reforms to statutory interpretation H.R. 6758 (Defense of Property Rights Act) establishing a uniform, more efficient process for protecting property owners' Fifth Amendment rights H.R. 7455 (Sunset Act) regulatory reform for automatic expiration of rules and regulations after 10 years, unless Congress extends it
H.R. 277 (REINS Act) regulatory reform to major rule H.R. 288(Separation of Powers Restoration Act) Administrative Procedure Act reforms to statutory interpretation H.R. 6758 (Defense of Property Rights Act) establishing a uniform, more efficient process for protecting property owners' Fifth Amendment rights H.R. 7455 (Sunset Act) regulatory reform for automatic expiration of rules and regulations after 10 years, unless Congress extends it
H.R. 277 (REINS Act) regulatory reform to major rule H.R. 288(Separation of Powers Restoration Act) Administrative Procedure Act reforms to statutory interpretation H.R. 6758 (Defense of Property Rights Act) establishing a uniform, more efficient process for protecting property owners' Fifth Amendment rights H.R. 7455 (Sunset Act) regulatory reform for automatic expiration of rules and regulations after 10 years, unless Congress extends it
H.R. 277 (REINS Act) regulatory reform to major rule H.R. 288(Separation of Powers Restoration Act) Administrative Procedure Act reforms to statutory interpretation H.R. 6758 (Defense of Property Rights Act) establishing a uniform, more efficient process for protecting property owners' Fifth Amendment rights H.R. 7455 (Sunset Act) regulatory reform for automatic expiration of rules and regulations after 10 years, unless Congress extends it
Countering Communist China Act
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
CPT: Patent Trial and Appeal Board, including institution of proceedings, Fintiv/NHK and related procedures Patent-eligible subject matter Injunctive relief against patent infringers Standard Essential Royalty Act, to establish a patent licensing royalty rate-setting judicial panel disadvantageous to patent owners and favorable to patent infringers H.R. 3535 (Advancing Americas Interest Act) to disadvantageously change U.S. firms access to and treatment before the U.S. International Trade Commission when seeking Section 337 remedies blocking importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods S. 2321/H.R. 5893 (Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations, FY24) report language to erect barriers to Sec. 337 USITC remedies to block importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods Proposals to misuse Bayh-Dole Acts march-in against patent ownership rights based on product price Unilateral changes to Dept. of Energy funding agreements requiring headquarters review of any licensing agreement, undermining the Bayh-Dole Act Comments on Initiatives to Ensure the Robustness and Reliability of Patent Rights (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0025) Request for Comments Regarding Joint USPTO-FDA Collaboration Initiatives (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0037) Federal position on proposal at World Trade Organization to waive intellectual property protections due under Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement with regard to COVID-19-related inventions Comments on U.S. International Trade Commission Investigation No. 332-596, COVID-19 Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Supply, Demand, and TRIPS Agreement Flexibilities Comments on advance notice of proposed rulemaking, Changes Under Consideration to Discretionary Institution Practices, Petition Word-Count Limits, and Settlement Practices for America Invents Act Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Docket No. PTO-P-2020-0022) S. 2220/H.R. 4370 (Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act) Comments related to National Institutes of Health, Workshop on Transforming Discoveries into Products: Maximizing NIHs Levers to Catalyze Technology Transfer S. 2140 (Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA)) Mandatory customer stay that deprives patent owners of the ability to enforce their patent rights against all parties such as through injunctive relief and that would unfairly protect direct and contributory patent infringers, including large retail corporations Defending American Patents Act, which would punish U.S. patent owners with the loss of six years of patent protection for asserting their patent in a foreign court against an American patent infringer H.R. 5475 (Preventing Adversarial Patents Act), which would radically change from the hallmark of merit-based U.S. patent issuance, by adding denial or unenforceability of patents based on certain characteristics of the patentee Comments on U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Joint Collaboration Initiative Regarding Standards (Docket No. PTO-C-2023-0034) Digital copyright piracy, site-blocking injunction National Institute of Standards and Technology, Request for Information Regarding the Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights (Docket No. NIST-2023-0008) Comments to U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, regarding WIPO IGC Negotiations on Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge (Docket No.: PTO-C-2023-0019) H.R. 7476 (Countering Communist China Act) intellectual property provisions H.R. 8134 (Restoring Americas Leadership in Innovation Act) Comments to USPTO on Unlocking the Full Potential of Intellectual Property by Translating More Innovation to the Marketplace (Docket No. PTO-C-2024-0004) Comments to USPTO on Patent Trial and Appeal Board Rules of Practice for Briefing Discretionary Denial Issues, and Rules for 325(d) Considerations, Instituting Parallel and Serial Petitions, and Termination Due to Settlement Agreement (Docket No. PTO- P-2023-0048) Leadership in Critical and Emerging Technologies (CET) Act to expedite CET patent examination S. 1956 (Invent Here, Make Here Act)
Countering Communist China Act
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
Patent Trial and Appeal Board, including institution of proceedings, Fintiv/NHK and related procedures Patent-eligible subject matter Injunctive relief against patent infringers Standard Essential Royalty Act, to establish a patent licensing royalty rate-setting judicial panel disadvantageous to patent owners and favorable to patent infringers H.R. 3535 (Advancing Americas Interest Act) to disadvantageously change U.S. firms access to and treatment before the U.S. International Trade Commission when seeking Section 337 remedies blocking importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods S. 2321/H.R. 5893 (Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations, FY24) report language to erect barriers to Sec. 337 USITC remedies to block importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods Proposals to misuse Bayh-Dole Acts march-in against patent ownership rights based on product price Unilateral changes to Dept. of Energy funding agreements requiring headquarters review of any licensing agreement, undermining the Bayh-Dole Act Comments on Initiatives to Ensure the Robustness and Reliability of Patent Rights (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0025) Request for Comments Regarding Joint USPTO-FDA Collaboration Initiatives (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0037) Federal position on proposal at World Trade Organization to waive intellectual property protections due under Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement with regard to COVID-19-related inventions Comments on U.S. International Trade Commission Investigation No. 332-596, COVID-19 Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Supply, Demand, and TRIPS Agreement Flexibilities Comments on advance notice of proposed rulemaking, Changes Under Consideration to Discretionary Institution Practices, Petition Word-Count Limits, and Settlement Practices for America Invents Act Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Docket No. PTO-P-2020-0022) S. 2220/H.R. 4370 (Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act) Comments related to National Institutes of Health, Workshop on Transforming Discoveries into Products: Maximizing NIHs Levers to Catalyze Technology Transfer S. 2140 (Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA)) Mandatory customer stay that deprives patent owners of the ability to enforce their patent rights against all parties such as through injunctive relief and that would unfairly protect direct and contributory patent infringers, including large retail corporations Defending American Patents Act, which would punish U.S. patent owners with the loss of six years of patent protection for asserting their patent in a foreign court against an American patent infringer H.R. 5475 (Preventing Adversarial Patents Act), which would radically change from the hallmark of merit-based U.S. patent issuance, by adding denial or unenforceability of patents based on certain characteristics of the patentee Comments on U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Joint Collaboration Initiative Regarding Standards (Docket No. PTO-C-2023-0034) Digital copyright piracy, site-blocking injunction National Institute of Standards and Technology, Request for Information Regarding the Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights (Docket No. NIST-2023-0008) Comments to U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, regarding WIPO IGC Negotiations on Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge (Docket No.: PTO-C-2023-0019) H.R. 7476 (Countering Communist China Act) intellectual property provisions H.R. 8134 (Restoring Americas Leadership in Innovation Act) Comments to USPTO on Unlocking the Full Potential of Intellectual Property by Translating More Innovation to the Marketplace (Docket No. PTO-C-2024-0004) Comments to USPTO on Patent Trial and Appeal Board Rules of Practice for Briefing Discretionary Denial Issues, and Rules for 325(d) Considerations, Instituting Parallel and Serial Petitions, and Termination Due to Settlement Agreement (Docket No. PTO- P-2023-0048) Leadership in Critical and Emerging Technologies (CET) Act to expedite CET patent examination S. 1956 (Invent Here, Make Here Act) S. 4840/H.R. 9221 (RESTORE Patent Rights Act) Comments to USPTO on Terminal Disclaimer Practice to Obviate Nonstatutory Double Patenting (Docket No. PTO- P-2024-0003) S. 4875 (Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe (NO FAKES) Act) S. 2780 (Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act)
Countering Communist China Act
Client: CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS · Firm: JAMES EDWARDS
P Patent Trial and Appeal Board, including institution of proceedings, Fintiv/NHK and related procedures Patent-eligible subject matter Injunctive relief against patent infringers Standard Essential Royalty Act, to establish a patent licensing royalty rate-setting judicial panel disadvantageous to patent owners and favorable to patent infringers H.R. 3535 (Advancing Americas Interest Act) to disadvantageously change U.S. firms access to and treatment before the U.S. International Trade Commission when seeking Section 337 remedies blocking importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods S. 2321/H.R. 5893 (Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations, FY24) report language to erect barriers to Sec. 337 USITC remedies to block importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods Proposals to misuse Bayh-Dole Acts march-in against patent ownership rights based on product price Unilateral changes to Dept. of Energy funding agreements requiring headquarters review of any licensing agreement, undermining the Bayh-Dole Act Comments on Initiatives to Ensure the Robustness and Reliability of Patent Rights (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0025) Request for Comments Regarding Joint USPTO-FDA Collaboration Initiatives (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0037) Federal position on proposal at World Trade Organization to waive intellectual property protections due under Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement with regard to COVID-19-related inventions Comments on U.S. International Trade Commission Investigation No. 332-596, COVID-19 Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Supply, Demand, and TRIPS Agreement Flexibilities Comments on advance notice of proposed rulemaking, Changes Under Consideration to Discretionary Institution Practices, Petition Word-Count Limits, and Settlement Practices for America Invents Act Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Docket No. PTO-P-2020-0022) S. 2220/H.R. 4370 (Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act) Comments related to National Institutes of Health, Workshop on Transforming Discoveries into Products: Maximizing NIHs Levers to Catalyze Technology Transfer S. 2140 (Patent Eligibility Restoration Act) Mandatory customer stay that deprives patent owners of the ability to enforce their patent rights against all parties such as through injunctive relief and that would unfairly protect direct and contributory patent infringers, including large retail corporations Defending American Patents Act, which would punish U.S. patent owners with the loss of six years of patent protection for asserting their patent in a foreign court against an American patent infringer H.R. 5475 (Preventing Adversarial Patents Act), which would radically change from the hallmark of merit-based U.S. patent issuance, by adding denial or unenforceability of patents based on certain characteristics of the patentee Comments on U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Joint Collaboration Initiative Regarding Standards (Docket No. PTO-C-2023-0034) Digital copyright piracy, site-blocking injunction National Institute of Standards and Technology, Request for Information Regarding the Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights (Docket No. NIST-2023-0008) Comments to U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, regarding WIPO IGC Negotiations on Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge (Docket No.: PTO-C-2023-0019) H.R. 7476 (Countering Communist China Act) intellectual property provisions
CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS via JAMES EDWARDS
2024 · third_quarter · 3T
S. 1108/H.R. 7035 (Death Tax Repeal Act) Confiscatory tax schemes, e.g., capital gains tax rate increase, taxing trusts, step up in basis repeal, taxing unrealized assets at death (double death tax) Provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017: Full and immediate expensing (Section 168(k) of the Internal Revenue Code), full deductibility of research & development costs (Section 174), deductibility of depreciation and amortization costs (Section 163(j))
H.J. Res. 27/S.J. Res. 7 (Congressional Review Act disapproval of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule issued by the Biden Environmental Protection Agency and the Corps of Engineers) H.R. 4394 (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act) provisions related to proscriptions on the Biden administrations Revised Definition of Waters of the United States
H.R. 1 (Lower Energy Costs Act) H.R. 1615(Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act) H.R. 1640(Save Our Gas Stoves Act)
Antitrust Consumer welfare standard Federal Trade Commission regulatory excesses, such as antitrust merger reviews and challenges H.J. Res. 30/S.J. Res. 8 (Congressional Review Act disapproval of the ESG investment rule for employee retirement savings benefits, submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights) Draft Merger Guidelines for Public Comment (FTC-2023-0043-0001) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Premerger Notification; Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements (RIN No. 3084-AB46) Oversight of U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division and Federal Trade Commission S. 148 (Stop STALLING Act) S. 142 (Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act) S. 150 (Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act) H.R. 7737 (One Agency Act)
Price controls proposals regarding pharmaceuticals or other medical goods or services, including direct government price-setting, reduced reimbursement rates, and restrictions on beneficiary choice and plan or provider competition in government health programs or private insurance plans H.R. 485 (Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act) S. 1246/S. 1264 (Strengthening Medicare and Reducing Taxpayer (SMART) Prices Act) Senate HELP Committees 2023 Reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act, Sec. 601, BARDA reasonable pricing requirements, and Sec. 602, CDC reasonable pricing requirements, other contemplated "reasonable pricing price controls and patent prize schemes Repeal of Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), Sec. 5000D, drug price controls product price negotiation and 95% inflation penalty and IRA implementation S. 2305 (Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act) S. 2780 (Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act)
H.R. 277 (REINS Act) regulatory reform to major rule H.R. 288(Separation of Powers Restoration Act) Administrative Procedure Act reforms to statutory interpretation H.R. 6758 (Defense of Property Rights Act) establishing a uniform, more efficient process for protecting property owners' Fifth Amendment rights H.R. 7455 (Sunset Act) regulatory reform for automatic expiration of rules and regulations after 10 years, unless Congress extends it
Republican Study Committee FY24 budget proposal H.R. 2811 (Limit, Save, Grow Act) debt limit and offsets H.R. 3746 (Fiscal Responsibility Act) debt limit and offsets Republican Study Committee FY25 budget proposal
Patent Trial and Appeal Board, including institution of proceedings, Fintiv/NHK and related procedures Patent-eligible subject matter Injunctive relief against patent infringers Standard Essential Royalty Act, to establish a patent licensing royalty rate-setting judicial panel disadvantageous to patent owners and favorable to patent infringers H.R. 3535 (Advancing Americas Interest Act) to disadvantageously change U.S. firms access to and treatment before the U.S. International Trade Commission when seeking Section 337 remedies blocking importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods S. 2321/H.R. 5893 (Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations, FY24) report language to erect barriers to Sec. 337 USITC remedies to block importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods Proposals to misuse Bayh-Dole Acts march-in against patent ownership rights based on product price Unilateral changes to Dept. of Energy funding agreements requiring headquarters review of any licensing agreement, undermining the Bayh-Dole Act Comments on Initiatives to Ensure the Robustness and Reliability of Patent Rights (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0025) Request for Comments Regarding Joint USPTO-FDA Collaboration Initiatives (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0037) Federal position on proposal at World Trade Organization to waive intellectual property protections due under Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement with regard to COVID-19-related inventions Comments on U.S. International Trade Commission Investigation No. 332-596, COVID-19 Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Supply, Demand, and TRIPS Agreement Flexibilities Comments on advance notice of proposed rulemaking, Changes Under Consideration to Discretionary Institution Practices, Petition Word-Count Limits, and Settlement Practices for America Invents Act Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Docket No. PTO-P-2020-0022) S. 2220/H.R. 4370 (Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act) Comments related to National Institutes of Health, Workshop on Transforming Discoveries into Products: Maximizing NIHs Levers to Catalyze Technology Transfer S. 2140 (Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA)) Mandatory customer stay that deprives patent owners of the ability to enforce their patent rights against all parties such as through injunctive relief and that would unfairly protect direct and contributory patent infringers, including large retail corporations Defending American Patents Act, which would punish U.S. patent owners with the loss of six years of patent protection for asserting their patent in a foreign court against an American patent infringer H.R. 5475 (Preventing Adversarial Patents Act), which would radically change from the hallmark of merit-based U.S. patent issuance, by adding denial or unenforceability of patents based on certain characteristics of the patentee Comments on U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Joint Collaboration Initiative Regarding Standards (Docket No. PTO-C-2023-0034) Digital copyright piracy, site-blocking injunction National Institute of Standards and Technology, Request for Information Regarding the Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights (Docket No. NIST-2023-0008) Comments to U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, regarding WIPO IGC Negotiations on Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge (Docket No.: PTO-C-2023-0019) H.R. 7476 (Countering Communist China Act) intellectual property provisions H.R. 8134 (Restoring Americas Leadership in Innovation Act) Comments to USPTO on Unlocking the Full Potential of Intellectual Property by Translating More Innovation to the Marketplace (Docket No. PTO-C-2024-0004) Comments to USPTO on Patent Trial and Appeal Board Rules of Practice for Briefing Discretionary Denial Issues, and Rules for 325(d) Considerations, Instituting Parallel and Serial Petitions, and Termination Due to Settlement Agreement (Docket No. PTO- P-2023-0048) Leadership in Critical and Emerging Technologies (CET) Act to expedite CET patent examination S. 1956 (Invent Here, Make Here Act) S. 4840/H.R. 9221 (RESTORE Patent Rights Act) Comments to USPTO on Terminal Disclaimer Practice to Obviate Nonstatutory Double Patenting (Docket No. PTO- P-2024-0003) S. 4875 (Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe (NO FAKES) Act) S. 2780 (Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act)
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)
CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS via JAMES EDWARDS
2024 · third_quarter · 3T
S. 1108/H.R. 7035 (Death Tax Repeal Act) Confiscatory tax schemes, e.g., capital gains tax rate increase, taxing trusts, step up in basis repeal, taxing unrealized assets at death (double death tax) Provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017: Full and immediate expensing (Section 168(k) of the Internal Revenue Code), full deductibility of research & development costs (Section 174), deductibility of depreciation and amortization costs (Section 163(j))
H.J. Res. 27/S.J. Res. 7 (Congressional Review Act disapproval of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule issued by the Biden Environmental Protection Agency and the Corps of Engineers) H.R. 4394 (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act) provisions related to proscriptions on the Biden administrations Revised Definition of Waters of the United States
H.R. 1 (Lower Energy Costs Act) H.R. 1615(Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act) H.R. 1640(Save Our Gas Stoves Act)
Patent Trial and Appeal Board, including institution of proceedings, Fintiv/NHK and related procedures Patent-eligible subject matter Injunctive relief against patent infringers Standard Essential Royalty Act, to establish a patent licensing royalty rate-setting judicial panel disadvantageous to patent owners and favorable to patent infringers H.R. 3535 (Advancing Americas Interest Act) to disadvantageously change U.S. firms access to and treatment before the U.S. International Trade Commission when seeking Section 337 remedies blocking importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods S. 2321/H.R. 5893 (Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations, FY24) report language to erect barriers to Sec. 337 USITC remedies to block importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods Proposals to misuse Bayh-Dole Acts march-in against patent ownership rights based on product price Unilateral changes to Dept. of Energy funding agreements requiring headquarters review of any licensing agreement, undermining the Bayh-Dole Act Comments on Initiatives to Ensure the Robustness and Reliability of Patent Rights (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0025) Request for Comments Regarding Joint USPTO-FDA Collaboration Initiatives (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0037) Federal position on proposal at World Trade Organization to waive intellectual property protections due under Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement with regard to COVID-19-related inventions Comments on U.S. International Trade Commission Investigation No. 332-596, COVID-19 Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Supply, Demand, and TRIPS Agreement Flexibilities Comments on advance notice of proposed rulemaking, Changes Under Consideration to Discretionary Institution Practices, Petition Word-Count Limits, and Settlement Practices for America Invents Act Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Docket No. PTO-P-2020-0022) S. 2220/H.R. 4370 (Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act) Comments related to National Institutes of Health, Workshop on Transforming Discoveries into Products: Maximizing NIHs Levers to Catalyze Technology Transfer S. 2140 (Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA)) Mandatory customer stay that deprives patent owners of the ability to enforce their patent rights against all parties such as through injunctive relief and that would unfairly protect direct and contributory patent infringers, including large retail corporations Defending American Patents Act, which would punish U.S. patent owners with the loss of six years of patent protection for asserting their patent in a foreign court against an American patent infringer H.R. 5475 (Preventing Adversarial Patents Act), which would radically change from the hallmark of merit-based U.S. patent issuance, by adding denial or unenforceability of patents based on certain characteristics of the patentee Comments on U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Joint Collaboration Initiative Regarding Standards (Docket No. PTO-C-2023-0034) Digital copyright piracy, site-blocking injunction National Institute of Standards and Technology, Request for Information Regarding the Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights (Docket No. NIST-2023-0008) Comments to U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, regarding WIPO IGC Negotiations on Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge (Docket No.: PTO-C-2023-0019) H.R. 7476 (Countering Communist China Act) intellectual property provisions H.R. 8134 (Restoring Americas Leadership in Innovation Act) Comments to USPTO on Unlocking the Full Potential of Intellectual Property by Translating More Innovation to the Marketplace (Docket No. PTO-C-2024-0004) Comments to USPTO on Patent Trial and Appeal Board Rules of Practice for Briefing Discretionary Denial Issues, and Rules for 325(d) Considerations, Instituting Parallel and Serial Petitions, and Termination Due to Settlement Agreement (Docket No. PTO- P-2023-0048) Leadership in Critical and Emerging Technologies (CET) Act to expedite CET patent examination S. 1956 (Invent Here, Make Here Act) S. 4840/H.R. 9221 (RESTORE Patent Rights Act) Comments to USPTO on Terminal Disclaimer Practice to Obviate Nonstatutory Double Patenting (Docket No. PTO- P-2024-0003) S. 4875 (Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe (NO FAKES) Act) S. 2780 (Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act)
Price controls proposals regarding pharmaceuticals or other medical goods or services, including direct government price-setting, reduced reimbursement rates, and restrictions on beneficiary choice and plan or provider competition in government health programs or private insurance plans H.R. 485 (Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act) S. 1246/S. 1264 (Strengthening Medicare and Reducing Taxpayer (SMART) Prices Act) Senate HELP Committees 2023 Reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act, Sec. 601, BARDA reasonable pricing requirements, and Sec. 602, CDC reasonable pricing requirements, other contemplated "reasonable pricing price controls and patent prize schemes Repeal of Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), Sec. 5000D, drug price controls product price negotiation and 95% inflation penalty and IRA implementation S. 2305 (Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act) S. 2780 (Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act)
Republican Study Committee FY24 budget proposal H.R. 2811 (Limit, Save, Grow Act) debt limit and offsets H.R. 3746 (Fiscal Responsibility Act) debt limit and offsets Republican Study Committee FY25 budget proposal
H.R. 277 (REINS Act) regulatory reform to major rule H.R. 288(Separation of Powers Restoration Act) Administrative Procedure Act reforms to statutory interpretation H.R. 6758 (Defense of Property Rights Act) establishing a uniform, more efficient process for protecting property owners' Fifth Amendment rights H.R. 7455 (Sunset Act) regulatory reform for automatic expiration of rules and regulations after 10 years, unless Congress extends it
Antitrust Consumer welfare standard Federal Trade Commission regulatory excesses, such as antitrust merger reviews and challenges H.J. Res. 30/S.J. Res. 8 (Congressional Review Act disapproval of the ESG investment rule for employee retirement savings benefits, submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights) Draft Merger Guidelines for Public Comment (FTC-2023-0043-0001) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Premerger Notification; Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements (RIN No. 3084-AB46) Oversight of U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division and Federal Trade Commission S. 148 (Stop STALLING Act) S. 142 (Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act) S. 150 (Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act) H.R. 7737 (One Agency Act)
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES via JAMES EDWARDS
2024 · third_quarter · 3T
S. 1034/H.R. 2367 (Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act) Comments on Notification of Interim Guidance: Definitions of Broker and Bona Fide Agents (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-24923) Comments on Request for Comments on Broker and Freight Forwarder Financial Responsibility (Docket No. FMCSA-2016-0102) Commercial motor carrier regulatory policy issues, including freight fraud enforcement and Compliance Safety Accountability program H.R. 3039/S. 2671 (Deregulating Restrictions on Interstate Vehicles and Eighteen-Wheelers (DRIVE Act)) Supplemental comments on Request for Comment: Definitions of Broker and Bona Fide Agents (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0134) Supplemental comments on Extension of Comment Period on Broker and Freight Forwarder Financial Responsibility (Docket No. FMCSA-2016-0102-0139) Comments on Crash Preventability Determination Program (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0233) Comments on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), Automatic Emergency Braking Test Devices: Heavy Vehicle Automatic Emergency Braking (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0171) Final Rule, Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs: Addition of Oral Fluid Specimen Testing for Drugs (Docket No. DOT-OST-2021-0093-0420) Fiscal Years 2024 and 2025 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations, provisions relating to speed limiters on commercial vehicles, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and amendment to form a freight fraud task force in DOT Comments on Request for Comments on Appeal Process: Requests for Data Review (Docket No. FMCSA-2023-0190) H.R. 8505 (Household Goods Shipping Consumer Protection Act)
H.R. 9632 (Capital Access for Small Businesses Harmonization (CASH) Act)
H.R. 1440/S. 694 (Modern, Clean, and Safe Trucks Act)
Independent contracting H.R. 20/S. 567 (Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act) Nomination of Julie Su for Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor H.J.Res.98/S.J.Res.49 (joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act to nullify the National Labor Relations Boards (NLRB) Final Rule on Joint-Employer Status) H.J.Res. 116 (Congressional Review Act motion of disapproval of the Department of Labors Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act Rule)
H.R. 1435/S. 2090 (Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act) H.R. 4468/S. 3094 (Choice in Automobile Retail Sales (CARS) Act) H.J.Res. 199/H.J.Res. 194/S.J.Res. 104 (Congressional Review Act resolution to overrule NHTSAs CAFE standards intended to force manufacturers to rely on electric vehicles)
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
THE COMMITTEE FOR JUSTICE via JAMES EDWARDS
2024 · second_quarter · Q2
Antitrust Consumer welfare standard Federal Trade Commission regulatory excesses, including Hart-Scott-Rodino merger reviews, merger challenges S. 2033 (American Innovation and Choice Online Act) S. 1094 (Journalism Competition and Preservation Act) Open App Markets Act H.R. 3692 (Fair and Balanced FTC Act) Nominees Andrew Ferguson and Melissa Holyoak for Federal Trade Commissioners Draft Merger Guidelines for Public Comment (FTC-2023-0043-0001) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Premerger Notification; Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements (RIN No. 3084-AB46) Oversight of U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division and Federal Trade Commission H.R. 7737 (One Agency Act) S. 4308 (Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act) H.R. 8773 (FY2025 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill) provisions related to the Federal Trade Commission
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS via JAMES EDWARDS
2024 · second_quarter · Q2
S. 1108/H.R. 7035 (Death Tax Repeal Act) Confiscatory tax schemes, e.g., capital gains tax rate increase, taxing trusts, step up in basis repeal, taxing unrealized assets at death (double death tax) Provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017: Full and immediate expensing (Section 168(k) of the Internal Revenue Code), full deductibility of research & development costs (Section 174), deductibility of depreciation and amortization costs (Section 163(j))
CPT: Patent Trial and Appeal Board, including institution of proceedings, Fintiv/NHK and related procedures Patent-eligible subject matter Injunctive relief against patent infringers Standard Essential Royalty Act, to establish a patent licensing royalty rate-setting judicial panel disadvantageous to patent owners and favorable to patent infringers H.R. 3535 (Advancing Americas Interest Act) to disadvantageously change U.S. firms access to and treatment before the U.S. International Trade Commission when seeking Section 337 remedies blocking importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods S. 2321/H.R. 5893 (Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations, FY24) report language to erect barriers to Sec. 337 USITC remedies to block importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods Proposals to misuse Bayh-Dole Acts march-in against patent ownership rights based on product price Unilateral changes to Dept. of Energy funding agreements requiring headquarters review of any licensing agreement, undermining the Bayh-Dole Act Comments on Initiatives to Ensure the Robustness and Reliability of Patent Rights (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0025) Request for Comments Regarding Joint USPTO-FDA Collaboration Initiatives (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0037) Federal position on proposal at World Trade Organization to waive intellectual property protections due under Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement with regard to COVID-19-related inventions Comments on U.S. International Trade Commission Investigation No. 332-596, COVID-19 Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Supply, Demand, and TRIPS Agreement Flexibilities Comments on advance notice of proposed rulemaking, Changes Under Consideration to Discretionary Institution Practices, Petition Word-Count Limits, and Settlement Practices for America Invents Act Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Docket No. PTO-P-2020-0022) S. 2220/H.R. 4370 (Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act) Comments related to National Institutes of Health, Workshop on Transforming Discoveries into Products: Maximizing NIHs Levers to Catalyze Technology Transfer S. 2140 (Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA)) Mandatory customer stay that deprives patent owners of the ability to enforce their patent rights against all parties such as through injunctive relief and that would unfairly protect direct and contributory patent infringers, including large retail corporations Defending American Patents Act, which would punish U.S. patent owners with the loss of six years of patent protection for asserting their patent in a foreign court against an American patent infringer H.R. 5475 (Preventing Adversarial Patents Act), which would radically change from the hallmark of merit-based U.S. patent issuance, by adding denial or unenforceability of patents based on certain characteristics of the patentee Comments on U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Joint Collaboration Initiative Regarding Standards (Docket No. PTO-C-2023-0034) Digital copyright piracy, site-blocking injunction National Institute of Standards and Technology, Request for Information Regarding the Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights (Docket No. NIST-2023-0008) Comments to U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, regarding WIPO IGC Negotiations on Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge (Docket No.: PTO-C-2023-0019) H.R. 7476 (Countering Communist China Act) intellectual property provisions H.R. 8134 (Restoring Americas Leadership in Innovation Act) Comments to USPTO on Unlocking the Full Potential of Intellectual Property by Translating More Innovation to the Marketplace (Docket No. PTO-C-2024-0004) Comments to USPTO on Patent Trial and Appeal Board Rules of Practice for Briefing Discretionary Denial Issues, and Rules for 325(d) Considerations, Instituting Parallel and Serial Petitions, and Termination Due to Settlement Agreement (Docket No. PTO- P-2023-0048) Leadership in Critical and Emerging Technologies (CET) Act to expedite CET patent examination S. 1956 (Invent Here, Make Here Act)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES via JAMES EDWARDS
2024 · second_quarter · Q2
TRA: S. 1034/H.R. 2367 (Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act) Comments on Notification of Interim Guidance: Definitions of Broker and Bona Fide Agents (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-24923) Comments on Request for Comments on Broker and Freight Forwarder Financial Responsibility (Docket No. FMCSA-2016-0102) Commercial motor carrier regulatory policy issues, including freight fraud enforcement and Compliance Safety Accountability program H.R. 3039/S. 2671 (Deregulating Restrictions on Interstate Vehicles and Eighteen-Wheelers (DRIVE Act)) Supplemental comments on Request for Comment: Definitions of Broker and Bona Fide Agents (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0134) Supplemental comments on Extension of Comment Period on Broker and Freight Forwarder Financial Responsibility (Docket No. FMCSA-2016-0102-0139) Comments on Crash Preventability Determination Program (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0233) Comments on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), Automatic Emergency Braking Test Devices: Heavy Vehicle Automatic Emergency Braking (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0171) Final Rule, Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs: Addition of Oral Fluid Specimen Testing for Drugs (Docket No. DOT-OST-2021-0093-0420) Fiscal Years 2024 and 2025 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations, provisions relating to speed limiters on commercial vehicles, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Comments on Request for Comments on Appeal Process: Requests for Data Review (Docket No. FMCSA-2023-0190) H.R. 8505 (Household Goods Shipping Consumer Protection Act)
CENTRIPETAL NETWORKS, INC. via JAMES EDWARDS
2024 · first_quarter · 1T
Patent infringement issues Patent Trial & Appeal Board procedures, practices, lack of fairness, due process, and impartiality Advance notice of proposed rulemaking, Changes Under Consideration to Discretionary Institution Practices, Petition Word-Count Limits, and Settlement Practices for America Invents Act Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Docket No. PTO-P-2020-0022)
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE
THE COMMITTEE FOR JUSTICE via JAMES EDWARDS
2024 · first_quarter · Q1
Antitrust Consumer welfare standard Federal Trade Commission regulatory excesses, including Hart-Scott-Rodino merger reviews, merger challenges American Innovation and Choice Online Act S. 1094 (Journalism Competition and Preservation Act) Open App Markets Act H.R. 3692 (Fair and Balanced FTC Act) Nominees Andrew Ferguson and Melissa Holyoak for Federal Trade Commissioners Draft Merger Guidelines for Public Comment (FTC-2023-0043-0001) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Premerger Notification; Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements (RIN No. 3084-AB46) Oversight of U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division and Federal Trade Commission H.R. 7737 (One Agency Act)
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS via JAMES EDWARDS
2024 · first_quarter · Q1
H.J. Res. 27/S.J. Res. 7 (Congressional Review Act disapproval of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule issued by the Biden Environmental Protection Agency and the Corps of Engineers) H.R. 4394 (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act) provisions related to proscriptions on the Biden administrations Revised Definition of Waters of the United States
H.R. 277 (REINS Act) regulatory reform to major rule H.R. 288(Separation of Powers Restoration Act) Administrative Procedure Act reforms to statutory interpretation H.R. 6758 (Defense of Property Rights Act) establishing a uniform, more efficient process for protecting property owners' Fifth Amendment rights H.R. 7455 (Sunset Act) regulatory reform for automatic expiration of rules and regulations after 10 years, unless Congress extends it
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES via JAMES EDWARDS
2024 · first_quarter · Q1
H.R. 1440/S. 694 (Modern, Clean, and Safe Trucks Act)
H.R. 1435/S. 2090 (Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act) H.R. 4468/S. 3094 (Choice in Automobile Retail Sales (CARS) Act)
S. 1034/H.R. 2367 (Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act) Comments on Notification of Interim Guidance: Definitions of Broker and Bona Fide Agents (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-24923) Comments on Request for Comments on Broker and Freight Forwarder Financial Responsibility (Docket No. FMCSA-2016-0102) Commercial motor carrier regulatory policy issues, including freight fraud enforcement and Compliance Safety Accountability program H.R. 3039/S. 2671 (Deregulating Restrictions on Interstate Vehicles and Eighteen-Wheelers (DRIVE Act)) Supplemental comments on Request for Comment: Definitions of Broker and Bona Fide Agents (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0134) Supplemental comments on Extension of Comment Period on Broker and Freight Forwarder Financial Responsibility (Docket No. FMCSA-2016-0102-0139) Comments on Crash Preventability Determination Program (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0233) Comments on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), Automatic Emergency Braking Test Devices: Heavy Vehicle Automatic Emergency Braking (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0171) Final Rule, Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs: Addition of Oral Fluid Specimen Testing for Drugs (Docket No. DOT-OST-2021-0093-0420) Fiscal Years 2024 and 2025 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations, provisions relating to speed limiters on commercial vehicles Comments on Request for Comments on Appeal Process: Requests for Data Review (Docket No. FMCSA-2023-0190
CENTRIPETAL NETWORKS, INC. via JAMES EDWARDS
2023 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Patent infringement issues Patent Trial & Appeal Board procedures, practices, lack of fairness, due process, and impartiality Advance notice of proposed rulemaking, Changes Under Consideration to Discretionary Institution Practices, Petition Word-Count Limits, and Settlement Practices for America Invents Act Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Docket No. PTO-P-2020-0022)
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE
THE COMMITTEE FOR JUSTICE via JAMES EDWARDS
2023 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Antitrust Consumer welfare standard Federal Trade Commission regulatory excesses, including Hart-Scott-Rodino merger reviews, merger challenges American Innovation and Choice Online Act S. 1094 (Journalism Competition and Preservation Act) Open App Markets Act H.R. 3692 (Fair and Balanced FTC Act) Nominees Andrew Ferguson and Melissa Holyoak for Federal Trade Commissioners Draft Merger Guidelines for Public Comment (FTC-2023-0043-0001) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Premerger Notification; Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements (RIN No. 3084-AB46) Oversight of U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS via JAMES EDWARDS
2023 · fourth_quarter · Q4
H.R. 277 (REINS Act) regulatory reform to major rule H.R. 288(Separation of Powers Restoration Act) Administrative Procedure Act reforms to statutory interpretation H.R. 6758 (Defense of Property Rights Act) establishing a uniform, more efficient process for protecting property owners' Fifth Amendment rights
Price controls proposals regarding pharmaceuticals or other medical goods or services, including direct government price-setting, reduced reimbursement rates, and restrictions on beneficiary choice and plan or provider competition in government health programs or private insurance plans H.R. 485 (Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act) S. 1246/S. 1264 (Strengthening Medicare and Reducing Taxpayer (SMART) Prices Act) Senate HELP Committees 2023 Reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act, Sec. 601, BARDA reasonable pricing requirements, and Sec. 602, CDC reasonable pricing requirements, other contemplated "reasonable pricing price controls and patent prize schemes Repeal of Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) drug price controls product price negotiation and 95% inflation penalty and IRA implementation
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES via JAMES EDWARDS
2023 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Independent contracting H.R. 20/S. 567 (Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act) Nomination of Julie Su for Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor H.J.Res.98/S.J.Res.49 (joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act to nullify the National Labor Relations Boards (NLRB) Final Rule on Joint-Employer Status)
H.R. 1435/S. 2090 (Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act) H.R. 4468/S. 3094 (Choice in Automobile Retail Sales (CARS) Act)
S. 1034/H.R. 2367 (Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act) Comments on Notification of Interim Guidance: Definitions of Broker and Bona Fide Agents (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-24923) Comments on Request for Comments on Broker and Freight Forwarder Financial Responsibility (Docket No. FMCSA-2016-0102) Commercial motor carrier regulatory policy issues, including freight fraud enforcement and Compliance Safety Accountability program H.R. 3039/S. 2671 (Deregulating Restrictions on Interstate Vehicles and Eighteen-Wheelers (DRIVE Act)) Supplemental comments on Request for Comment: Definitions of Broker and Bona Fide Agents (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0134) Supplemental comments on Extension of Comment Period on Broker and Freight Forwarder Financial Responsibility (Docket No. FMCSA-2016-0102-0139) Comments on Crash Preventability Determination Program (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0233) Comments on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), Automatic Emergency Braking Test Devices: Heavy Vehicle Automatic Emergency Braking (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0171) Final Rule, Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs: Addition of Oral Fluid Specimen Testing for Drugs (Docket No. DOT-OST-2021-0093-0420) Fiscal Year 2024 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations, provisions relating to speed limiters on commercial vehicles Comments on Request for Comments on Appeal Process: Requests for Data Review (Docket No. FMCSA-2023-0190)
CENTRIPETAL NETWORKS, INC. via JAMES EDWARDS
2023 · third_quarter · Q3
Patent infringement issues Patent Trial & Appeal Board procedures, practices, lack of fairness, due process, and impartiality Advance notice of proposed rulemaking, Changes Under Consideration to Discretionary Institution Practices, Petition Word-Count Limits, and Settlement Practices for America Invents Act Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Docket No. PTO-P-2020-0022)
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE
THE COMMITTEE FOR JUSTICE via JAMES EDWARDS
2023 · third_quarter · Q3
Antitrust Consumer welfare standard Federal Trade Commission regulatory excesses, including Hart-Scott-Rodino merger reviews, merger challenges American Innovation and Choice Online Act S. 1094 (Journalism Competition and Preservation Act) Open App Markets Act H.R. 3692 (Fair and Balanced FTC Act) Nominees Andrew Ferguson and Melissa Holyoak for Federal Trade Commissioners Draft Merger Guidelines for Public Comment (FTC-2023-0043-0001) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Premerger Notification; Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements (RIN No. 3084-AB46)
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS via JAMES EDWARDS
2023 · third_quarter · Q3
Patent Trial and Appeal Board, including institution of proceedings, Fintiv/NHK and related procedures Patent-eligible subject matter Injunctive relief against patent infringers Standard Essential Royalty Act, to establish a patent licensing royalty rate-setting judicial panel disadvantageous to patent owners and favorable to patent infringers H.R. 3535 (Advancing Americas Interest Act) to disadvantageously change U.S. firms access to and treatment before the U.S. International Trade Commission when seeking Section 337 remedies blocking importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods S. 2321/H.R.__ (Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations, FY24) report language to erect barriers to Sec. 337 USITC remedies to block importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods Proposals to misuse Bayh-Dole Acts march-in against patent ownership rights based on product price Unilateral changes to Dept. of Energy funding agreements requiring headquarters review of any licensing agreement, undermining the Bayh-Dole Act Comments on Initiatives to Ensure the Robustness and Reliability of Patent Rights (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0025) Request for Comments Regarding Joint USPTO-FDA Collaboration Initiatives (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0037) Federal position on proposal at World Trade Organization to waive intellectual property protections due under Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement with regard to COVID-19-related inventions Comments on U.S. International Trade Commission Investigation No. 332-596, COVID-19 Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Supply, Demand, and TRIPS Agreement Flexibilities Comments on advance notice of proposed rulemaking, Changes Under Consideration to Discretionary Institution Practices, Petition Word-Count Limits, and Settlement Practices for America Invents Act Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Docket No. PTO-P-2020-0022) S. 2220/H.R. 4370 (Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act) Comments related to National Institutes of Health, Workshop on Transforming Discoveries into Products: Maximizing NIHs Levers to Catalyze Technology Transfer S. 2140 (Patent Eligibility Restoration Act) Mandatory customer stay that deprives patent owners of the ability to enforce their patent rights against all parties such as through injunctive relief and that would unfairly protect direct and contributory patent infringers, including large retail corporations Defending American Patents Act, which would punish U.S. patent owners with the loss of six years of patent protection for asserting their patent in a foreign court against an American patent infringer
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES via JAMES EDWARDS
2023 · third_quarter · Q3
Independent contracting H.R. 20/S. 567 (Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act) Nomination of Julie Su for Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor
S. 1034/H.R. 2367 (Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act) Comments on Notification of Interim Guidance: Definitions of Broker and Bona Fide Agents (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-24923) Comments on Request for Comments on Broker and Freight Forwarder Financial Responsibility (Docket No. FMCSA-2016-0102) Commercial motor carrier regulatory policy issues, including freight fraud enforcement and Compliance Safety Accountability program H.R. 3039/S. 2671 (Deregulating Restrictions on Interstate Vehicles and Eighteen-Wheelers (DRIVE Act)) Supplemental comments on Request for Comment: Definitions of Broker and Bona Fide Agents (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0134) Supplemental comments on Extension of Comment Period on Broker and Freight Forwarder Financial Responsibility (Docket No. FMCSA-2016-0102-0139) Comments on Crash Preventability Determination Program (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0233) Comments on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), Automatic Emergency Braking Test Devices: Heavy Vehicle Automatic Emergency Braking (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0171) Final Rule, Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs: Addition of Oral Fluid Specimen Testing for Drugs (Docket No. DOT-OST-2021-0093-0420) Fiscal Year 2024 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations, provisions relating to speed limiters on commercial vehicles Independent contracting H.R. 20/S. 567 (Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act) Nomination of Julie Su for Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor H.R. 1435/S. 2090 (Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act) H.R. 4468 (Choice in Automobile Retail Sales (CARS) Act)
CENTRIPETAL NETWORKS, INC. via JAMES EDWARDS
2023 · second_quarter · Q2
Patent infringement issues Patent Trial & Appeal Board procedures, practices, lack of fairness, due process, and impartiality Advance notice of proposed rulemaking, Changes Under Consideration to Discretionary Institution Practices, Petition Word-Count Limits, and Settlement Practices for America Invents Act Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Docket No. PTO-P-2020-0022)
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE
THE COMMITTEE FOR JUSTICE via JAMES EDWARDS
2023 · second_quarter · Q2
Consumer welfare standard Federal Trade Commission regulatory excesses, including Hart-Scott-Rodino merger reviews, merger challenges American Innovation and Choice Online Act S. 1094 (Journalism Competition and Preservation Act) Open App Markets Act H.R. 3692 (Fair and Balanced FTC Act) Nominees for Federal Trade Commissioners
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
THE COMMITTEE FOR JUSTICE via JAMES EDWARDS
2023 · second_quarter · Q2
Consumer welfare standard Federal Trade Commission regulatory excesses, including Hart-Scott-Rodino merger reviews, merger challenges American Innovation and Choice Online Act S. 1094 (Journalism Competition and Preservation Act) Open App Markets Act H.R. 3692 (Fair and Balanced FTC Act) Nominees for Federal Trade Commissioners
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS via JAMES EDWARDS
2023 · second_quarter · Q2
H.J. Res. 27/S.J. Res. 7 (Congressional Review Act disapproval of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule issued by the Biden Environmental Protection Agency and the Corps of Engineers)
Patent Trial and Appeal Board, including institution of proceedings, Fintiv/NHK and related procedures Patent-eligible subject matter Injunctive relief against patent infringers Standard Essential Royalty Act, to establish a patent licensing royalty rate-setting judicial panel disadvantageous to patent owners and favorable to patent infringers Advancing Americas Interest Act, to disadvantageously change U.S. firms access to and treatment before the U.S. International Trade Commission when seeking Section 337 remedies blocking importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods Proposals to misuse Bayh-Dole Acts march-in against patent ownership rights based on product price Unilateral changes to Dept. of Energy funding agreements requiring headquarters review of any licensing agreement, undermining the Bayh-Dole Act Comments on Initiatives to Ensure the Robustness and Reliability of Patent Rights (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0025) Request for Comments Regarding Joint USPTO-FDA Collaboration Initiatives (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0037) Federal position on proposal at World Trade Organization to waive intellectual property protections due under Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement with regard to COVID-19-related inventions Comments on U.S. International Trade Commission Investigation No. 332-596, COVID-19 Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Supply, Demand, and TRIPS Agreement Flexibilities Comments on advance notice of proposed rulemaking, Changes Under Consideration to Discretionary Institution Practices, Petition Word-Count Limits, and Settlement Practices for America Invents Act Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Docket No. PTO-P-2020-0022) H.R. 4370 (Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES via JAMES EDWARDS
2023 · second_quarter · Q2
Independent contracting H.R. 20/S. 567 (Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act) Nomination of Julie Su for Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor
S. 1034/H.R. 2367 (Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act) Comments on Notification of Interim Guidance: Definitions of Broker and Bona Fide Agents (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-24923) Comments on Request for Comments on Broker and Freight Forwarder Financial Responsibility (Docket No. FMCSA-2016-0102) Commercial motor carrier regulatory policy issues, including freight fraud enforcement and Compliance Safety Accountability program H.R. 3039 (Deregulating Restrictions on Interstate Vehicles and Eighteen-Wheelers (DRIVE Act)) Supplemental comments on Request for Comment: Definitions of Broker and Bona Fide Agents (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0134) Supplemental comments on Extension of Comment Period on Broker and Freight Forwarder Financial Responsibility (Docket No. FMCSA-2016-0102-0139) Comments on Crash Preventability Determination Program (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0233)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES via JAMES EDWARDS
2023 · first_quarter · Q1
H.R. 20/S. 567 (Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act)
Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act Comments on Notification of Interim Guidance: Definitions of Broker and Bona Fide Agents (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-24923) Comments on Request for Comments on Broker and Freight Forwarder Financial Responsibility (Docket No. FMCSA-2016-0102) Commercial motor carrier regulatory policy issues, including freight fraud, speed limiter mandate, Compliance Safety Accountability program
Filing targets: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS via JAMES EDWARDS
2023 · first_quarter · Q1
Confiscatory tax schemes, including capital gains tax rate increase, taxing trusts, step up in basis repeal, and taxing unrealized assets upon death (double death tax)
Patent Trial and Appeal Board, including institution of proceedings, Fintiv/NHK and related procedures Patent-eligible subject matter Injunctive relief against patent infringers Standard Essential Royalty Act, to establish a patent licensing royalty rate-setting judicial panel disadvantageous to patent owners and favorable to patent infringers Advancing Americas Interest Act, to disadvantageously change U.S. firms access to and treatment before the U.S. International Trade Commission when seeking Section 337 remedies blocking importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods Proposals to misuse Bayh-Dole Acts march-in against patent ownership rights based on product price Comments on Initiatives to Ensure the Robustness and Reliability of Patent Rights (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0025) Request for Comments Regarding Joint USPTO-FDA Collaboration Initiatives (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0037) Federal position on proposal at World Trade Organization to waive intellectual property protections due under Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement with regard to COVID-19-related inventions
THE COMMITTEE FOR JUSTICE via JAMES EDWARDS
2023 · first_quarter · Q1
Consumer welfare standard Federal Trade Commission regulatory excesses, including Hart-Scott-Rodino merger reviews, merger challenges American Innovation and Choice Online Act Journalism Competition and Preservation Act Open App Markets Act
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
CENTRIPETAL NETWORKS, INC. via JAMES EDWARDS
2023 · first_quarter · Q1
Patent Trial & Appeal Board procedures, practices, lack of fairness, due process, and impartiality
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS via JAMES EDWARDS
2022 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Republican Study Committee FY23 budget Blueprint to Save America
S. 617/H.R. 1712 (Death Tax Repeal Act) Tax provisions, namely capital gains confiscatory scheme, in Biden "American Families Plan S.Con.Res. 14 (FY 2022 Budget Resolution) tax provisions for capital gains tax rate increase, taxing trusts, step up in basis repeal, taxing unrealized assets upon death (double death tax), 95 percent tax on those pharmaceuticals sold at fair market value H.R. 5376, Inflation Reduction Act, and subsequent versions of FY 2022 Budget Reconciliation tax provisions for capital gains tax rate increase, taxing trusts, step up in basis repeal, taxing unrealized assets upon death (double death tax), taxing unrealized capital gains, accelerated expiration of current estate and gift tax exemption levels, tax treatment changes of grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATS), valuation rules changes that ignore discounts from partial ownership or lack of control of an asset, 95 percent excise tax on those gross sales pharmaceuticals sold at fair market value H.R. 5649 (BEAT CHINA Act) Tax proposals, such as unrealized capital gains confiscatory wealth tax scheme, in Biden FY23 budget proposal, and the so-called Billionaire Minimum Income Tax (which kicks in at $100 million and well below that for certain family businesses and farms) H.R. 2617 (legislative vehicle for the Consolidated Appropriations Act FY 2023 with Senate amendment #6552) potential tax-related provisions
CENTRIPETAL NETWORKS, INC. via JAMES EDWARDS
2022 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Patent infringement litigation issues Patent Trial & Appeal Board
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
THE COMMITTEE FOR JUSTICE via JAMES EDWARDS
2022 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Antitrust Consumer welfare standard S. 225 (Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act) H.R. 3460/S. 1787 (State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act) H.R. 3816/S. 2992 (American Choice and Innovation Online Act) H.R. 3825 (Ending Platform Monopolies Act) H.R. 3826/S. 3197 (Platform Competition and Opportunity Act) H.R. 3843/S. 2039 (Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act) S. 228 (TEAM Act) H.R. 3849 (ACCESS Act) H.R. 5639 (Foreign Merger Subsidy Disclosure Act) S. 4258/H.R. 7839 (Competition and Transparency in Digital Advertising Act) S. 2992 (American Innovation and Choice Online Act) S. 673 (Journalism Competition and Preservation Act) S. 2710 (Open App Markets Act) House Judiciary Comm. Final Report on Investigation of Competition in Digital Markets FTC motion to rescind the 2015 Statement of Enforcement Principles Regarding Unfair Methods of Competition (UMC) Under Section 5 of the FTC Act Executive Order 14036 (Promoting Competition in the American Economy) FTC Rescission of 1995 Policy Statement on Prior Approval and Prior Notice Provisions in Merger Cases FTCs counting votes cast by a former commissioner Nominations to Federal Trade Commission positions FTC-Justice Dept. Request for Information on proposed Merger Enforcement Guidelines (FTC-2022-0003) H.R. 2617 (legislative vehicle for the Consolidated Appropriations Act FY 2023 with Senate amendment #6552) antitrust-related policy riders
Filing targets: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES via JAMES EDWARDS
2022 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Control of Air Pollution from New Motor Vehicles: Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle Standards (Docket No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2019-0055)
H.R. 3684 (INVEST in America Act) vehicle-miles-traveled taxation provisions S. 2016 (Surface Transportation Investment Act) vehicle-miles-traveled taxation provisions S.Con.Res. 14 (FY 2022 Budget Resolution) tax provisions for capital gains tax rate increase, taxing trusts, step up in basis repeal, taxing unrealized assets upon death (double death tax) H.R. 5376 (FY 2022 Budget Reconciliation) tax provisions for capital gains tax rate increase, taxing trusts, step up in basis repeal, taxing unrealized assets upon death (double death tax), taxing unrealized capital gains, accelerated expiration of current estate and gift tax exemption levels, tax treatment changes of grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATS), valuation rules changes that ignore discounts from partial ownership or lack of control of an asset, wealth taxes such as Biden Billionaire Minimum Income Tax (which would actually tax much lower dollar thresholds for certain small businesses) Proposed suspension of federal fuel tax and the adverse effect on the Highway Trust Fund
CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS via JAMES EDWARDS
2022 · third_quarter · Q3
Nominations to Federal Communications Commission positions
STRONGER Patents Act National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) proposed revisions to Rights to Inventions Made by Nonprofit Organizations and Small Business Firms under Government Grants, Contracts, and Cooperative Agreements and Licensing of Government-Owned Inventions (NIST Docket No. 201207-0327) Federal position on proposal at World Trade Organization to waive intellectual property protections due under Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement with regard to COVID-19-related inventions H.R. 3035/S. 1683 (Preventing Foreign Attempts to Erode Healthcare Innovation Act) S. 1260 (Endless Frontier Act/United States Innovation and Competition Act) patent and intellectual property-related provisions and amendments H.R. 4521 (America COMPETES Act) H.R. 4792 (Countering Communist China Act) patent and intellectual property-related provisions H.R. 1934 (Promoting United States International Leadership in 5G Act) standards development for standards-essential patents and innovation Request for Information Regarding Patent Eligibility Jurisprudence Study (Docket No. PTO-P-2021-0032) Bayh-Dole Act march-in misuse demands, including opposition to KEI petition to Health & Human Services to march in on Astellas patents on Xtandi Bayh-Dole Act exceptions to statutory licensing provisions, unilaterally imposed by Energy Dept. requiring DOE review of all licensing agreements grantees negotiate in technology transfers Patent & Trademark Office/PTAB discretion to institute or to deny trials before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, pursuant to America Invents Act discretion; PTAB designation of precedential opinions, including the Fintiv doctrine to avoid duplicative litigation on the same patent claims in multiple forums S. 2891 (Restoring the America Invents Act) S. 2774 (Pride in Patent Ownership Act) H.R. 5874 (Restoring Americas Leadership in Innovation Act) Patent Trial and Appeal Board amicus re OpenSky Industries LLC v. VLSI Technology LLC (Case No. IPR2021-01064) Draft Policy Statement on Licensing Negotiations and Remedies for Standards-Essential Patents Subject to Voluntary F/RAND Commitments (Docket No. ATR-2021-0001) Patent eligibility/Section 101 Access to injunctive relief against patent infringers Patent Trial and Appeal Board amicus re Palo Alto Networks Inc. v. Centripetal Networks Inc. (Case No. IPR2022-00182) Patent Trial and Appeal Board amicus re OpenSky Industries LLC and Intel Corp.v. VLSI Technology LLC (Case No. IPR2021-01064) and Patent Quality Assurance LLC and Intel Corp. v. VLSI Technology LLC (Case No. IPR2021-01229) S. 3772 (Defending American Courts Act) S. 4417 (PTAB Reform Act) S. 4430 (Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act) S. 4704 (Patent Examination and Quality Improvement Act) S. 4734 (Patent Eligibility Restoration Act) Request for Comments Regarding the Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0026)
CENTRIPETAL NETWORKS, INC. via JAMES EDWARDS
2022 · third_quarter · Q3
Patent infringement issues
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
THE COMMITTEE FOR JUSTICE via JAMES EDWARDS
2022 · third_quarter · Q3
Antitrust Consumer welfare standard S. 225 (Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act) H.R. 3460/S. 1787 (State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act) H.R. 3816/S. 2992 (American Choice and Innovation Online Act) H.R. 3825 (Ending Platform Monopolies Act) H.R. 3826/S. 3197 (Platform Competition and Opportunity Act) H.R. 3843/S. 2039 (Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act) S. 228 (TEAM Act) H.R. 3849 (ACCESS Act) H.R. 5639 (Foreign Merger Subsidy Disclosure Act) S. 4258/H.R. 7839 (Competition and Transparency in Digital Advertising Act) S. 2992 (American Innovation and Choice Online Act) S. 673 (Journalism Competition and Preservation Act) House Judiciary Comm. Final Report on Investigation of Competition in Digital Markets FTC motion to rescind the 2015 Statement of Enforcement Principles Regarding Unfair Methods of Competition (UMC) Under Section 5 of the FTC Act Executive Order 14036 (Promoting Competition in the American Economy) FTC Rescission of 1995 Policy Statement on Prior Approval and Prior Notice Provisions in Merger Cases FTCs counting votes cast by a former commissioner Nominations to Federal Trade Commission positions FTC-Justice Dept. Request for Information on proposed Merger Enforcement Guidelines (FTC-2022-0003)
Filing targets: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES via JAMES EDWARDS
2022 · third_quarter · Q3
Control of Air Pollution from New Motor Vehicles: Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle Standards (Docket No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2019-0055)
H.R. 5376 and subsequent versions of FY 2022 Budget Reconciliation inflationary provisions and effects
Senate filibuster rules for the protection of minority rights to debate
CENTRIPETAL NETWORKS, INC. via JAMES EDWARDS
2022 · third_quarter · RR
Patent policy and legislative issues
CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS via JAMES EDWARDS
2022 · second_quarter · Q2
EPA review of secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards, pursuant to Clean Air Act, as backdoor Green New Deal elements H.R. 5376 and subsequent versions of FY 2022 Budget Reconciliation Green New Deal-related provisions assaulting established, proven domestic energy sectors
STRONGER Patents Act National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) proposed revisions to Rights to Inventions Made by Nonprofit Organizations and Small Business Firms under Government Grants, Contracts, and Cooperative Agreements and Licensing of Government-Owned Inventions (NIST Docket No. 201207-0327) Federal position on proposal at World Trade Organization to waive intellectual property protections due under Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement with regard to COVID-19-related inventions H.R. 3035/S. 1683 (Preventing Foreign Attempts to Erode Healthcare Innovation Act) S. 1260 (Endless Frontier Act/United States Innovation and Competition Act) patent and intellectual property-related provisions and amendments H.R. 4521 (America COMPETES Act) H.R. 4792 (Countering Communist China Act) patent and intellectual property-related provisions Request for Information Regarding Patent Eligibility Jurisprudence Study (Docket No. PTO-P-2021-0032) Bayh-Dole Act march-in misuse demands, including opposition to KEI petition to Health & Human Services to march in on Astellas patents on Xtandi Bayh-Dole Act exceptions to statutory licensing provisions, unilaterally imposed by Energy Dept. requiring DOE review of all licensing agreements grantees negotiate in technology transfers Patent & Trademark Office/PTAB discretion to institute or to deny trials before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, pursuant to America Invents Act discretion; PTAB designation of precedential opinions, including the Fintiv doctrine to avoid duplicative litigation on the same patent claims in multiple forums S. 2891 (Restoring the America Invents Act) S. 2774 (Pride in Patent Ownership) H.R. 5874 (Restoring Americas Leadership in Innovation Act) Patent Trial and Appeal Board amicus re OpenSky Industries LLC v. VLSI Technology LLC (Case No. IPR2021-01064) Draft Policy Statement on Licensing Negotiations and Remedies for Standards-Essential Patents Subject to Voluntary F/RAND Commitments (Docket No. ATR-2021-0001) Patent eligibility/Section 101 Access to injunctive relief against patent infringers Patent Trial and Appeal Board amicus re Palo Alto Networks Inc. v. Centripetal Networks Inc. (Case No. IPR2022-00182) S. 3772 (Defending American Courts Act) S. 4417 (PTAB Reform Act)
THE COMMITTEE FOR JUSTICE via JAMES EDWARDS
2022 · second_quarter · Q2
Consumer welfare standard S. 225 (Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act) H.R. 3460/S. 1787 (State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act) H.R. 3816/S. 2992 (American Choice and Innovation Online Act) H.R. 3825 (Ending Platform Monopolies Act) H.R. 3826/S. 3197 (Platform Competition and Opportunity Act) H.R. 3843/S. 2039 (Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act) S. 228 (TEAM Act) H.R. 3849 (ACCESS Act) H.R. 5639 (Foreign Merger Subsidy Disclosure Act) S. 4258/H.R. 7839 (Competition and Transparency in Digital Advertising Act) House Judiciary Comm. Final Report on Investigation of Competition in Digital Markets FTC motion to rescind the 2015 Statement of Enforcement Principles Regarding Unfair Methods of Competition (UMC) Under Section 5 of the FTC Act Executive Order 14036 (Promoting Competition in the American Economy) FTC Rescission of 1995 Policy Statement on Prior Approval and Prior Notice Provisions in Merger Cases FTCs counting votes cast by a former commissioner Nominations to Federal Trade Commission positions FTC-Justice Dept. Request for Information on proposed Merger Enforcement Guidelines (FTC-2022-0003)
Filing targets: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES via JAMES EDWARDS
2022 · second_quarter · Q2
Infrastructure authorization and Highway Trust Fund solvency/funding H.R. 2187 (Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act) H.R. 3341 (STARTER Act 2.0) H.R. 3684 (INVEST in America Act) S. 2016 (Surface Transportation Investment Act) Motor carrier liability insurance minimum coverage requirements Split sleeper-berth pilot study Petition for Rulemaking: Transportation Intermediaries Association; Property Broker Transaction Records and Regulatory Guidance Concerning Dispatch Services (Docket No. FMCSA-2020-0194) Request for information regarding preservation of records rule (Docket No. FMCSA-2019-0074) Regulatory expediting of software solution to mitigate the adverse effects on truckers and motor carriers of diesel exhaust fluid sensor shortage due to global microchip shortage Request for information regarding America's Supply Chains and the Transportation Industrial Base (Docket No. DOT-OST-2021-0106) Nominations to FMCSAs Truck Leasing Task Force Advance Notice of Supplemental Proposed Rulemaking, Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operations: Speed Limiting Devices (Docket Number FMCSA-2022-0004-0001)
CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS via JAMES EDWARDS
2022 · first_quarter · Q1
Antitrust Consumer welfare standard S. 225 (Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act) H.R. 3460/S. 1787 (State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act) H.R. 3816/S. 2992 (American Choice and Innovation Online Act) H.R. 3825 (Ending Platform Monopolies Act) H.R. 3826/S. 3197 (Platform Competition and Opportunity Act) H.R. 3843/S. 2039 (Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act) S. 228 (TEAM Act) H.R. 3849 (ACCESS Act) H.R. 5639 (Foreign Merger Subsidy Disclosure Act) House Judiciary Comm. Final Report on Investigation of Competition in Digital Markets S. 1435/H.R. 2873 (Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Promoting Competition Act) S. 1425/H.R. 2883 (Stop STALLING Act) S. 1428/H.R. 2891 (Preserve Access to Affordable Generics) Federal Trade Commission motion to rescind the 2015 Statement of Enforcement Principles Regarding Unfair Methods of Competition (UMC) Under Section 5 of the FTC Act Multilateral Pharmaceutical Merger Task Force (FTC Pharmaceutical Task Force, Project No. P212900) Executive Order 14036 (Promoting Competition in the American Economy) FTC Rescission of 1995 Policy Statement on Prior Approval and Prior Notice Provisions in Merger Cases FTCs counting votes cast by a former commissioner Nominations to Federal Trade Commission positions FTC-Justice Dept. Request for Information on proposed Merger Enforcement Guidelines (FTC-2022-0003)
THE COMMITTEE FOR JUSTICE via JAMES EDWARDS
2022 · first_quarter · Q1
Antitrust Consumer welfare standard S. 225 (Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act) H.R. 3460/S. 1787 (State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act) H.R. 3816/S. 2992 (American Choice and Innovation Online Act) H.R. 3825 (Ending Platform Monopolies Act) H.R. 3826/S. 3197 (Platform Competition and Opportunity Act) H.R. 3843/S. 2039 (Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act) S. 228 (TEAM Act) H.R. 3849 (ACCESS Act) H.R. 5639 (Foreign Merger Subsidy Disclosure Act) House Judiciary Comm. Final Report on Investigation of Competition in Digital Markets FTC motion to rescind the 2015 Statement of Enforcement Principles Regarding Unfair Methods of Competition (UMC) Under Section 5 of the FTC Act Executive Order 14036 (Promoting Competition in the American Economy) FTC Rescission of 1995 Policy Statement on Prior Approval and Prior Notice Provisions in Merger Cases FTCs counting votes cast by a former commissioner Nominations to Federal Trade Commission positions FTC-Justice Dept. Request for Information on proposed Merger Enforcement Guidelines (FTC-2022-0003)
Filing targets: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · first_quarter · 1T
Independent inventor patent reforms Patent Trial & Appeal Board reforms Appointments Clause and the constitutionality of AdministrativePatent Judges invalidation of patents Inventor Rights Act Patent & Trademark Office/PTAB discretion to institute or to deny trials before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, pursuant to America Invents Act discretion; PTAB designation of precedential opinions, including the Fintiv doctrine to avoid duplicative litigation on the same patent claims in multiple forums S. 2891 (Restoring the America Invents Act) H.R. 4792 (Countering Communist China Act) patent-related provisions H.R. 5874 (Restoring Americas Leadership in Innovation Act) Nominations to Patent & Trademark Office positions
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES via JAMES EDWARDS
2022 · first_quarter · Q1
H.R. 5376 and subsequent versions of FY 2022 Budget Reconciliation inflationary provisions and effects
Notice of Proposed Rule regarding delay of effective date of Independent Contractor Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (Docket No. WHD-2020-0007-1801) Request for Comments on Independent Contractor Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act Withdrawal (RIN 1235-AA34) H.R. 842/S. 420 (Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act) S. 3079/H.R. 5860 (Keeping our COVID-19 Heroes Employed Act) Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) grants, expediting applications for those pursuing a commercial drivers license or with long-haul driving experience Nominations to Dept. of Labor positions
CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS via JAMES EDWARDS
2021 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Price controls proposals regarding pharmaceuticals or other medical goods or services H.R. 3 (Lower Drug Costs Now Act) Interim Final Rule implementing a Most Favored Nation (MFN) Model for importing foreign price controls for certain Medicare Part B drugs (CMS-5528-IFC) S.Con.Res. 14 (FY22 Budget Resolution) price control provisions to repeal noninterference clause in Medicare Parts C & D H.R. 2884 (Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Improvements to Patent Litigation Act) H.R. 5237 (Reduced Costs and Continued Cures Act) H.R. 5376 (FY 2022 Budget Reconciliation) price control provisions from H.R. 3, including repeal of noninterference clause in Medicare Parts C & D, and provisions expanding government-run health care, restrictions on private, Medicare, and Medicaid rates, coverage, and reimbursement, Medicare program changes reducing beneficiary choice, plan design, and competition
H.R. 803 (Protecting America's Wilderness and Public Lands Act) H.R. 859 (Protecting American Energy Jobs Act) H.R. 3014 (30 x 30 Termination Act) Executive Order 14008, Sec. 216 30 x 30 radical land grab program EPA declaration requesting remand of the 2020 Navigable Waters Protection Rule
THE COMMITTEE FOR JUSTICE via JAMES EDWARDS
2021 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Antitrust Consumer welfare standard S. 225 (Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act) H.R. 3460/S. 1787 (State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act) H.R. 3816/S. 2992 (American Choice and Innovation Online Act) H.R. 3825 (Ending Platform Monopolies Act) H.R. 3826 (Platform Competition and Opportunity Act) H.R. 3843 (Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act) H.R. 3849 (ACCESS Act) H.R. 5639 (Foreign Merger Subsidy Disclosure Act) House Judiciary Comm. Final Report on Investigation of Competition in Digital Markets FTC motion to rescind the 2015 Statement of Enforcement Principles Regarding Unfair Methods of Competition (UMC) Under Section 5 of the FTC Act Executive Order 14036 (Promoting Competition in the American Economy) FTC Rescission of 1995 Policy Statement on Prior Approval and Prior Notice Provisions in Merger Cases FTCs counting votes cast by a former commissioner
Filing targets: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2021 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Independent inventor patent reforms Patent Trial & Appeal Board reforms Appointments Clause and the constitutionality of AdministrativePatent Judges invalidation of patents Inventor Rights Act Patent & Trademark Office/PTAB discretion to institute or to deny trials before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, pursuant to America Invents Act discretion; PTAB designation of precedential opinions, including the Fintiv doctrine to avoid duplicative litigation on the same patent claims in multiple forums S. 2891 (Restoring the America Invents Act) H.R. 4792 (Countering Communist China Act) patent-related provisions H.R. 5874 (Restoring Americas Leadership in Innovation Act)
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES via JAMES EDWARDS
2021 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Notice of Proposed Rule regarding delay of effective date of Independent Contractor Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (Docket No. WHD-2020-0007-1801) Request for Comments on Independent Contractor Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act Withdrawal (RIN 1235-AA34) H.R. 842/S. 420 (Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act) S. 3079/H.R. 5860 (Keeping our COVID-19 Heroes Employed Act) Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) grants, expediting applications for those pursuing a commercial drivers license or with long-haul driving experience
H.R. 3684 (INVEST in America Act) vehicle-miles-traveled taxation provisions S. 2016 (Surface Transportation Investment Act) vehicle-miles-traveled taxation provisions S.Con.Res. 14 (FY 2022 Budget Resolution) tax provisions for capital gains tax rate increase, taxing trusts, step up in basis repeal, taxing unrealized assets upon death (double death tax) H.R. 5376 (FY 2022 Budget Reconciliation) tax provisions for capital gains tax rate increase, taxing trusts, step up in basis repeal, taxing unrealized assets upon death (double death tax), taxing unrealized capital gains, accelerated expiration of current estate and gift tax exemption levels, tax treatment changes of grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATS), valuation rules changes that ignore discounts from partial ownership or lack of control of an asset
CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS via JAMES EDWARDS
2021 · third_quarter · Q3
EPA review of secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards, pursuant to Clean Air Act, as backdoor Green New Deal elements H.R. 5376 (FY 2022 Budget Reconciliation) Green New Deal-related provisions assaulting established, proven domestic energy sectors
Price controls proposals regarding pharmaceuticals or other medical goods or services Interim Final Rule implementing a Most Favored Nation (MFN) Model for importing foreign price controls for certain Medicare Part B drugs (CMS-5528-IFC) H.R. 3 (Lower Drug Costs Now Act) Interim Final Rule implementing a Most Favored Nation (MFN) Model for importing foreign price controls for certain Medicare Part B drugs (CMS-5528-IFC) S.Con.Res. 14 (FY22 Budget Resolution) price control provisions to repeal noninterference clause in Medicare Parts C & D H.R. 5376 (FY 2022 Budget Reconciliation) price control provisions from H.R. 3, including repeal of noninterference clause in Medicare Parts C & D, and provisions expanding government-run health care, restrictions on private, Medicare, and Medicaid rates, coverage, and reimbursement
THE COMMITTEE FOR JUSTICE via JAMES EDWARDS
2021 · third_quarter · Q3
Antitrust Consumer welfare standard S. 225 (Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act) H.R. 3460/S. 1787 (State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act) H.R. 3816 (American Choice and Innovation Online Act) H.R. 3825 (Ending Platform Monopolies Act) H.R. 3826 (Platform Competition and Opportunity Act) H.R. 3843 (Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act) H.R. 3849 (ACCESS Act) House Judiciary Comm. Final Report on Investigation of Competition in Digital Markets FTC motion to rescind the 2015 Statement of Enforcement Principles Regarding Unfair Methods of Competition (UMC) Under Section 5 of the FTC Act Executive Order 14036 (Promoting Competition in the American Economy) FTC Rescission of 1995 Policy Statement on Prior Approval and Prior Notice Provisions in Merger Cases
Filing targets: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2021 · third_quarter · Q3
Independent inventor patent reforms Patent Trial & Appeal Board reforms Appointments Clause and the constitutionality of AdministrativePatent Judges invalidation of patents Inventor Rights Act S. 2891 (Restoring the America Invents Act)
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES via JAMES EDWARDS
2021 · third_quarter · Q3
H.R. 3684 (INVEST in America Act) vehicle-miles-traveled taxation provisions S. 2016 (Surface Transportation Investment Act) vehicle-miles-traveled taxation provisions S.Con.Res. 14 (FY 2022 Budget Resolution) tax provisions for capital gains tax rate increase, taxing trusts, step up in basis repeal, taxing unrealized assets upon death (double death tax) H.R. 5376 (FY 2022 Budget Reconciliation) tax provisions for capital gains tax rate increase, taxing trusts, step up in basis repeal, taxing unrealized assets upon death (double death tax), accelerated expiration of current estate and gift tax exemption levels, tax treatment changes of grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATS), valuation rules changes that ignore discounts from partial ownership or lack of control of an asset
Infrastructure authorization and Highway Trust Fund solvency/funding H.R. 2187 (Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act) H.R. 3341 (STARTER Act 2.0) H.R. 3684 (INVEST in America Act) S. 2016 (Surface Transportation Investment Act) Motor carrier liability insurance minimum coverage requirements Split sleeper-berth pilot study Petition for Rulemaking: Transportation Intermediaries Association; Property Broker Transaction Records and Regulatory Guidance Concerning Dispatch Services (Docket No. FMCSA-2020-0194) Request for information regarding preservation of records rule (Docket No. FMCSA-2019-0074)
CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS via JAMES EDWARDS
2021 · second_quarter · Q2
H.R. 803 (Protecting America's Wilderness and Public Lands Act) H.R. 859 (Protecting American Energy Jobs Act) H.R. 3014 (30 x 30 Termination Act) Executive Order 14008, Sec. 216 30 x 30 radical land grab program EPA declaration requesting remand of the 2020 Navigable Waters Protection Rule
EPA review of secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards, pursuant to Clean Air Act, as backdoor Green New Deal elements
Antitrust Consumer welfare standard S. 225 (Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act) H.R. 842 (Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act) H.R. 3460 (State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act) H.R. 3816 (American Choice and Innovation Online Act) H.R. 3825 (Ending Platform Monopolies Act) H.R. 3826 (Platform Competition and Opportunity Act) H.R. 3843 (Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act) H.R. 3849 (ACCESS Act) House Judiciary Comm. Final Report on Investigation of Competition in Digital Markets S. 1435 (Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Promoting Competition Act)
2021 · second_quarter · Q2
Independent inventor patent reforms Patent Trial & Appeal Board reforms Appointments Clause and the constitutionality of AdministrativePatent Judges invalidation of patents Inventor Rights Act
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES via JAMES EDWARDS
2021 · second_quarter · Q2
Notice of Proposed Rule regarding delay of effective date of Independent Contractor Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (Docket No. WHD-2020-0007-1801) Request for Comments on Independent Contractor Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act Withdrawal (RIN 1235-AA34) H.R. 842/S. 420 (Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act)
Infrastructure authorization and Highway Trust Fund solvency/funding H.R. 2187 (Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act) H.R. 3341 (STARTER Act 2.0) H.R. 3684 (INVEST in America Act) Motor carrier liability insurance minimum coverage requirements Split sleeper-berth pilot study Petition for Rulemaking: Transportation Intermediaries Association; Property Broker Transaction Records and Regulatory Guidance Concerning Dispatch Services (Docket No. FMCSA-2020-0194)
Filing targets: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE
THE COMMITTEE FOR JUSTICE via JAMES EDWARDS
2021 · second_quarter · Q2
Antitrust Consumer welfare standard S. 225 (Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act) H.R. 3460 (State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act) H.R. 3816 (American Choice and Innovation Online Act) H.R. 3825 (Ending Platform Monopolies Act) H.R. 3826 (Platform Competition and Opportunity Act) H.R. 3843 (Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act) H.R. 3849 (ACCESS Act) House Judiciary Comm. Final Report on Investigation of Competition in Digital Markets FTC motion to rescind the 2015 Statement of Enforcement Principles Regarding Unfair Methods of Competition (UMC) Under Section 5 of the FTC Act
Filing targets: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE COMMITTEE FOR JUSTICE via JAMES EDWARDS
2021 · first_quarter · Q1
Antitrust Consumer welfare standard
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2021 · first_quarter · Q1
Independent inventor patent reforms Patent Trial & Appeal Board reforms Appointments Clause and the constitutionality of AdministrativePatent Judges invalidation of patents
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS via JAMES EDWARDS
2021 · first_quarter · Q1
S. 617/H.R. 1712 (Death Tax Repeal Act)
Price controls proposals regarding pharmaceuticals or other medical goods or services Interim Final Rule implementing a Most Favored Nation (MFN) Model for importing foreign price controls for certain Medicare Part B drugs (CMS-5528-IFC)
Antitrust Consumer welfare standard
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES via JAMES EDWARDS
2021 · first_quarter · Q1
Notice of Proposed Rule regarding delay of effective date of Independent Contractor Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (Docket No. WHD-2020-0007-1801) H.R. 842 (Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act)
Infrastructure authorization and Highway Trust Fund solvency/funding H.R. 2187 (Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act) Motor carrier liability insurance minimum coverage requirements Split sleeper-berth pilot study Petition for Rulemaking: Transportation Intermediaries Association; Property Broker Transaction Records and Regulatory Guidance Concerning Dispatch Services (Docket No. FMCSA-2020-0194)
Filing targets: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA)
THE COMMITTEE FOR JUSTICE via JAMES EDWARDS
2021 · first_quarter · RR
Antitrust, consumer welfare standard, S. 225 (Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act)
2020 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Supplemental COVID-19-related Appropriations, Fiscal Year 2020, Department of Commerce Patent & Trademark Office provisions H.R. 8319 (Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act) provisions related to Patent & Trademark Office H.R. 133 (Consolidated Appropriations Act, FY 2021, provisions related to Patent & Trademark Office)
Patent reform issues Independent inventor patent reforms H.R. 5478 (Inventor Rights Act) Patent-eligible subject matter/35 USC section 101 Obviousness/35 USC section 103 Appointments Clause and the constitutionality of AdministrativePatent Judges invalidation of patents Patent Trial and Appeal Board Covered Business Methods patent program statutory expiration Patent quality and reliability H.R. 7366 (Restoring Americas Leadership in Innovation Act) Amendments to the Rules of Practice for Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (RIN:0651-AD47) Discretion to Institute Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Docket No. PTO-C-2020-0055)
CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS via JAMES EDWARDS
2020 · fourth_quarter · Q4
H.R. 6395 (National Defense Authorization Act, FY 2021, "Corporate Transparency Act" provision imposing a heavy regulatory burden on small businesses)
Department of Defense Request for Information on a government-run process for 5G development regarding Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS) Nationalization of 5G wireless telecommunications
Proposed International Pricing Index (IPI) payment model for drugs administered under Medicare Part B S. 377/H.R. 1046 (Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act) Reform of drug manufacturer rebates to third parties (e.g., pharmaceutical benefits managers, insurers) Proposed binding arbitration for enacting government price controls under Medicare Part D Inflationary penalty as government price controls in Medicare Part D/S. 2543 (Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act) S. 1129/H.R. 1384 (Medicare for All Act) Single-payer health care Government price controls on health care products, services, providers, payers H.R. 3 (Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act) drug price controls through international reference pricing, direct federal price dictation, confiscatory penalty on the most innovative medicines Importation of Prescription Drugs Proposed Rule (Docket No. FDA-2019-N-5711) H.R. 1425 (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act) H.R. 6674 (Medicare Crisis Program Act) Proposed most favored nation government price controls for pharmaceuticals Establishing Minimum Standards in Medicaid State Drug Utilization Review (DUR) and Supporting Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) for Drugs Covered in Medicaid, Revising Medicaid Drug Rebate and Third Party Liability (TPL) Requirements (Docket No. CMS-2482-P) Interim Final Rule, Most Favored Nation (MFN) Model (Docket No. CMS-5528-IFC)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES via JAMES EDWARDS
2020 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Independent Contractor Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (Docket No. WHD-2020-0007-1801) Comments regarding inclusion of hair sample testing in the Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs (Docket No. SAMHSA-2020-0001-0002)
Cleaner Trucks Initiative (Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2019-0055)
Promoting the Rule of Law Through Improved Agency Guidance Documents (Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OA-2020-0128)
CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS via JAMES EDWARDS
2020 · third_quarter · Q3
Department of Defense Request for Information on a government-run process for 5G development regarding Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS)
H.R. 8037 (legislation to unbalance the U.S. International Trade Commissions standards in Tariff Act Section 337 cases involving U.S. businesses seeking relief against foreign-made, patent-infringing imports)
S. 2082/H.R. 3666 (STRONGER Patents Act) Trade-related intellectual property policy/practices/encroachment by foreign countries/companies against U.S. competitiveness interests - China, Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States review of Chinese acquisitions and joint ventures, United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement IP chapter, International Trade Commission exclusion of U.S. patent-infringing imports, ITC baseband chip set patent infringement remedy, intellectual property exclusivity and protections in trade agreements Piracy of online and streaming copyrighted content Compulsory licensing - S. 377/H.R. 1046 (Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act), S. 102/H.R. 465 (Prescription Drug Price Relief Act), S. 977 (Transparent Drug Pricing Act) NIST Return on Investment Initiative for Unleashing American Innovation S. 344/H.R. 990 (Hatch-Waxman Integrity Act) FTC/patent licensing as exclusive property right Bayh-Dole Act/technology transfer, march-in rights Procedural and evidentiary standards used at Patent Trial and Appeal Board PTO patentable subject matter eligibility guidance Section 101 patentable subject matter reform Injunctive relief from willful infringement DOJ-DOC withdrawal of 2013 Policy Statement on Remedies for Standards-Essential Patents Subject to Voluntary F/RAND Commitments S. 1273/H.R. 2426 (Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement (CASE) Act) S. 1416 (Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act) Obviousness/No Combination Drug Patents Act H.R. 4398/H.R. 5133 (Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Promoting Competition Act) H.R. 3991 (Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Improvements to Patent Litigation Act) H.R. 5478 (Inventor Rights Act) Patent licensing/standards-essential patents/U.S. technological leadership in 5G and other technologies/economic and national security implications DOJ-PTO-NIST 2019 revised Joint Statement on Remedies for Standards-Essential Patents Subject to Voluntary F/RAND Commitments Efficient infringement Digital Millennium Copyright Act modernization Patent Trial & Appeal Board Covered Business Methods program PTAB Rules of Practice for Instituting on All Challenged Patent Claims and All Grounds and Eliminating the Presumption at Institution Favoring Petitioner as to Testimonial Evidence (Docket No. PTO-P-2019-0024) S. 3630 (Facilitating Innovation to Fight Coronavirus Act) Denial of rights of exclusivity for COVID-19-related innovations H.R. 7366 (Restoring Americas Leadership in Innovation Act) S. 3835 (SCRIPT Act) Proposed policy requiring privately produced, privately funded, copyrighted, peer-reviewed journal articles be given away free upon publication if they discuss any underlying research supported by a government grant Patent Trial and Appeal Board Covered Business Methods program statutory expiration Amendments to the Rules of Practice for Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (RIN:0651-AD47)
2020 · third_quarter · Q3
Patent reform issues Independent inventor patent reforms H.R. 5478 (Inventor Rights Act) Patent-eligible subject matter/35 USC section 101 Obviousness/35 USC section 103 Appointments Clause and the constitutionality of AdministrativePatent Judges invalidation of patents Patent Trial and Appeal Board Covered Business Methods patent program statutory expiration Patent quality and reliability H.R. 7366 (Restoring Americas Leadership in Innovation Act) Amendments to the Rules of Practice for Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (RIN:0651-AD47)
Supplemental COVID-19-related Appropriations, Fiscal Year 2020, Department of Commerce Patent & Trademark Office provisions H.R. 8319 (Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act) provisions related to Patent & Trademark Office
Filing targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES via JAMES EDWARDS
2020 · third_quarter · Q3
Commercial motor carrier regulatory policy issues, including safety fitness determination procedures and rating, federal preemption of California meal and rest break rule, accident preventability/fault, Compliance Safety Accountability reform, sleep apnea/medical examination Hours-of-service rule reform Infrastructure authorization and Highway Trust Fund solvency/funding H.R. 1511/S. 665 (Stop Underrides Act)
H.R. 1697 (Small Carrier Electronic Logging Device Exemption Act) H.R. 2381 (Modern, Clean, and Safe Trucks Act) H.R. 3773 (Safe Roads Act) 
H.R. 3781 (INSURANCE Act) 
S. 2033 (Cullum Owings Large Truck Safe Operating Speed Act) 
FY 2021 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations - policy provisions regarding deregulatory initiatives of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, federal preemption of state hours-of-service rules, republication of carrier regulatory ratings, flexibility or repeal of the mandatory 30-minute break HOS rule Highway programs reauthorization Crash Preventability Determination Program (Docket No. FMCSA-2014-0177) S. 2858/H.R. 5145 (Promoting Women in Trucking Workforce Act) Beyond Compliance (Pub. L. 114-94, section 5222) (Docket No. FMCSA-2018-0328) H.R. 6104 (Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act) Hours of Service emergency declaration regulatory relief re: COVID-19 pandemic H.R. 7095/H.R. 2 (INVEST in America Act), Title I provisions related to tolling, truck parking, alternative fuel stations and infrastructure, and nonhighway expenditures of Highway Trust Fund monies; Title III provisions related to highway safety and enforcement; Title IV provisions related to more than doubling of carrier liability insurance minimum coverage, Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee, Compliance Safety Accountability program, hours of service, automatic braking and similar mandates, and motor carrier safety operations and programs; Title V provisions related to vehicle miles traveled taxation H.R. 8319 (Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act) policy provisions related to extension of the 2015 FAST Act highway bill
2020 · second_quarter · Q2
Supplemental COVID-19-related Appropriations, Fiscal Year 2020, Department of Commerce Patent & Trademark Office provisions
Patent reform issues Independent inventor patent reforms H.R. 5478 (Inventor Rights Act) Patent-eligible subject matter/35 USC section 101 Obviousness/35 USC section 103 Appointments Clause and the constitutionality of AdministrativePatent Judges invalidation of patents
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS via JAMES EDWARDS
2020 · second_quarter · Q2
S. 215/H.R. 218 (Death Tax Repeal Act) H.R. 3301 (Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act) Wealth tax Treasury Dept. Estate and Gift Taxes Regulation re Difference in the Basic Exclusion Amount H.R. 5377 (Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act) SALT deductibility cap repeal H.R. 6690 (BEAT CHINA Act) tax incentives to relocate factories to U.S.
Waters of the United States rule repeal - by regulatory reform of WOTUS, in appropriations S.Res. 59/H.Res. 109 (Green New Deal resolution calling for the socialistic federal takeover of private property of American citizens and organizations and extinction of any meaningful private property rights in the United States) Land management/acquisition Public access to federally owned lands for sports, recreation, mining, commercial use Social Costs of Carbon project termination EPA regulatory and permitting reform Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Pebble Mine Project H.R. 1373 (Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act) H.R. 2181 (Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act) H.R. 3405 (Uranium Classification Act) Methane Rule reform Regulatory fairness and due process/National Environmental Policy Act reform (Docket No. CEQ-2019-0003-0001) Navigable Waters Protection Rule definition of waters of the United States (Docket No. EPA-HQ-OW-2018-0149, FRL-10004-88-OW) H.R. 7061 (American Critical Mineral Exploration and Innovation Act) S. 3422 (Great American Outdoors Act)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES via JAMES EDWARDS
2020 · second_quarter · Q2
Commercial motor carrier regulatory policy issues, including safety fitness determination procedures and rating, federal preemption of California meal and rest break rule, accident preventability/fault, Compliance Safety Accountability reform, sleep apnea/medical examination Hours-of-service rule reform Infrastructure authorization and Highway Trust Fund solvency/funding H.R. 1511/S. 665 (Stop Underrides Act)
H.R. 1697 (Small Carrier Electronic Logging Device Exemption Act) H.R. 2381 (Modern, Clean, and Safe Trucks Act) H.R. 3773 (Safe Roads Act) 
H.R. 3781 (INSURANCE Act) 
S. 2033 (Cullum Owings Large Truck Safe Operating Speed Act) 
FY 2021 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations - policy provisions regarding deregulatory initiatives of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, federal preemption of state hours-of-service rules, republication of carrier regulatory ratings, flexibility or repeal of the mandatory 30-minute break HOS rule Highway programs reauthorization Crash Preventability Determination Program (Docket No. FMCSA-2014-0177) S. 2858/H.R. 5145 (Promoting Women in Trucking Workforce Act) Beyond Compliance (Pub. L. 114-94, section 5222) (Docket No. FMCSA-2018-0328) H.R. 6104 (Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act) Hours of Service emergency declaration regulatory relief re: COVID-19 pandemic H.R. 7095/H.R. 2 (INVEST in America Act), Title I provisions related to tolling, truck parking, alternative fuel stations and infrastructure, and nonhighway expenditures of Highway Trust Fund monies; Title III provisions related to highway safety and enforcement; Title IV provisions related to more than doubling of carrier liability insurance minimum coverage, Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee, Compliance Safety Accountability program, hours of service, automatic braking and similar mandates, and motor carrier safety operations and programs; Title V provisions related to vehicle miles traveled taxation
CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS via JAMES EDWARDS
2020 · first_quarter · Q1
Waters of the United States rule repeal - by regulatory reform of WOTUS, in appropriations S.Res. 59/H.Res. 109 (Green New Deal resolution calling for the socialistic federal takeover of private property of American citizens and organizations and extinction of any meaningful private property rights in the United States) Land management/acquisition Public access to federally owned lands for sports, recreation, mining, commercial use Social Costs of Carbon project termination EPA regulatory and permitting reform Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Pebble Mine Project H.R. 1373 (Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act) H.R. 2181 (Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act) H.R. 3405 (Uranium Classification Act) Methane Rule reform Regulatory fairness and due process/National Environmental Policy Act reform
Proposed International Pricing Index (IPI) payment model for drugs administered under Medicare Part B S. 377/H.R. 1046 (Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act) Reform of drug manufacturer rebates to third parties (e.g., pharmaceutical benefits managers, insurers) Proposed binding arbitration for enacting government price controls under Medicare Part D Inflationary penalty as government price controls in Medicare Part D/S. 2543 (Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act) S. 1129/H.R. 1384 (Medicare for All Act) Single-payer health care Government price controls on health care products, services, providers, payers H.R. 3 (Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act) drug price controls through international reference pricing, direct federal price dictation, confiscatory penalty on the most innovative medicines Importation of Prescription Drugs Proposed Rule
2020 · first_quarter · Q1
Patent reform issues Independent inventor patent reforms H.R. 5478 (Inventor Rights Act) Patent-eligible subject matter/35 USC section 101 Obviousness/35 USC section 103 Appointments Clause and the constitutionality of AdministrativePatent Judges invalidation of patents
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES via JAMES EDWARDS
2020 · first_quarter · Q1
Cleaner Trucks Initiative (Docket ID #EPA-HQ-OAR-2019-0055)
Reform of regulatory enforcement and adjudication to ensure fairness and due process (Docket No. OMB-2019-0006)
Commercial motor carrier regulatory policy issues, including safety fitness determination procedures and rating, federal preemption of California meal and rest break rule, accident preventability/fault, Compliance Safety Accountability reform, sleep apnea/medical examination/ Hours-of-service rule reform Infrastructure authorization and Highway Trust Fund solvency/funding H.R. 1511/S. 665 (Stop Underrides Act)
H.R. 1697 (Small Carrier Electronic Logging Device Exemption Act) H.R. 2381 (Modern, Clean, and Safe Trucks Act) H.R. 3773 (Safe Roads Act) 
H.R. 3781 (INSURANCE Act) 
S. 2033 (Cullum Owings Large Truck Safe Operating Speed Act) 
FY 2020 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations - policy provisions regarding deregulatory initiatives of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, federal preemption of state hours-of-service rules, republication of carrier regulatory ratings, flexibility or repeal of the mandatory 30-minute break HOS rule Highway programs reauthorization Crash Preventability Determination Program S. 2858/H.R. 5145 (Promoting Women in Trucking Workforce Act) Beyond Compliance (Pub. L. 114-94, section 5222) (Docket No. FMCSA-2018-0328) H.R. 6104 (Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act) Hours of Service emergency regulatory relief re: COVID-19 pandemic
2019 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Patent reform issues Independent inventor patent reforms Inventor Rights Act Patent-eligible subject matter/35 USC section 101 Obviousness/35 USC section 103 Appointments Clause and the constitutionality of AdministrativePatent Judges invalidation of patents
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS via JAMES EDWARDS
2019 · fourth_quarter · Q4
S. 215/H.R. 218 (Death Tax Repeal Act) H.R. 3301 (Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act) Wealth tax Treasury Dept. Estate and Gift Taxes Regulation re Difference in the Basic Exclusion Amount H.R. 5377 (Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act) SALT deductibility cap repeal
Proposed International Pricing Index (IPI) payment model for drugs administered under Medicare Part B S. 377/H.R. 1046 (Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act) Reform of drug manufacturer rebates to third parties (e.g., pharmaceutical benefits managers, insurers) Proposed binding arbitration for enacting government price controls under Medicare Part D Inflationary penalty as government price controls in Medicare Part D S. 1129/H.R. 1384 (Medicare for All Act) Single-payer health care H.R. 3 (Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act) drug price controls through international reference pricing, direct federal price dictation, confiscatory penalty on the most innovative medicines
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES via JAMES EDWARDS
2019 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Commercial motor carrier regulatory policy issues, including safety fitness determination procedures and rating, federal preemption of California meal and rest break rule, accident preventability/fault, Compliance Safety Accountability reform, sleep apnea/medical examination/ Hours-of-service rule reform Infrastructure authorization and Highway Trust Fund solvency H.R. 1511/S. 665 (Stop Underrides Act)
H.R. 1697 (Small Carrier Electronic Logging Device Exemption Act) H.R. 2381 (Modern, Clean, and Safe Trucks Act) H.R. 3773 (Safe Roads Act) 
H.R. 3781 (INSURANCE Act) 
S. 2033 (Cullum Owings Large Truck Safe Operating Speed Act) 
FY 2020 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations - policy provisions regarding deregulatory initiatives of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, federal preemption of state hours-of-service rules, republication of carrier regulatory ratings, flexibility or repeal of the mandatory 30-minute break HOS rule Highway programs reauthorization Infrastructure repair/congestion relief at I-10 Mobile River Bridge Crash Preventability Determination Program S. 2858/H.R. 5145 (Promoting Women in Trucking Workforce Act)
2019 · third_quarter · Q3
Patent reform issues Independent inventor patent reforms Inventor Rights Act Patent-eligible subject matter/35 USC section 101 Obviousness/35 USC section 103
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS via JAMES EDWARDS
2019 · third_quarter · Q3
Proposed International Pricing Index (IPI) payment model for drugs administered under Medicare Part B S. 377/H.R. 1046 (Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act) Reform of drug manufacturer rebates to third parties (e.g., pharmaceutical benefits managers, insurers) Proposed binding arbitration for enacting government price controls under Medicare Part D Inflationary penalty as government price controls in Medicare Part D H.R. 3 drug price controls through international reference pricing, direct federal price dictation, confiscatory penalty on the most innovative medicines
Waters of the United States rule repeal - by regulatory reform of WOTUS, in appropriations S.Res. 59/H.Res. 109 (Green New Deal resolution calling for the socialistic federal takeover of private property of American citizens and organizations and extinction of any meaningful private property rights in the United States) Land management/acquisition Public access to federally owned lands for sports, recreation, mining, commercial use Social Costs of Carbon project termination EPA regulatory and permitting reform Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Pebble Mine Project H.R. 1373 (Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act) H.R. 2181 (Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act) H.R. 3405 (Uranium Classification Act) Methane Rule reform
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES via JAMES EDWARDS
2019 · third_quarter · Q3
Commercial motor carrier regulatory policy issues, including safety fitness determination procedures and rating, federal preemption of California meal and rest break rule, accident preventability/fault, Compliance Safety Accountability reform, sleep apnea/medical examination/ Hours-of-service rule reform Infrastructure authorization and Highway Trust Fund solvency H.R. 1511/S. 665 (Stop Underrides Act)
H.R. 1697 (Small Carrier Electronic Logging Device Exemption Act) H.R. 2381 (Modern, Clean, and Safe Trucks Act) H.R. 3773 (Safe Roads Act) 
H.R. 3781 (INSURANCE Act) 
S. 2033 (Cullum Owings Large Truck Safe Operating Speed Act) 
FY 2020 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations - policy provisions regarding deregulatory initiatives of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Highway programs reauthorization Crash Preventability Determination Program
Filing targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2019 · second_quarter · Q2
Patent reform issues Patent-eligible subject matter/35 USC section 101 Obviousness/35 USC section 103
Filing targets: SENATE
CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS via JAMES EDWARDS
2019 · second_quarter · Q2
S. 215/H.R. 218 (Death Tax Repeal Act) H.R. 3301 (Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act)
Proposed International Pricing Index (IPI) payment model for drugs administered under Medicare Part B S. 377/H.R. 1046 (Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act) Reform of drug manufacturer rebates to third parties (e.g., pharmaceutical benefits managers, insurers) Proposed binding arbitration for enacting government price controls under Medicare Part D
STRONGER Patents Act Trade-related intellectual property policy/practices/encroachment by foreign countries/companies against U.S. competitiveness interests - China, Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States review of Chinese acquisitions and joint ventures, United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement IP chapter, International Trade Commission exclusion of U.S. patent-infringing imports, ITC baseband chip set patent infringement remedy Piracy of online and streaming copyrighted content Compulsory licensing - S. 377/H.R. 1046 (Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act), S. 102/H.R. 465 (Prescription Drug Price Relief Act) NIST Return on Investment Initiative for Unleashing American Innovation S. 344/H.R. 990 (Hatch-Waxman Integrity Act) FTC patent licensing as exclusive property right Bayh-Dole Act/technology transfer Procedural and evidentiary standards used at Patent Trial and Appeal Board PTO patentable subject matter eligibility guidance Section 101 patentable subject matter reform Injunctive relief from willful infringement DOJ-DOC withdrawal of 2013 Policy Statement on Remedies for Standards-Essential Patents Subject to Voluntary F/RAND Commitments H.R. 2426 (Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement (CASE) Act) S. 1416 (Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act) Obviousness/No Combination Drug Patents Act
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES via JAMES EDWARDS
2019 · second_quarter · Q2
Commercial motor carrier regulatory policy issues, including safety fitness determination procedures and rating, federal preemption of California meal and rest break rule, accident preventability/fault, Compliance Safety Accountability reform Hours-of-service rule reform Infrastructure authorization and Highway Trust Fund solvency H.R. 1697 (Small Carrier Electronic Logging Device Exemption Act) FY 2020 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations - policy provisions regarding deregulatory initiatives of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Filing targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2019 · second_quarter · RR
Patent issues
CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS via JAMES EDWARDS
2019 · first_quarter · Q1
S. 215/H.R. 218 (Death Tax Repeal Act)
STRONGER Patents Act Trade-related intellectual property policy/practices/encroachment by foreign countries/companies against U.S. competitiveness interests - China, Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States review of Chinese acquisitions and joint ventures, United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement IP chapter, International Trade Commission exclusion of U.S. patent-infringing imports, ITC baseband chip set patent infringement remedy Piracy of online and streaming copyrighted content Compulsory licensing - S. 377/H.R. 1046 (Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act), S. 102/H.R. 465 (Prescription Drug Price Relief Act) NIST Return on Investment Initiative for Unleashing American Innovation S. 344/H.R. 990 (Hatch-Waxman Integrity Act) FTC patent licensing as exclusive property right Bayh-Dole Act/technology transfer Procedural and evidentiary standards used at Patent Trial and Appeal Board PTO patentable subject matter eligibility guidance Section 101 patentable subject matter reform Injunctive relief from willful infringement DOJ-DOC withdrawal of 2013 Policy Statement on Remedies for Standards-Essential Patents Subject to Voluntary F/RAND Commitments
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES via JAMES EDWARDS
2019 · first_quarter · Q1
Commercial motor carrier regulatory policy issues, including safety fitness determination procedures and rating, federal preemption of California meal and rest break rule Hours-of-service rule reform Infrastructure authorization and Highway Trust Fund solvency H.R. 1697 (Small Carrier Electronic Logging Device Exemption Act)
Filing targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS via JAMES EDWARDS
2018 · fourth_quarter · 4A
Proposed International Pricing Index (IPI) payment model for drugs administered under Medicare Part B - associated patent/IP devaluation Protecting Access to Medicare Act - establishing market-based rates for lab services
S. 1390/H.R. 5340 (STRONGER Patents Act) Trade-related intellectual property policy/practices/encroachment by foreign countries/companies against U.S. interests - North American Free Trade Agreement/United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement negotiation of IP chapter, Committee on Investment in the United States enhancement, International Trade Commission exclusion of U.S. patent-infringing imports Bayh-Dole Act/IP rights in technology transfer H.R. 6264 (Restoring Americas Leadership in Innovation Act) Procedural and evidentiary standards, including claim construction, used at Patent Trial and Appeal Board H.R. 3945 (Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement (CASE) Act) H.R. 6370 (Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters (TROL) Act) H.R. 6557 (Inventor Protection Act)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES via JAMES EDWARDS
2018 · fourth_quarter · 4A
Infrastructure revitalization and funding proposals Regulatory reform/repeal/flexibility Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act and MAP-21 implementation, including electronic on-board recorder mandate, Compliance Safety Accountability overhaul, tolling Commercial motor carrier regulatory policy issues, including safety fitness determination procedures/basis, CSA program, crash accountability, speed limiters, electronic logging devices/EOBRs/small business exemptions, hours of service, split sleeper berth, independent contracting, drug/alcohol testing, medical registry, medical examination standards, sleep apnea, commercial motor vehicle use for personal conveyance, SAFER System motor carrier contact information, federal preemption of California meal and rest break rule S. 1405 (Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act, Fischer amendment regarding state meal and rest break requirements on motor carriers) S. 1345 (Transportation and Logistics Hiring Reform Act) H.R. 3282 (ELD Extension Act) H.R. 5417 (REST Act) H.R. 4, FAA Reauthorization Act (Denham amendment re meal and rest breaks, Duncan amendment re carrier hiring standard) FY2019 Transportation-HUD Appropriations (Sec. 132, federal preemption of state HOS rules) H.R. 5948 (ELD mandate exemption for safe small carriers) T&I Chairman Shusters discussion draft to address solvency of the Highway Trust Fund and make investments in infrastructure
Filing targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS via JAMES EDWARDS
2018 · fourth_quarter · Q4
S. 1390/H.R. 5340 (STRONGER Patents Act) Trade-related intellectual property policy/practices/encroachment by foreign countries/companies against U.S. interests - North American Free Trade Agreement/United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement negotiation of IP chapter, Committee on Investment in the United States enhancement, International Trade Commission exclusion of U.S. patent-infringing imports Bayh-Dole Act/IP rights in technology transfer H.R. 6264 (Restoring Americas Leadership in Innovation Act) Procedural and evidentiary standards, including claim construction, used at Patent Trial and Appeal Board H.R. 3945 (Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement (CASE) Act) H.R. 6370 (Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters (TROL) Act) H.R. 6557 (Inventor Protection Act)
Waters of the United States rule repeal - amendment to H.R. 2, Agriculture and Nutrition Act (Farm Bill) and to H.R. 6147 (FY 2019 Interior Appropriations), regulatory reform of WOTUS H.R. 1689 (Private Property Rights Protection Act) H.R. 3905 (Minnesotas Economic Rights in the Superior National Forest (MINER) Act) H.R. 6087 (Removing Barriers to Energy Independence Act) H.R. 6088 (Streamlining Permitting Efficiencies in Energy Development (SPEED) Act) H.R. 6107 (Ending Duplicative Permitting Act)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES via JAMES EDWARDS
2018 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Infrastructure revitalization and funding proposals Regulatory reform/repeal/flexibility Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act and MAP-21 implementation, including electronic on-board recorder mandate, Compliance Safety Accountability overhaul, tolling Commercial motor carrier regulatory policy issues, including safety fitness determination procedures/basis, CSA program, crash accountability, speed limiters, electronic logging devices/EOBRs/small business exemptions, hours of service, split sleeper berth, independent contracting, drug/alcohol testing, medical registry, medical examination standards, sleep apnea, commercial motor vehicle use for personal conveyance, SAFER System motor carrier contact information, federal preemption of California meal and rest break rule S. 1405 (Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act, Fischer amendment regarding state meal and rest break requirements on motor carriers) S. 1345 (Transportation and Logistics Hiring Reform Act) H.R. 3282 (ELD Extension Act) H.R. 5417 (REST Act) H.R. 4, FAA Reauthorization Act (Denham amendment re meal and rest breaks, Duncan amendment re carrier hiring standard) FY2019 Transportation-HUD Appropriations (Sec. 132, federal preemption of state HOS rules) H.R. 5948 (ELD mandate exemption for safe small carriers) T&I Chairman Shusters discussion draft to address solvency of the Highway Trust Fund and make investments in infrastructure
Filing targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS via JAMES EDWARDS
2018 · third_quarter · Q3
S. 1390/H.R. 5340 (STRONGER Patents Act) Trade-related intellectual property policy/practices/encroachment by foreign countries/companies against U.S. interests - North American Free Trade Agreement renegotiation of IP chapter, Committee on Investment in the United States enhancement Bayh-Dole Act/IP rights in technology transfer H.R. 6264 (Restoring Americas Leadership in Innovation Act) Procedural and evidentiary standards, including claim construction, used at Patent Trial and Appeal Board H.R. 3945 (Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement (CASE) Act) H.R. 6370 (Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters (TROL) Act) H.R. 6557 (Inventor Protection Act)
Tax reform, death tax repeal H.R. 1 (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) H.R. 6760 (Protecting Family and Small Business Tax Cuts Act)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES via JAMES EDWARDS
2018 · third_quarter · Q3
Infrastructure revitalization and funding proposals Regulatory reform/repeal/flexibility Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act and MAP-21 implementation, including electronic on-board recorder mandate, Compliance Safety Accountability overhaul, tolling Commercial motor carrier regulatory policy issues, including safety fitness determination procedures/basis, CSA program, crash accountability, speed limiters, electronic logging devices/EOBRs/small business exemptions, hours of service, split sleeper berth, independent contracting, drug/alcohol testing, medical registry, medical examination standards, sleep apnea, commercial motor vehicle use for personal conveyance, SAFER System motor carrier contact information S. 1405 (Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act, Fischer amendment regarding state meal and rest break requirements on motor carriers) H.R. 3282 (ELD Extension Act) H.R. 5417 (REST Act) H.R. 4, FAA Reauthorization Act (Denham amendment re meal and rest breaks, Duncan amendment re carrier hiring standard) FY2019 Transportation-HUD Appropriations (Sec. 132, federal preemption of state HOS rules) H.R. 5948 (ELD mandate exemption for safe small carriers) T&I Chairman Shusters discussion draft to address solvency of the Highway Trust Fund and make investments in infrastructure
Filing targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS via JAMES EDWARDS
2018 · second_quarter · Q2
Waters of the United States rule repeal - amendment to H.R. 2, Agriculture and Nutrition Act (Farm Bill) H.R. 1689 (Private Property Rights Protection Act) H.R. 3905 (Minnesotas Economic Rights in the Superior National Forest (MINER) Act) H.R. 6087 (Removing Barriers to Energy Independence Act) H.R. 6088 (Streamlining Permitting Efficiencies in Energy Development (SPEED) Act) H.R. 6107 (Ending Duplicative Permitting Act)
S. 1390/H.R. 5340 (STRONGER Patents Act) Trade-related intellectual property policy/practices/encroachment by foreign countries/companies against U.S. interests - North American Free Trade Agreement renegotiation of IP chapter, Committee on Investment in the United States enhancement Bayh-Dole Act/IP rights in technology transfer H.R. 6264 (Restoring Americas Leadership in Innovation Act) Procedural and evidentiary standards, including claim construction, used at Patent Trial and Appeal Board
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES via JAMES EDWARDS
2018 · second_quarter · Q2
Infrastructure revitalization and funding proposals Regulatory reform/repeal/flexibility Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act and MAP-21 implementation, including electronic on-board recorder mandate, Compliance Safety Accountability overhaul, tolling Commercial motor carrier regulatory policy issues, including safety fitness determination procedures/basis, CSA program, crash accountability, speed limiters, electronic logging devices/EOBRs/small business exemptions, hours of service, split sleeper berth, independent contracting, drug/alcohol testing, medical registry, medical examination standards, sleep apnea, commercial motor vehicle use for personal conveyance SAFER System motor carrier contact information S. 1405 (Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act, Fischer amendment regarding state meal and rest break requirements on motor carriers) H.R. 3282 (ELD Extension Act) H.R. 5417 (REST Act) H.R. 4, FAA Reauthorization Act (Denham amendment re meal and rest breaks, Duncan amendment re carrier hiring standard) FY2019 Transportation-HUD Appropriations (Sec. 132, federal preemption of state HOS rules) H.R. 5948 (ELD mandate exemption for safe small carriers)
Filing targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS via JAMES EDWARDS
2018 · first_quarter · Q1
Waters of the United States rule H.R. 3905 (Minnesotas Economic Rights in the Superior National Forest (MINER) Act)
S. 1390/H.R. 5340 (STRONGER Patents Act) Trade-related intellectual property policy/practices/encroachment by foreign countries/companies against U.S. interests Bayh-Dole Act/IP rights in technology transfer
Tax reform, death tax repeal H.R. 1 (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act)
Filing targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES via JAMES EDWARDS
2018 · first_quarter · Q1
Infrastructure revitalization and funding proposals Regulatory reform Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act and MAP-21 implementation, including electronic on-board recorder mandate, Compliance Safety Accountability overhaul, tolling Commercial motor carrier regulatory policy issues, including safety fitness determination procedures/basis, CSA program, crash accountability, speed limiters, electronic logging devices/EOBRs/small business exemptions, hours of service, split sleeper berth, independent contracting, drug/alcohol testing, medical registry, medical examination standards, commercial motor vehicle use for personal conveyance SAFER System motor carrier contact information S. 1405 (Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act, Fischer amendment regarding state meal and rest break requirements on motor carriers) H.R. 3282 (ELD Extension Act)
Filing targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS via JAMES EDWARDS
2017 · fourth_quarter · Q4
S. 1390 (STRONGER Patents Act) Trade-related intellectual property policy/practices/encroachment by foreign countries/companies against U.S. interests Bayh-Dole Act/IP rights in technology transfer
Waters of the United States rule H.R. 3905 (Minnesotas Economic Rights in the Superior National Forest (MINER) Act)
Section 2704 proposed rule re: family business valuation Tax reform, death tax repeal H.R. 1 (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act)
Filing targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES via JAMES EDWARDS
2017 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Infrastructure revitalization and funding proposals Regulatory reform Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act and MAP-21 implementation, including electronic on-board recorder mandate, Compliance Safety Accountability overhaul, tolling Commercial motor carrier regulatory policy issues, including safety fitness determination procedures/basis, CSA program, crash accountability, speed limiters, electronic logging devices/EOBRs, hours of service, independent contracting, drug/alcohol testing, medical registry, medical examination standards SAFER System motor carrier contact information S. 1405 (Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act, Fischer amendment regarding state meal and rest break requirements on motor carriers) H.R. 3282 (ELD Extension Act)
Filing targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS via JAMES EDWARDS
2017 · third_quarter · Q3
S. 1390 (STRONGER Patents Act) Trade-related intellectual property policy/practices/encroachment by foreign countries/companies against U.S. interests Bayh-Dole Act/IP rights in technology transfer
Waters of the United States rule
Section 2704 proposed rule re: family business valuation Tax reform, death tax repeal
Filing targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES via JAMES EDWARDS
2017 · third_quarter · Q3
Infrastructure revitalization and funding proposals Regulatory reform Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act and MAP-21 implementation, including electronic on-board recorder mandate, Compliance Safety Accountability overhaul, tolling Commercial motor carrier regulatory policy issues, including safety fitness determination procedures/basis, CSA program, crash accountability, speed limiters, electronic logging devices/EOBRs, hours of service, independent contracting, drug/alcohol testing, medical registry, medical examination standards SAFER System motor carrier contact information S. 1405 (Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act, Fischer amendment regarding state meal and rest break requirements on motor carriers) H.R. 3282 (ELD Extension Act)
Filing targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS via JAMES EDWARDS
2017 · second_quarter · Q2
S. 1390 (STRONGER Patents Act)
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
H.R. 1 (Lower Energy Costs Act) H.R. 1615(Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act) H.R. 1640(Save Our Gas Stoves Act)
Antitrust Consumer welfare standard Federal Trade Commission regulatory excesses, such as antitrust merger reviews and challenges H.J. Res. 30/S.J. Res. 8 (Congressional Review Act disapproval of the ESG investment rule for employee retirement savings benefits, submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights) Draft Merger Guidelines for Public Comment (FTC-2023-0043-0001) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Premerger Notification; Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements (RIN No. 3084-AB46) Oversight of U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division and Federal Trade Commission S. 148 (Stop STALLING Act) S. 142 (Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act) S. 150 (Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act)
RES: H.J. Res. 27/S.J. Res. 7 (Congressional Review Act disapproval of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule issued by the Biden Environmental Protection Agency and the Corps of Engineers) H.R. 4394 (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act) provisions related to proscriptions on the Biden administrations Revised Definition of Waters of the United States
Price controls proposals regarding pharmaceuticals or other medical goods or services, including direct government price-setting, reduced reimbursement rates, and restrictions on beneficiary choice and plan or provider competition in government health programs or private insurance plans H.R. 485 (Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act) S. 1246/S. 1264 (Strengthening Medicare and Reducing Taxpayer (SMART) Prices Act) Senate HELP Committees 2023 Reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act, Sec. 601, BARDA reasonable pricing requirements, and Sec. 602, CDC reasonable pricing requirements, other contemplated "reasonable pricing price controls and patent prize schemes Repeal of Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), Sec. 5000D, drug price controls product price negotiation and 95% inflation penalty and IRA implementation
H.R. 277 (REINS Act) regulatory reform to major rule H.R. 288(Separation of Powers Restoration Act) Administrative Procedure Act reforms to statutory interpretation H.R. 6758 (Defense of Property Rights Act) establishing a uniform, more efficient process for protecting property owners' Fifth Amendment rights H.R. 7455 (Sunset Act) regulatory reform for automatic expiration of rules and regulations after 10 years, unless Congress extends it
Republican Study Committee FY24 budget proposal H.R. 2811 (Limit, Save, Grow Act) debt limit and offsets H.R. 3746 (Fiscal Responsibility Act) debt limit and offsets Republican Study Committee FY25 budget proposal
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)
Independent contracting H.R. 20/S. 567 (Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act) Nomination of Julie Su for Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor H.J.Res.98/S.J.Res.49 (joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act to nullify the National Labor Relations Boards (NLRB) Final Rule on Joint-Employer Status) H.J.Res. 116 (Congressional Review Act motion of disapproval of the Department of Labors Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act Rule)
H.R. 1440/S. 694 (Modern, Clean, and Safe Trucks Act)
H.R. 1435/S. 2090 (Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act) H.R. 4468/S. 3094 (Choice in Automobile Retail Sales (CARS) Act) Congressional Review Act resolution to overrule NHTSAs CAFE standards intended to force manufacturers to rely on electric vehicles
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Price controls proposals regarding pharmaceuticals or other medical goods or services, including direct government price-setting, reduced reimbursement rates, and restrictions on beneficiary choice and plan or provider competition in government health programs or private insurance plans H.R. 485 (Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act) S. 1246/S. 1264 (Strengthening Medicare and Reducing Taxpayer (SMART) Prices Act) Senate HELP Committees 2023 Reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act, Sec. 601, BARDA reasonable pricing requirements, and Sec. 602, CDC reasonable pricing requirements, other contemplated "reasonable pricing price controls and patent prize schemes Repeal of Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) drug price controls product price negotiation and 95% inflation penalty and IRA implementation
H.R. 1 (Lower Energy Costs Act) H.R. 1615(Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act) H.R. 1640(Save Our Gas Stoves Act)
P Patent Trial and Appeal Board, including institution of proceedings, Fintiv/NHK and related procedures Patent-eligible subject matter Injunctive relief against patent infringers Standard Essential Royalty Act, to establish a patent licensing royalty rate-setting judicial panel disadvantageous to patent owners and favorable to patent infringers H.R. 3535 (Advancing Americas Interest Act) to disadvantageously change U.S. firms access to and treatment before the U.S. International Trade Commission when seeking Section 337 remedies blocking importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods S. 2321/H.R. 5893 (Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations, FY24) report language to erect barriers to Sec. 337 USITC remedies to block importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods Proposals to misuse Bayh-Dole Acts march-in against patent ownership rights based on product price Unilateral changes to Dept. of Energy funding agreements requiring headquarters review of any licensing agreement, undermining the Bayh-Dole Act Comments on Initiatives to Ensure the Robustness and Reliability of Patent Rights (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0025) Request for Comments Regarding Joint USPTO-FDA Collaboration Initiatives (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0037) Federal position on proposal at World Trade Organization to waive intellectual property protections due under Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement with regard to COVID-19-related inventions Comments on U.S. International Trade Commission Investigation No. 332-596, COVID-19 Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Supply, Demand, and TRIPS Agreement Flexibilities Comments on advance notice of proposed rulemaking, Changes Under Consideration to Discretionary Institution Practices, Petition Word-Count Limits, and Settlement Practices for America Invents Act Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Docket No. PTO-P-2020-0022) S. 2220/H.R. 4370 (Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act) Comments related to National Institutes of Health, Workshop on Transforming Discoveries into Products: Maximizing NIHs Levers to Catalyze Technology Transfer S. 2140 (Patent Eligibility Restoration Act) Mandatory customer stay that deprives patent owners of the ability to enforce their patent rights against all parties such as through injunctive relief and that would unfairly protect direct and contributory patent infringers, including large retail corporations Defending American Patents Act, which would punish U.S. patent owners with the loss of six years of patent protection for asserting their patent in a foreign court against an American patent infringer H.R. 5475 (Preventing Adversarial Patents Act), which would radically change from the hallmark of merit-based U.S. patent issuance, by adding denial or unenforceability of patents based on certain characteristics of the patentee Comments on U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Joint Collaboration Initiative Regarding Standards (Docket No. PTO-C-2023-0034) Digital copyright piracy, site-blocking injunction National Institute of Standards and Technology, Request for Information Regarding the Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights (Docket No. NIST-2023-0008) Comments to U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, regarding WIPO IGC Negotiations on Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge (Docket No.: PTO-C-2023-0019) H.R. 7476 (Countering Communist China Act) intellectual property provisions
S. 1108/H.R. 7035 (Death Tax Repeal Act) Confiscatory tax schemes, e.g., capital gains tax rate increase, taxing trusts, step up in basis repeal, taxing unrealized assets at death (double death tax) Provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017: Full and immediate expensing (Section 168(k) of the Internal Revenue Code), full deductibility of research & development costs (Section 174), deductibility of depreciation and amortization costs (Section 163(j))
Republican Study Committee FY24 budget proposal H.R. 2811 (Limit, Save, Grow Act) debt limit and offsets H.R. 3746 (Fiscal Responsibility Act) debt limit and offsets Republican Study Committee FY25 budget proposa
Antitrust Consumer welfare standard Federal Trade Commission regulatory excesses, such as antitrust merger reviews and challenges H.J. Res. 30/S.J. Res. 8 (Congressional Review Act disapproval of the ESG investment rule for employee retirement savings benefits, submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights) Draft Merger Guidelines for Public Comment (FTC-2023-0043-0001) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Premerger Notification; Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements (RIN No. 3084-AB46) Oversight of U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division and Federal Trade Commission
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)
Independent contracting H.R. 20/S. 567 (Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act) Nomination of Julie Su for Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor H.J.Res.98/S.J.Res.49 (joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act to nullify the National Labor Relations Boards (NLRB) Final Rule on Joint-Employer Status) H.J.Res. 116 (Congressional Review Act motion of disapproval of the Department of Labors Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act Rule
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
S. 1108 (Death Tax Repeal Act) Confiscatory tax schemes, e.g., capital gains tax rate increase, taxing trusts, step up in basis repeal, taxing unrealized assets at death (double death tax)
H.R. 1 (Lower Energy Costs Act) H.R. 1615(Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act) H.R. 1640(Save Our Gas Stoves Act)
H.J. Res. 27/S.J. Res. 7 (Congressional Review Act disapproval of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule issued by the Biden Environmental Protection Agency and the Corps of Engineers) H.R. 4394 (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act) provisions related to proscriptions on the Biden administrations Revised Definition of Waters of the United States
Antitrust Consumer welfare standard Federal Trade Commission regulatory excesses, such as antitrust merger reviews and challenges H.J. Res. 30/S.J. Res. 8 (Congressional Review Act disapproval of the ESG investment rule for employee retirement savings benefits, submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights) Draft Merger Guidelines for Public Comment (FTC-2023-0043-0001) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Premerger Notification; Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements (RIN No. 3084-AB46) Oversight of U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division
BUD: Republican Study Committee FY24 budget proposal H.R. 2811 (Limit, Save, Grow Act) debt limit and offsets H.R. 3746 (Fiscal Responsibility Act) debt limit and offsets
Patent Trial and Appeal Board, including institution of proceedings, Fintiv/NHK and related procedures Patent-eligible subject matter Injunctive relief against patent infringers Standard Essential Royalty Act, to establish a patent licensing royalty rate-setting judicial panel disadvantageous to patent owners and favorable to patent infringers H.R. 3535 (Advancing Americas Interest Act) to disadvantageously change U.S. firms access to and treatment before the U.S. International Trade Commission when seeking Section 337 remedies blocking importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods S. 2321/H.R. 5893 (Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations, FY24) report language to erect barriers to Sec. 337 USITC remedies to block importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods Proposals to misuse Bayh-Dole Acts march-in against patent ownership rights based on product price Unilateral changes to Dept. of Energy funding agreements requiring headquarters review of any licensing agreement, undermining the Bayh-Dole Act Comments on Initiatives to Ensure the Robustness and Reliability of Patent Rights (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0025) Request for Comments Regarding Joint USPTO-FDA Collaboration Initiatives (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0037) Federal position on proposal at World Trade Organization to waive intellectual property protections due under Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement with regard to COVID-19-related inventions Comments on U.S. International Trade Commission Investigation No. 332-596, COVID-19 Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Supply, Demand, and TRIPS Agreement Flexibilities Comments on advance notice of proposed rulemaking, Changes Under Consideration to Discretionary Institution Practices, Petition Word-Count Limits, and Settlement Practices for America Invents Act Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Docket No. PTO-P-2020-0022) S. 2220/H.R. 4370 (Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act) Comments related to National Institutes of Health, Workshop on Transforming Discoveries into Products: Maximizing NIHs Levers to Catalyze Technology Transfer S. 2140 (Patent Eligibility Restoration Act) Mandatory customer stay that deprives patent owners of the ability to enforce their patent rights against all parties such as through injunctive relief and that would unfairly protect direct and contributory patent infringers, including large retail corporations Defending American Patents Act, which would punish U.S. patent owners with the loss of six years of patent protection for asserting their patent in a foreign court against an American patent infringer H.R. 5475 (Preventing Adversarial Patents Act), which would radically change from the hallmark of merit-based U.S. patent issuance, by adding denial or unenforceability of patents based on certain characteristics of the patentee Comments on U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Joint Collaboration Initiative Regarding Standards (Docket No. PTO-C-2023-0034) Digital copyright piracy National Institute of Standards and Technology, Request for Information Regarding the Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights (Docket No.: 230831-0207)
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)
H.R. 1440/S. 694 (Modern, Clean, and Safe Trucks Act)
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
H.R. 1 (Lower Energy Costs Act) H.R. 1615(Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act) H.R. 1640(Save Our Gas Stoves Act)
108 (Death Tax Repeal Act) Confiscatory tax schemes, including capital gains tax rate increase, taxing trusts, step up in basis repeal, and taxing unrealized assets upon death (double death tax)
Republican Study Committee FY24 budget proposal H.R. 2811 (Limit, Save, Grow Act) debt limit and offsets H.R. 3746 (Fiscal Responsibility Act) debt limit and offsets
H.J. Res. 27/S.J. Res. 7 (Congressional Review Act disapproval of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule issued by the Biden Environmental Protection Agency and the Corps of Engineers)
Price controls proposals regarding pharmaceuticals or other medical goods or services, including direct government price-setting, reduced reimbursement rates, and restrictions on beneficiary choice and plan or provider competition in government health programs or private insurance plans H.R. 485 (Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act) S. 1246/S. 1264 (Strengthening Medicare and Reducing Taxpayer (SMART) Prices Act) Senate HELP Committees 2023 Reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act, Sec. 601, BARDA reasonable pricing requirements, and Sec. 602, CDC reasonable pricing requirements, other contemplated "reasonable pricing price controls and patent prize schemes Inflation Reduction Act drug price controls implementation
H.R. 277 (REINS Act) regulatory reform to major rule H.R. 288(Separation of Powers Restoration Act) Administrative Procedure Act reforms to statutory interpretation
A Antitrust Consumer welfare standard Federal Trade Commission regulatory excesses, such as antitrust merger reviews and challenges H.J. Res. 30/S.J. Res. 8 (Congressional Review Act disapproval of the ESG investment rule for employee retirement savings benefits, submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights) Draft Merger Guidelines for Public Comment (FTC-2023-0043-0001) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Premerger Notification; Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements (RIN No. 3084-AB46)
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)
H.R. 1435/S. 2090 (Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act
Filing targets: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA)
Price controls proposals regarding pharmaceuticals or other medical goods or services, including direct government price-setting, reduced reimbursement rates, and restrictions on beneficiary choice and plan or provider competition in government health programs or private insurance plans H.R. 485 (Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act) S. 1246/S. 1264 (Strengthening Medicare and Reducing Taxpayer (SMART) Prices Act) Senate HELP Committees 2023 Reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act, Sec. 601, BARDA reasonable pricing requirements, and Sec. 602, CDC reasonable pricing requirements
H.R. 1 (Lower Energy Costs Act) H.R. 1615(Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act) H.R. 1640(Save Our Gas Stoves Act)
H.J. Res. 27/S.J. Res. 7 (Congressional Review Act disapproval of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule issued by the Biden Environmental Protection Agency and the Corps of Engineers)
Republican Study Committee FY24 budget proposal H.R. 2811 (Limit, Save, Grow Act) debt limit and offsets H.R. 3746 (Fiscal Responsibility Act) debt limit and offsets
H.R. 277 (REINS Act) regulatory reform to major rule H.R. 288(Separation of Powers Restoration Act) Administrative Procedure Act reforms to statutory interpretation
Antitrust Consumer welfare standard Federal Trade Commission regulatory excesses, such as antitrust merger reviews and challenges H.J. Res. 30/S.J. Res. 8 (Congressional Review Act disapproval of the ESG investment rule for employee retirement savings benefits, submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights)
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)
H.R. 1435/S. 2090 (Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
H.R. 1 (Lower Energy Costs Act)
H.J. Res. 27/S.J. Res. 7 (Congressional Review Act disapproval of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule issued by the Biden Environmental Protection Agency and the Corps of Engineers)
Antitrust Consumer welfare standard Federal Trade Commission regulatory excesses, such as antitrust merger reviews and challenges H.J. Res. 30/S.J. Res. 8 (Congressional Review Act disapproval of the ESG investment rule for employee retirement savings benefits, submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights)
Price controls proposals regarding pharmaceuticals or other medical goods or services, including direct government price-setting, reduced reimbursement rates, and restrictions on beneficiary choice and plan or provider competition in government health programs or private insurance plans H.R. 485 (Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act)
Filing targets: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE
STRONGER Patents Act National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) proposed revisions to Rights to Inventions Made by Nonprofit Organizations and Small Business Firms under Government Grants, Contracts, and Cooperative Agreements and Licensing of Government-Owned Inventions (NIST Docket No. 201207-0327) Federal position on proposal at World Trade Organization to waive intellectual property protections due under Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement with regard to COVID-19-related inventions H.R. 3035/S. 1683 (Preventing Foreign Attempts to Erode Healthcare Innovation Act) S. 1260 (Endless Frontier Act/United States Innovation and Competition Act) patent and intellectual property-related provisions and amendments H.R. 4521 (America COMPETES Act) H.R. 4792 (Countering Communist China Act) patent and intellectual property-related provisions H.R. 1934 (Promoting United States International Leadership in 5G Act) standards development for standards-essential patents and innovation Request for Information Regarding Patent Eligibility Jurisprudence Study (Docket No. PTO-P-2021-0032) Bayh-Dole Act march-in misuse demands, including opposition to KEI petition to Health & Human Services to march in on Astellas patents on Xtandi Bayh-Dole Act exceptions to statutory licensing provisions, unilaterally imposed by Energy Dept. requiring DOE review of all licensing agreements grantees negotiate in technology transfers Patent & Trademark Office/PTAB discretion to institute or to deny trials before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, pursuant to America Invents Act discretion; PTAB designation of precedential opinions, including the Fintiv doctrine to avoid duplicative litigation on the same patent claims in multiple forums S. 2891 (Restoring the America Invents Act) S. 2774 (Pride in Patent Ownership Act) H.R. 5874 (Restoring Americas Leadership in Innovation Act) Patent Trial and Appeal Board amicus re OpenSky Industries LLC v. VLSI Technology LLC (Case No. IPR2021-01064) Draft Policy Statement on Licensing Negotiations and Remedies for Standards-Essential Patents Subject to Voluntary F/RAND Commitments (Docket No. ATR-2021-0001) Patent eligibility/Section 101 Access to injunctive relief against patent infringers Patent Trial and Appeal Board amicus re Palo Alto Networks Inc. v. Centripetal Networks Inc. (Case No. IPR2022-00182) Patent Trial and Appeal Board amicus re OpenSky Industries LLC and Intel Corp.v. VLSI Technology LLC (Case No. IPR2021-01064) and Patent Quality Assurance LLC and Intel Corp. v. VLSI Technology LLC (Case No. IPR2021-01229) S. 3772 (Defending American Courts Act) S. 4417 (PTAB Reform Act) S. 4430 (Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act) S. 4704 (Patent Examination and Quality Improvement Act) S. 4734 (Patent Eligibility Restoration Act) Request for Comments Regarding the Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance (Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0026) Patent Trial and Appeal Board amicus re Samsung Electronics Co. v. Netlist, Inc. (Case No. IPR2022-00615) H.R. 2617 (legislative vehicle for the Consolidated Appropriations Act FY 2023 with Senate amendment #6552) potential patent-related policy riders
Nominations to Federal Communications Commission positions
H.R. 5376, Inflation Reduction Act, and subsequent versions of FY 2022 Budget Reconciliation inflationary provisions and effects Various government interventions considered such as excessive fiat money, subsidization, regulatory excesses that contribute to inflation
EPA review of secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards, pursuant to Clean Air Act, as backdoor Green New Deal elements H.R. 5376 and subsequent versions of FY 2022 Budget Reconciliation Green New Deal-related provisions assaulting established, proven domestic energy sectors
Senate filibuster rules for the protection of minority rights to debate S. 2428 (False Claims Act Amendments)
H.R. 803 (Protecting America's Wilderness and Public Lands Act) H.R. 859 (Protecting American Energy Jobs Act) H.R. 3014 (30 x 30 Termination Act) Executive Order 14008, Sec. 216 30 x 30 radical land grab program EPA declaration requesting remand of the 2020 Navigable Waters Protection Rule Unilateral executive action considered to effect administratively the essence of the Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy (CORE) Act and/or to misapply the Antiquities Act to take private property and/or restrict land use in Colorado
Price controls proposals regarding pharmaceuticals or other medical goods or services, including direct government price-setting of drugs in Medicare, Medicaid, and/or private insurance plans H.R. 3 (Lower Drug Costs Now Act) Interim Final Rule implementing a Most Favored Nation (MFN) Model for importing foreign price controls for certain Medicare Part B drugs (CMS-5528-IFC) S.Con.Res. 14 (FY22 Budget Resolution) price control provisions to repeal noninterference clause in Medicare Parts C & D H.R. 2884 (Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Improvements to Patent Litigation Act) H.R. 5237 (Reduced Costs and Continued Cures Act) H.R. 5376, Inflation Reduction Act, and subsequent versions of FY 2022 Budget Reconciliation price control provisions from H.R. 3, including repeal of noninterference clause in Medicare Parts C & D, and provisions expanding government-run health care, restrictions on private, Medicare, and Medicaid rates, coverage, and reimbursement, Medicare program changes reducing beneficiary choice, plan design, and competition H.R. 2617 (legislative vehicle for the Consolidated Appropriations Act FY 2023 with Senate amendment #6552) potential government price controls-related provisions
Antitrust Consumer welfare standard S. 225 (Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act) H.R. 3460/S. 1787 (State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act) H.R. 3816/S. 2992 (American Choice and Innovation Online Act) H.R. 3825 (Ending Platform Monopolies Act) H.R. 3826/S. 3197 (Platform Competition and Opportunity Act) H.R. 3843/S. 2039 (Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act) S. 228 (TEAM Act) H.R. 3849 (ACCESS Act) H.R. 5639 (Foreign Merger Subsidy Disclosure Act) House Judiciary Comm. Final Report on Investigation of Competition in Digital Markets S. 1435/H.R. 2873 (Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Promoting Competition Act) S. 1425/H.R. 2883 (Stop STALLING Act) S. 1428/H.R. 2891 (Preserve Access to Affordable Generics) S. 4258/H.R. 7839 (Competition and Transparency in Digital Advertising Act) Federal Trade Commission motion to rescind the 2015 Statement of Enforcement Principles Regarding Unfair Methods of Competition (UMC) Under Section 5 of the FTC Act Multilateral Pharmaceutical Merger Task Force (FTC Pharmaceutical Task Force, Project No. P212900) Executive Order 14036 (Promoting Competition in the American Economy) FTC Rescission of 1995 Policy Statement on Prior Approval and Prior Notice Provisions in Merger Cases FTCs counting votes cast by a former commissioner Nominations to Federal Trade Commission positions FTC-Justice Dept. Request for Information on proposed Merger Enforcement Guidelines (FTC-2022-0003) S. 2992 (American Innovation and Choice Online Act) S. 2710 (Open App Markets Act) H.R. 2617 (legislative vehicle for the Consolidated Appropriations Act FY 2023 with Senate amendment #6552) antitrust-related policy riders
Filing targets: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE
H.R. 5376 and subsequent versions of FY 2022 Budget Reconciliation inflationary provisions and effects
Notice of Proposed Rule regarding delay of effective date of Independent Contractor Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (Docket No. WHD-2020-0007-1801) Request for Comments on Independent Contractor Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act Withdrawal (RIN 1235-AA34) H.R. 842/S. 420 (Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act) S. 3079/H.R. 5860 (Keeping our COVID-19 Heroes Employed Act) Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) grants, expediting applications for those pursuing a commercial drivers license or with long-haul driving experience Nominations to Dept. of Labor positions Request for Comments on Standard for Determining Joint-Employer Status (Docket No. NLRB-2022-0001-0001) Request for Comments on Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (RIN No. 1235-AA34)
Infrastructure authorization and Highway Trust Fund solvency/funding H.R. 2187/S. 5169 (Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act) H.R. 3341 (STARTER Act 2.0) H.R. 3684 (INVEST in America Act) S. 2016 (Surface Transportation Investment Act) Motor carrier liability insurance minimum coverage requirements Split sleeper-berth pilot study Petition for Rulemaking: Transportation Intermediaries Association; Property Broker Transaction Records and Regulatory Guidance Concerning Dispatch Services (Docket No. FMCSA-2020-0194) Request for information regarding preservation of records rule (Docket No. FMCSA-2019-0074) Regulatory expediting of software solution to mitigate the adverse effects on truckers and motor carriers of diesel exhaust fluid sensor shortage due to global microchip shortage Request for information regarding America's Supply Chains and the Transportation Industrial Base (Docket No. DOT-OST-2021-0106) Nominations to FMCSAs Truck Leasing Task Force Advance Notice of Supplemental Proposed Rulemaking, Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operations: Speed Limiting Devices (Docket Number FMCSA-2022-0004-0001) Request for Comments on Definitions of Broker and Bona Fide Agents (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0134) Comments regarding Trucking Alliance request for exemption to report positive hair drug tests (Document No. FMCSA-2022-0127) Request for comments regarding Qualifications of Drivers: Medical Examiner's Handbook and Medical Advisory Criteria Proposed Regulatory Guidance (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0111)
Senate filibuster rules for the protection of minority rights to debate
Filing targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA)
Senate filibuster rules for the protection of minority rights to debate S. 2428 (False Claims Act Amendments)
H.R. 5376 and subsequent versions of FY 2022 Budget Reconciliation inflationary provisions and effects Various government interventions being considered such as excessive fiat money, subsidization, regulatory excesses that contribute to inflation
Price controls proposals regarding pharmaceuticals or other medical goods or services, including direct government price-setting of drugs in Medicare, Medicaid, and/or private insurance plans H.R. 3 (Lower Drug Costs Now Act) Interim Final Rule implementing a Most Favored Nation (MFN) Model for importing foreign price controls for certain Medicare Part B drugs (CMS-5528-IFC) S.Con.Res. 14 (FY22 Budget Resolution) price control provisions to repeal noninterference clause in Medicare Parts C & D H.R. 2884 (Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Improvements to Patent Litigation Act) H.R. 5237 (Reduced Costs and Continued Cures Act) H.R. 5376 and subsequent versions of FY 2022 Budget Reconciliation price control provisions from H.R. 3, including repeal of noninterference clause in Medicare Parts C & D, and provisions expanding government-run health care, restrictions on private, Medicare, and Medicaid rates, coverage, and reimbursement, Medicare program changes reducing beneficiary choice, plan design, and competition
S. 617/H.R. 1712 (Death Tax Repeal Act) Tax provisions, namely capital gains confiscatory scheme, in Biden "American Families Plan S.Con.Res. 14 (FY 2022 Budget Resolution) tax provisions for capital gains tax rate increase, taxing trusts, step up in basis repeal, taxing unrealized assets upon death (double death tax), 95 percent tax on those pharmaceuticals sold at fair market value H.R. 5376 and subsequent versions of FY 2022 Budget Reconciliation tax provisions for capital gains tax rate increase, taxing trusts, step up in basis repeal, taxing unrealized assets upon death (double death tax), taxing unrealized capital gains, accelerated expiration of current estate and gift tax exemption levels, tax treatment changes of grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATS), valuation rules changes that ignore discounts from partial ownership or lack of control of an asset, 95 percent excise tax on those gross sales pharmaceuticals sold at fair market value H.R. 5649 (BEAT CHINA Act) Tax proposals, such as unrealized capital gains confiscatory wealth tax scheme, in Biden FY23 budget proposal, and the so-called Billionaire Minimum Income Tax (which kicks in at $100 million and well below that for certain family businesses and farms)
Antitrust Consumer welfare standard S. 225 (Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act) H.R. 3460/S. 1787 (State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act) H.R. 3816/S. 2992 (American Choice and Innovation Online Act) H.R. 3825 (Ending Platform Monopolies Act) H.R. 3826/S. 3197 (Platform Competition and Opportunity Act) H.R. 3843/S. 2039 (Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act) S. 228 (TEAM Act) H.R. 3849 (ACCESS Act) H.R. 5639 (Foreign Merger Subsidy Disclosure Act) House Judiciary Comm. Final Report on Investigation of Competition in Digital Markets S. 1435/H.R. 2873 (Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Promoting Competition Act) S. 1425/H.R. 2883 (Stop STALLING Act) S. 1428/H.R. 2891 (Preserve Access to Affordable Generics) S. 4258/H.R. 7839 (Competition and Transparency in Digital Advertising Act) Federal Trade Commission motion to rescind the 2015 Statement of Enforcement Principles Regarding Unfair Methods of Competition (UMC) Under Section 5 of the FTC Act Multilateral Pharmaceutical Merger Task Force (FTC Pharmaceutical Task Force, Project No. P212900) Executive Order 14036 (Promoting Competition in the American Economy) FTC Rescission of 1995 Policy Statement on Prior Approval and Prior Notice Provisions in Merger Cases FTCs counting votes cast by a former commissioner Nominations to Federal Trade Commission positions FTC-Justice Dept. Request for Information on proposed Merger Enforcement Guidelines (FTC-2022-0003) S. 2992 (American Innovation and Choice Online Act)
H.R. 803 (Protecting America's Wilderness and Public Lands Act) H.R. 859 (Protecting American Energy Jobs Act) H.R. 3014 (30 x 30 Termination Act) Executive Order 14008, Sec. 216 30 x 30 radical land grab program EPA declaration requesting remand of the 2020 Navigable Waters Protection Rule Unilateral executive action considered to effect administratively the essence of the Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy (CORE) Act and/or to misapply the Antiquities Act to take private property and/or restrict land use in Colorado
EPA review of secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards, pursuant to Clean Air Act, as backdoor Green New Deal elements H.R. 5376 and subsequent versions of FY 2022 Budget Reconciliation Green New Deal-related provisions assaulting established, proven domestic energy sectors
Republican Study Committee FY23 budget Blueprint to Save America
Filing targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE
Infrastructure authorization and Highway Trust Fund solvency/funding H.R. 2187 (Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act) H.R. 3341 (STARTER Act 2.0) H.R. 3684 (INVEST in America Act) S. 2016 (Surface Transportation Investment Act) Motor carrier liability insurance minimum coverage requirements Split sleeper-berth pilot study Petition for Rulemaking: Transportation Intermediaries Association; Property Broker Transaction Records and Regulatory Guidance Concerning Dispatch Services (Docket No. FMCSA-2020-0194) Request for information regarding preservation of records rule (Docket No. FMCSA-2019-0074) Regulatory expediting of software solution to mitigate the adverse effects on truckers and motor carriers of diesel exhaust fluid sensor shortage due to global microchip shortage Request for information regarding America's Supply Chains and the Transportation Industrial Base (Docket No. DOT-OST-2021-0106) Nominations to FMCSAs Truck Leasing Task Force Advance Notice of Supplemental Proposed Rulemaking, Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operations: Speed Limiting Devices (Docket Number FMCSA-2022-0004-0001) Request for Comments on Definitions of Broker and Bona Fide Agents (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0134) Comments regarding Trucking Alliance request for exemption to report positive hair drug tests (Document No. FMCSA-2022-0127) Request for comments regarding Qualifications of Drivers: Medical Examiner's Handbook and Medical Advisory Criteria Proposed Regulatory Guidance (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0111)
H.R. 3684 (INVEST in America Act) vehicle-miles-traveled taxation provisions S. 2016 (Surface Transportation Investment Act) vehicle-miles-traveled taxation provisions S.Con.Res. 14 (FY 2022 Budget Resolution) tax provisions for capital gains tax rate increase, taxing trusts, step up in basis repeal, taxing unrealized assets upon death (double death tax) H.R. 5376 (FY 2022 Budget Reconciliation) tax provisions for capital gains tax rate increase, taxing trusts, step up in basis repeal, taxing unrealized assets upon death (double death tax), taxing unrealized capital gains, accelerated expiration of current estate and gift tax exemption levels, tax treatment changes of grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATS), valuation rules changes that ignore discounts from partial ownership or lack of control of an asset, wealth taxes such as Biden Billionaire Minimum Income Tax (which would actually tax much lower dollar thresholds for certain small businesses) Proposed suspension of federal fuel tax and the adverse effect on the Highway Trust Fund
Notice of Proposed Rule regarding delay of effective date of Independent Contractor Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (Docket No. WHD-2020-0007-1801) Request for Comments on Independent Contractor Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act Withdrawal (RIN 1235-AA34) H.R. 842/S. 420 (Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act) S. 3079/H.R. 5860 (Keeping our COVID-19 Heroes Employed Act) Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) grants, expediting applications for those pursuing a commercial drivers license or with long-haul driving experience Nominations to Dept. of Labor positions
Filing targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA)
H.R. 803 (Protecting America's Wilderness and Public Lands Act) H.R. 859 (Protecting American Energy Jobs Act) H.R. 3014 (30 x 30 Termination Act) Executive Order 14008, Sec. 216 30 x 30 radical land grab program EPA declaration requesting remand of the 2020 Navigable Waters Protection Rule
Senate filibuster rules for the protection of minority rights to debate S. 2428 (False Claims Act Amendments)
Republican Study Committee FY23 budget Blueprint to Save America
Antitrust Consumer welfare standard S. 225 (Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act) H.R. 3460/S. 1787 (State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act) H.R. 3816/S. 2992 (American Choice and Innovation Online Act) H.R. 3825 (Ending Platform Monopolies Act) H.R. 3826/S. 3197 (Platform Competition and Opportunity Act) H.R. 3843/S. 2039 (Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act) S. 228 (TEAM Act) H.R. 3849 (ACCESS Act) H.R. 5639 (Foreign Merger Subsidy Disclosure Act) House Judiciary Comm. Final Report on Investigation of Competition in Digital Markets S. 1435/H.R. 2873 (Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Promoting Competition Act) S. 1425/H.R. 2883 (Stop STALLING Act) S. 1428/H.R. 2891 (Preserve Access to Affordable Generics) S. 4258/H.R. 7839 (Competition and Transparency in Digital Advertising Act) Federal Trade Commission motion to rescind the 2015 Statement of Enforcement Principles Regarding Unfair Methods of Competition (UMC) Under Section 5 of the FTC Act Multilateral Pharmaceutical Merger Task Force (FTC Pharmaceutical Task Force, Project No. P212900) Executive Order 14036 (Promoting Competition in the American Economy) FTC Rescission of 1995 Policy Statement on Prior Approval and Prior Notice Provisions in Merger Cases FTCs counting votes cast by a former commissioner Nominations to Federal Trade Commission positions FTC-Justice Dept. Request for Information on proposed Merger Enforcement Guidelines (FTC-2022-0003)
Price controls proposals regarding pharmaceuticals or other medical goods or services, including direct government price-setting of drugs in Medicare, Medicaid, and/or private insurance plans H.R. 3 (Lower Drug Costs Now Act) Interim Final Rule implementing a Most Favored Nation (MFN) Model for importing foreign price controls for certain Medicare Part B drugs (CMS-5528-IFC) S.Con.Res. 14 (FY22 Budget Resolution) price control provisions to repeal noninterference clause in Medicare Parts C & D H.R. 2884 (Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Improvements to Patent Litigation Act) H.R. 5237 (Reduced Costs and Continued Cures Act) H.R. 5376 and subsequent versions of FY 2022 Budget Reconciliation price control provisions from H.R. 3, including repeal of noninterference clause in Medicare Parts C & D, and provisions expanding government-run health care, restrictions on private, Medicare, and Medicaid rates, coverage, and reimbursement, Medicare program changes reducing beneficiary choice, plan design, and competition
H.R. 5376 and subsequent versions of FY 2022 Budget Reconciliation inflationary provisions and effects Various government interventions being considered such as excessive fiat money, subsidization, regulatory excesses that contribute to inflation
S. 617/H.R. 1712 (Death Tax Repeal Act) Tax provisions, namely capital gains confiscatory scheme, in Biden "American Families Plan S.Con.Res. 14 (FY 2022 Budget Resolution) tax provisions for capital gains tax rate increase, taxing trusts, step up in basis repeal, taxing unrealized assets upon death (double death tax), 95 percent tax on those pharmaceuticals sold at fair market value H.R. 5376 and subsequent versions of FY 2022 Budget Reconciliation tax provisions for capital gains tax rate increase, taxing trusts, step up in basis repeal, taxing unrealized assets upon death (double death tax), taxing unrealized capital gains, accelerated expiration of current estate and gift tax exemption levels, tax treatment changes of grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATS), valuation rules changes that ignore discounts from partial ownership or lack of control of an asset, 95 percent excise tax on those gross sales pharmaceuticals sold at fair market value H.R. 5649 (BEAT CHINA Act) Tax proposals, such as unrealized capital gains confiscatory wealth tax scheme, in Biden FY23 budget proposal, and the so-called Billionaire Minimum Income Tax (which kicks in at $100 million and well below that for certain family businesses and farms)
Nominations to Federal Communications Commission positions
Filing targets: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE
Senate filibuster rules for the protection of minority rights to debate
Control of Air Pollution from New Motor Vehicles: Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle Standards (Docket No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2019-0055)
Notice of Proposed Rule regarding delay of effective date of Independent Contractor Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (Docket No. WHD-2020-0007-1801) Request for Comments on Independent Contractor Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act Withdrawal (RIN 1235-AA34) H.R. 842/S. 420 (Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act) S. 3079/H.R. 5860 (Keeping our COVID-19 Heroes Employed Act) Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) grants, expediting applications for those pursuing a commercial drivers license or with long-haul driving experience Nominations to Dept. of Labor positions
H.R. 5376 and subsequent versions of FY 2022 Budget Reconciliation inflationary provisions and effects
H.R. 3684 (INVEST in America Act) vehicle-miles-traveled taxation provisions S. 2016 (Surface Transportation Investment Act) vehicle-miles-traveled taxation provisions S.Con.Res. 14 (FY 2022 Budget Resolution) tax provisions for capital gains tax rate increase, taxing trusts, step up in basis repeal, taxing unrealized assets upon death (double death tax) H.R. 5376 (FY 2022 Budget Reconciliation) tax provisions for capital gains tax rate increase, taxing trusts, step up in basis repeal, taxing unrealized assets upon death (double death tax), taxing unrealized capital gains, accelerated expiration of current estate and gift tax exemption levels, tax treatment changes of grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATS), valuation rules changes that ignore discounts from partial ownership or lack of control of an asset, wealth taxes such as Biden Billionaire Minimum Income Tax (which would actually tax much lower dollar thresholds for certain small businesses) Proposed suspension of federal fuel tax and the adverse effect on the Highway Trust Fund
Filing targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA)
S. 617/H.R. 1712 (Death Tax Repeal Act) Tax provisions, namely capital gains confiscatory scheme, in Biden "American Families Plan S.Con.Res. 14 (FY 2022 Budget Resolution) tax provisions for capital gains tax rate increase, taxing trusts, step up in basis repeal, taxing unrealized assets upon death (double death tax), 95 percent tax on those pharmaceuticals sold at fair market value H.R. 5376 and subsequent versions of FY 2022 Budget Reconciliation tax provisions for capital gains tax rate increase, taxing trusts, step up in basis repeal, taxing unrealized assets upon death (double death tax), taxing unrealized capital gains, accelerated expiration of current estate and gift tax exemption levels, tax treatment changes of grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATS), valuation rules changes that ignore discounts from partial ownership or lack of control of an asset, 95 percent tax on those pharmaceuticals sold at fair market value H.R. 5649 (BEAT CHINA Act) Tax proposals, such as unrealized capital gains confiscatory wealth tax scheme, in Biden FY23 budget proposal
Nominations to Federal Communications Commission positions
H.R. 5376 and subsequent versions of FY 2022 Budget Reconciliation inflationary provisions and effects Various government interventions being considered such as excessive fiat money, subsidization, regulatory excesses that contribute to inflation
H.R. 2962 (Americas Infrastructure Modernization (AIM) Act) H.R. 3684 (INVEST in America Act)
H.R. 803 (Protecting America's Wilderness and Public Lands Act) H.R. 859 (Protecting American Energy Jobs Act) H.R. 3014 (30 x 30 Termination Act) Executive Order 14008, Sec. 216 30 x 30 radical land grab program EPA declaration requesting remand of the 2020 Navigable Waters Protection Rule
Price controls proposals regarding pharmaceuticals or other medical goods or services, including direct government price-setting of drugs in Medicare, Medicaid, and/or private insurance plans H.R. 3 (Lower Drug Costs Now Act) Interim Final Rule implementing a Most Favored Nation (MFN) Model for importing foreign price controls for certain Medicare Part B drugs (CMS-5528-IFC) S.Con.Res. 14 (FY22 Budget Resolution) price control provisions to repeal noninterference clause in Medicare Parts C & D H.R. 2884 (Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Improvements to Patent Litigation Act) H.R. 5237 (Reduced Costs and Continued Cures Act) H.R. 5376 and subsequent versions of FY 2022 Budget Reconciliation price control provisions from H.R. 3, including repeal of noninterference clause in Medicare Parts C & D, and provisions expanding government-run health care, restrictions on private, Medicare, and Medicaid rates, coverage, and reimbursement, Medicare program changes reducing beneficiary choice, plan design, and competition
Senate filibuster rules for the protection of minority rights to debate S. 2428 (False Claims Act Amendments)
STRONGER Patents Act National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) proposed revisions to Rights to Inventions Made by Nonprofit Organizations and Small Business Firms under Government Grants, Contracts, and Cooperative Agreements and Licensing of Government-Owned Inventions (NIST Docket No. 201207-0327) Federal position on proposal at World Trade Organization to waive intellectual property protections due under Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement with regard to COVID-19-related inventions H.R. 3035/S. 1683 (Preventing Foreign Attempts to Erode Healthcare Innovation Act) S. 1260 (Endless Frontier Act/United States Innovation and Competition Act) patent and intellectual property-related provisions and amendments H.R. 4521 (America COMPETES Act) H.R. 4792 (Countering Communist China Act) patent and intellectual property-related provisions Request for Information Regarding Patent Eligibility Jurisprudence Study (Docket No. PTO-P-2021-0032) Bayh-Dole Act march-in misuse demands, including opposition to KEI petition to Health & Human Services to march in on Astellas patents on Xtandi Bayh-Dole Act exceptions to statutory licensing provisions, unilaterally imposed by Energy Dept. requiring DOE review of all licensing agreements grantees negotiate in technology transfers Patent & Trademark Office/PTAB discretion to institute or to deny trials before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, pursuant to America Invents Act discretion; PTAB designation of precedential opinions, including the Fintiv doctrine to avoid duplicative litigation on the same patent claims in multiple forums S. 2891 (Restoring the America Invents Act) S. 2774 (Pride in Patent Ownership) H.R. 5874 (Restoring Americas Leadership in Innovation Act) Patent Trial and Appeal Board amicus re OpenSky Industries LLC v. VLSI Technology LLC (Case No. IPR2021-01064) Draft Policy Statement on Licensing Negotiations and Remedies for Standards-Essential Patents Subject to Voluntary F/RAND Commitments (Docket No. ATR-2021-0001) Patent eligibility/Section 101 Access to injunctive relief against patent infringers S. 3772 (Defending American Courts Act)
EPA review of secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards, pursuant to Clean Air Act, as backdoor Green New Deal elements H.R. 5376 and subsequent versions of FY 2022 Budget Reconciliation Green New Deal-related provisions assaulting established, proven domestic energy sectors
Filing targets: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE
Control of Air Pollution from New Motor Vehicles: Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle Standards (Docket No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2019-0055)
H.R. 3684 (INVEST in America Act) vehicle-miles-traveled taxation provisions S. 2016 (Surface Transportation Investment Act) vehicle-miles-traveled taxation provisions S.Con.Res. 14 (FY 2022 Budget Resolution) tax provisions for capital gains tax rate increase, taxing trusts, step up in basis repeal, taxing unrealized assets upon death (double death tax) H.R. 5376 (FY 2022 Budget Reconciliation) tax provisions for capital gains tax rate increase, taxing trusts, step up in basis repeal, taxing unrealized assets upon death (double death tax), taxing unrealized capital gains, accelerated expiration of current estate and gift tax exemption levels, tax treatment changes of grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATS), valuation rules changes that ignore discounts from partial ownership or lack of control of an asset Proposed suspension of federal fuel tax and the adverse effect on the Highway Trust Fund
Infrastructure authorization and Highway Trust Fund solvency/funding H.R. 2187 (Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act) H.R. 3341 (STARTER Act 2.0) H.R. 3684 (INVEST in America Act) S. 2016 (Surface Transportation Investment Act) Motor carrier liability insurance minimum coverage requirements Split sleeper-berth pilot study Petition for Rulemaking: Transportation Intermediaries Association; Property Broker Transaction Records and Regulatory Guidance Concerning Dispatch Services (Docket No. FMCSA-2020-0194) Request for information regarding preservation of records rule (Docket No. FMCSA-2019-0074) Regulatory expediting of software solution to mitigate the adverse effects on truckers and motor carriers of diesel exhaust fluid sensor shortage due to global microchip shortage Request for information regarding America's Supply Chains and the Transportation Industrial Base (Docket No. DOT-OST-2021-0106)
Senate filibuster rules for the protection of minority rights to debate
Filing targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
EPA review of secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards, pursuant to Clean Air Act, as backdoor Green New Deal elements H.R. 5376 (FY 2022 Budget Reconciliation) Green New Deal-related provisions assaulting established, proven domestic energy sectors
S. 617/H.R. 1712 (Death Tax Repeal Act) Tax provisions, namely capital gains confiscatory scheme, in Biden "American Families Plan S.Con.Res. 14 (FY 2022 Budget Resolution) tax provisions for capital gains tax rate increase, taxing trusts, step up in basis repeal, taxing unrealized assets upon death (double death tax), 95 percent tax on those pharmaceuticals sold at fair market value H.R. 5376 (FY 2022 Budget Reconciliation) tax provisions for capital gains tax rate increase, taxing trusts, step up in basis repeal, taxing unrealized assets upon death (double death tax), taxing unrealized capital gains, accelerated expiration of current estate and gift tax exemption levels, tax treatment changes of grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATS), valuation rules changes that ignore discounts from partial ownership or lack of control of an asset, 95 percent tax on those pharmaceuticals sold at fair market value H.R. 5649 (BEAT CHINA Act)
H.R. 2962 (Americas Infrastructure Modernization (AIM) Act) H.R. 3684 (INVEST in America Act)
Antitrust Consumer welfare standard S. 225 (Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act) H.R. 842 (Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act) H.R. 3460/S. 1787 (State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act) H.R. 3816/S. 2992 (American Choice and Innovation Online Act) H.R. 3825 (Ending Platform Monopolies Act) H.R. 3826 (Platform Competition and Opportunity Act) H.R. 3843 (Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act) H.R. 3849 (ACCESS Act) House Judiciary Comm. Final Report on Investigation of Competition in Digital Markets S. 1435/H.R. 2873 (Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Promoting Competition Act) S. 1425/H.R. 2883 (Stop STALLING Act) S. 1428/H.R. 2891 (Preserve Access to Affordable Generics) Federal Trade Commission motion to rescind the 2015 Statement of Enforcement Principles Regarding Unfair Methods of Competition (UMC) Under Section 5 of the FTC Act Multilateral Pharmaceutical Merger Task Force (FTC Pharmaceutical Task Force, Project No. P212900) Executive Order 14036 (Promoting Competition in the American Economy) FTC Rescission of 1995 Policy Statement on Prior Approval and Prior Notice Provisions in Merger Cases FTCs counting votes cast by a former commissioner
STRONGER Patents Act National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) proposed revisions to Rights to Inventions Made by Nonprofit Organizations and Small Business Firms under Government Grants, Contracts, and Cooperative Agreements and Licensing of Government-Owned Inventions (NIST Docket No. 201207-0327) Federal position on proposal at World Trade Organization to waive intellectual property protections due under Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement with regard to COVID-19-related inventions H.R. 3035/S. 1683 (Preventing Foreign Attempts to Erode Healthcare Innovation Act) S. 1260 (Endless Frontier Act/United States Innovation and Competition Act) patent and intellectual property-related provisions and amendments H.R. 4792 (Countering Communist China Act) patent and intellectual property-related provisions Request for Information Regarding Patent Eligibility Jurisprudence Study (Docket No. PTO-P-2021-0032) Bayh-Dole Act march-in misuse demands
 Patent & Trademark Office/PTAB discretion to institute or to deny trials before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, pursuant to America Invents Act discretion; PTAB designation of precedential opinions, including the Fintiv doctrine to avoid duplicative litigation on the same patent claims in multiple forums S. 2891 (Restoring the America Invents Act) S. 2774 (Pride in Patent Ownership) H.R. 5874 (Restoring Americas Leadership in Innovation Act)
Senate filibuster rules for the protection of minority rights to debate S. 2428 (False Claims Act Amendments)
H.R. 5376 (FY 2022 Budget Reconciliation) inflationary provisions and effects
Filing targets: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE
H.R. 5376 (FY 2022 Budget Reconciliation) inflationary provisions and effects
Infrastructure authorization and Highway Trust Fund solvency/funding H.R. 2187 (Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act) H.R. 3341 (STARTER Act 2.0) H.R. 3684 (INVEST in America Act) S. 2016 (Surface Transportation Investment Act) Motor carrier liability insurance minimum coverage requirements Split sleeper-berth pilot study Petition for Rulemaking: Transportation Intermediaries Association; Property Broker Transaction Records and Regulatory Guidance Concerning Dispatch Services (Docket No. FMCSA-2020-0194) Request for information regarding preservation of records rule (Docket No. FMCSA-2019-0074) Regulatory expediting of software solution to mitigate the adverse effects on truckers and motor carriers of diesel exhaust fluid sensor shortage due to global microchip shortage Request for information regarding America's Supply Chains and the Transportation Industrial Base (Docket No. DOT-OST-2021-0106)
Filing targets: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Antitrust Consumer welfare standard S. 225 (Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act) H.R. 842 (Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act) H.R. 3460/S. 1787 (State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act) H.R. 3816 (American Choice and Innovation Online Act) H.R. 3825 (Ending Platform Monopolies Act) H.R. 3826 (Platform Competition and Opportunity Act) H.R. 3843 (Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act) H.R. 3849 (ACCESS Act) House Judiciary Comm. Final Report on Investigation of Competition in Digital Markets S. 1435/H.R. 2873 (Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Promoting Competition Act) S. 1425/H.R. 2883 (Stop STALLING Act) S. 1428/H.R. 2891 (Preserve Access to Affordable Generics) Federal Trade Commission motion to rescind the 2015 Statement of Enforcement Principles Regarding Unfair Methods of Competition (UMC) Under Section 5 of the FTC Act Multilateral Pharmaceutical Merger Task Force (FTC Pharmaceutical Task Force, Project No. P212900) Executive Order 14036 (Promoting Competition in the American Economy)
H.R. 803 (Protecting America's Wilderness and Public Lands Act) H.R. 859 (Protecting American Energy Jobs Act) H.R. 3014 (30 x 30 Termination Act) Executive Order 14008, Sec. 216 30 x 30 radical land grab program EPA declaration requesting remand of the 2020 Navigable Waters Protection Rule
Senate filibuster rules for the protection of minority rights to debate
S. 617/H.R. 1712 (Death Tax Repeal Act) Tax provisions, namely capital gains confiscatory scheme, in Biden "American Families Plan S.Con.Res. 14 (FY 2022 Budget Resolution) tax provisions for capital gains tax rate increase, taxing trusts, step up in basis repeal, taxing unrealized assets upon death (double death tax), 95 percent tax on those pharmaceuticals sold at fair market value H.R. 5376 (FY 2022 Budget Reconciliation) tax provisions for capital gains tax rate increase, taxing trusts, step up in basis repeal, taxing unrealized assets upon death (double death tax), accelerated expiration of current estate and gift tax exemption levels, tax treatment changes of grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATS), valuation rules changes that ignore discounts from partial ownership or lack of control of an asset, 95 percent tax on those pharmaceuticals sold at fair market value
STRONGER Patents Act National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) proposed revisions to Rights to Inventions Made by Nonprofit Organizations and Small Business Firms under Government Grants, Contracts, and Cooperative Agreements and Licensing of Government-Owned Inventions (NIST Docket No. 201207-0327) Federal position on proposal at World Trade Organization to waive intellectual property protections due under Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement with regard to COVID-19-related inventions S. 1260 (Endless Frontier Act/United States Innovation and Competition Act) patent and intellectual property-related provisions and amendments H.R. 4792 (Countering Communist China Act) patent and intellectual property-related provisions Request for Information Regarding Patent Eligibility Jurisprudence Study (Docket No. PTO-P-2021-0032) 
S. 2891 (Restoring the America Invents Act)
H.R. 2962 (Americas Infrastructure Modernization (AIM) Act) H.R. 3684 (INVEST in America Act)
Filing targets: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE
Notice of Proposed Rule regarding delay of effective date of Independent Contractor Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (Docket No. WHD-2020-0007-1801) Request for Comments on Independent Contractor Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act Withdrawal (RIN 1235-AA34) H.R. 842/S. 420 (Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act)
Filing targets: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Senate filibuster rules for the protection of minority rights to debate
Price controls proposals regarding pharmaceuticals or other medical goods or services Interim Final Rule implementing a Most Favored Nation (MFN) Model for importing foreign price controls for certain Medicare Part B drugs (CMS-5528-IFC) H.R. 3 (Lower Drug Costs Now Act)
S. 617/H.R. 1712 (Death Tax Repeal Act) Tax provisions, namely capital gains confiscatory scheme, in Biden "American Families Plan
STRONGER Patents Act National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) proposed revisions to Rights to Inventions Made by Nonprofit Organizations and Small Business Firms under Government Grants, Contracts, and Cooperative Agreements and Licensing of Government-Owned Inventions (NIST Docket No. 201207-0327) Federal position on proposal at World Trade Organization to waive intellectual property protections due under Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement with regard to COVID-19-related inventions S. 1260 (Endless Frontier Act/United States Innovation and Competition Act) patent and intellectual property-related provisions and amendments
H.R. 2962 (Americas Infrastructure Modernization (AIM) Act)
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), SENATE
Senate filibuster rules for the protection of minority rights to debate
H.R. 803 (Protecting America's Wilderness and Public Lands Act) H.R. 859 (Protecting American Energy Jobs Act) Executive Order 14008, Sec. 216 30 x 30 radical land grab program
STRONGER Patents Act National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) proposed revisions to Rights to Inventions Made by Nonprofit Organizations and Small Business Firms under Government Grants, Contracts, and Cooperative Agreements and Licensing of Government-Owned Inventions (NIST Docket No. 201207-0327) Federal position on proposal at World Trade Organization to waive intellectual property protections due under Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement with regard to COVID-19-related inventions
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), SENATE
Filing targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE
S. 215/H.R. 218 (Death Tax Repeal Act) H.R. 3301 (Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act) Wealth tax Treasury Dept. Estate and Gift Taxes Regulation re Difference in the Basic Exclusion Amount H.R. 5377 (Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act) SALT deductibility cap repeal H.R. 6690 (BEAT CHINA Act) tax incentives to relocate factories to U.S.
H.R. 8037 (legislation to unbalance the U.S. International Trade Commissions standards in Tariff Act Section 337 cases involving U.S. businesses seeking relief against foreign-made, patent-infringing imports)
S. 2082/H.R. 3666 (STRONGER Patents Act) Trade-related intellectual property policy/practices/encroachment by foreign countries/companies against U.S. competitiveness interests - China, Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States review of Chinese acquisitions and joint ventures, United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement IP chapter, International Trade Commission exclusion of U.S. patent-infringing imports, ITC baseband chip set patent infringement remedy, intellectual property exclusivity and protections in trade agreements Piracy of online and streaming copyrighted content Compulsory licensing - S. 377/H.R. 1046 (Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act), S. 102/H.R. 465 (Prescription Drug Price Relief Act), S. 977 (Transparent Drug Pricing Act) NIST Return on Investment Initiative for Unleashing American Innovation S. 344/H.R. 990 (Hatch-Waxman Integrity Act) FTC/patent licensing as exclusive property right Bayh-Dole Act/technology transfer, misuse of march-in rights Procedural and evidentiary standards used at Patent Trial and Appeal Board PTO patentable subject matter eligibility guidance Section 101 patentable subject matter reform Injunctive relief from willful infringement DOJ-DOC withdrawal of 2013 Policy Statement on Remedies for Standards-Essential Patents Subject to Voluntary F/RAND Commitments S. 1273/H.R. 2426 (Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement (CASE) Act) S. 1416 (Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act) Obviousness/No Combination Drug Patents Act H.R. 4398/H.R. 5133 (Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Promoting Competition Act) H.R. 3991 (Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Improvements to Patent Litigation Act) H.R. 5478 (Inventor Rights Act) Patent licensing/standards-essential patents/U.S. technological leadership in 5G and other technologies/economic and national security implications DOJ-PTO-NIST 2019 revised Joint Statement on Remedies for Standards-Essential Patents Subject to Voluntary F/RAND Commitments Efficient infringement Digital Millennium Copyright Act modernization Patent Trial & Appeal Board Covered Business Methods program PTAB Rules of Practice for Instituting on All Challenged Patent Claims and All Grounds and Eliminating the Presumption at Institution Favoring Petitioner as to Testimonial Evidence (Docket No. PTO-P-2019-0024) S. 3630 (Facilitating Innovation to Fight Coronavirus Act) Denial of rights of exclusivity for COVID-19-related innovations H.R. 7366 (Restoring Americas Leadership in Innovation Act) S. 3835 (SCRIPT Act) Proposed policy requiring privately produced, privately funded, copyrighted, peer-reviewed journal articles be given away free upon publication if they discuss any underlying research supported by a government grant Patent Trial and Appeal Board Covered Business Methods program statutory expiration Appointments Clause and the constitutionality of AdministrativePatent Judges invalidation of patents Amendments to the Rules of Practice for Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (RIN:0651-AD47) Discretion to Institute Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Docket No. PTO-C-2020-0055) H.R. 133 (Consolidated Appropriations Act FY 2021 provisions related to Patent & Trademark Office, CASE Act, and copyright infringement via streaming loophole reform)
Waters of the United States rule repeal - by regulatory reform of WOTUS, in appropriations S.Res. 59/H.Res. 109 (Green New Deal resolution calling for the socialistic federal takeover of private property of American citizens and organizations and extinction of any meaningful private property rights in the United States) Land management/acquisition Public access to federally owned lands for sports, recreation, mining, commercial use Social Costs of Carbon project termination EPA regulatory and permitting reform Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Pebble Mine Project H.R. 1373 (Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act) H.R. 2181 (Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act) H.R. 3405 (Uranium Classification Act) Methane Rule reform Regulatory fairness and due process/National Environmental Policy Act reform (Docket No. CEQ-2019-0003-0001) Navigable Waters Protection Rule definition of waters of the United States (Docket No. EPA-HQ-OW-2018-0149, FRL-10004-88-OW) H.R. 7061 (American Critical Mineral Exploration and Innovation Act) S. 3422 (Great American Outdoors Act)
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE
Commercial motor carrier regulatory policy issues, including safety fitness determination procedures and rating, federal preemption of California meal and rest break rule, accident preventability/fault, Compliance Safety Accountability reform, sleep apnea/medical examination Hours-of-service rule reform Infrastructure authorization and Highway Trust Fund solvency/funding H.R. 1511/S. 665 (Stop Underrides Act)
H.R. 1697 (Small Carrier Electronic Logging Device Exemption Act) H.R. 2381 (Modern, Clean, and Safe Trucks Act) H.R. 3773 (Safe Roads Act) 
H.R. 3781 (INSURANCE Act) 
S. 2033 (Cullum Owings Large Truck Safe Operating Speed Act) 
FY 2021 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations - policy provisions regarding deregulatory initiatives of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, federal preemption of state hours-of-service rules, republication of carrier regulatory ratings, flexibility or repeal of the mandatory 30-minute break HOS rule Highway programs reauthorization Crash Preventability Determination Program (Docket No. FMCSA-2014-0177) S. 2858/H.R. 5145 (Promoting Women in Trucking Workforce Act) Beyond Compliance (Pub. L. 114-94, section 5222) (Docket No. FMCSA-2018-0328) H.R. 6104 (Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act) Hours of Service emergency declaration regulatory relief re: COVID-19 pandemic H.R. 7095/H.R. 2 (INVEST in America Act), Title I provisions related to tolling, truck parking, alternative fuel stations and infrastructure, and nonhighway expenditures of Highway Trust Fund monies; Title III provisions related to highway safety and enforcement; Title IV provisions related to more than doubling of carrier liability insurance minimum coverage, Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee, Compliance Safety Accountability program, hours of service, automatic braking and similar mandates, and motor carrier safety operations and programs; Title V provisions related to vehicle miles traveled taxation H.R. 8319 (Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act) policy provisions related to extension of the 2015 FAST Act highway bill Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, Small Business in Transportation Coalition Petitions for Rulemaking; Transparency in Property Broker Transactions (Docket No. FMCSA-2020-0150) Hours of Service of Drivers: Pilot Program To Allow Commercial Drivers To Pause Their 14-Hour Driving Window (Docket No. FMCSA-2020-0098) Proposed Rulemaking regarding revisions to the design standards and standard specifications applicable to new construction, reconstruction, resurfacing (except for maintenance resurfacing), restoration, and rehabilitation projects on the National Highway System (Docket No. FHWA-2019-0030-0001) H.R. 8513 (Compliance Safety Accountability Reform Act)
H.R. 6395 (National Defense Authorization Act, FY 2021), "Corporate Transparency Act" provision imposing a heavy regulatory burden on small businesses
Filing targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
S. 215/H.R. 218 (Death Tax Repeal Act) H.R. 3301 (Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act) Wealth tax Treasury Dept. Estate and Gift Taxes Regulation re Difference in the Basic Exclusion Amount H.R. 5377 (Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act) SALT deductibility cap repeal H.R. 6690 (BEAT CHINA Act) tax incentives to relocate factories to U.S.
Proposed International Pricing Index (IPI) payment model for drugs administered under Medicare Part B S. 377/H.R. 1046 (Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act) Reform of drug manufacturer rebates to third parties (e.g., pharmaceutical benefits managers, insurers) Proposed binding arbitration for enacting government price controls under Medicare Part D Inflationary penalty as government price controls in Medicare Part D/S. 2543 (Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act) S. 1129/H.R. 1384 (Medicare for All Act) Single-payer health care Government price controls on health care products, services, providers, payers H.R. 3 (Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act) drug price controls through international reference pricing, direct federal price dictation, confiscatory penalty on the most innovative medicines Importation of Prescription Drugs Proposed Rule (Docket No. FDA-2019-N-5711) H.R. 1425 (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act) H.R. 6674 (Medicare Crisis Program Act) Proposed most favored nation government price controls for pharmaceuticals Establishing Minimum Standards in Medicaid State Drug Utilization Review (DUR) and Supporting Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) for Drugs Covered in Medicaid, Revising Medicaid Drug Rebate and Third Party Liability (TPL) Requirements (Docket No. CMS-2482-P)
Waters of the United States rule repeal - by regulatory reform of WOTUS, in appropriations S.Res. 59/H.Res. 109 (Green New Deal resolution calling for the socialistic federal takeover of private property of American citizens and organizations and extinction of any meaningful private property rights in the United States) Land management/acquisition Public access to federally owned lands for sports, recreation, mining, commercial use Social Costs of Carbon project termination EPA regulatory and permitting reform Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Pebble Mine Project H.R. 1373 (Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act) H.R. 2181 (Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act) H.R. 3405 (Uranium Classification Act) Methane Rule reform Regulatory fairness and due process/National Environmental Policy Act reform (Docket No. CEQ-2019-0003-0001) Navigable Waters Protection Rule definition of waters of the United States (Docket No. EPA-HQ-OW-2018-0149, FRL-10004-88-OW) H.R. 7061 (American Critical Mineral Exploration and Innovation Act) S. 3422 (Great American Outdoors Act)
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE
Filing targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
Proposed International Pricing Index (IPI) payment model for drugs administered under Medicare Part B S. 377/H.R. 1046 (Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act) Reform of drug manufacturer rebates to third parties (e.g., pharmaceutical benefits managers, insurers) Proposed binding arbitration for enacting government price controls under Medicare Part D Inflationary penalty as government price controls in Medicare Part D/S. 2543 (Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act) S. 1129/H.R. 1384 (Medicare for All Act) Single-payer health care Government price controls on health care products, services, providers, payers H.R. 3 (Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act) drug price controls through international reference pricing, direct federal price dictation, confiscatory penalty on the most innovative medicines Importation of Prescription Drugs Proposed Rule (Docket No. FDA-2019-N-5711) H.R. 1425 (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act) H.R. 6674 (Medicare Crisis Program Act)
S. 2082/H.R. 3666 (STRONGER Patents Act) Trade-related intellectual property policy/practices/encroachment by foreign countries/companies against U.S. competitiveness interests - China, Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States review of Chinese acquisitions and joint ventures, United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement IP chapter, International Trade Commission exclusion of U.S. patent-infringing imports, ITC baseband chip set patent infringement remedy, intellectual property exclusivity and protections in trade agreements Piracy of online and streaming copyrighted content Compulsory licensing - S. 377/H.R. 1046 (Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act), S. 102/H.R. 465 (Prescription Drug Price Relief Act), S. 977 (Transparent Drug Pricing Act) NIST Return on Investment Initiative for Unleashing American Innovation S. 344/H.R. 990 (Hatch-Waxman Integrity Act) FTC/patent licensing as exclusive property right Bayh-Dole Act/technology transfer, march-in rights Procedural and evidentiary standards used at Patent Trial and Appeal Board PTO patentable subject matter eligibility guidance Section 101 patentable subject matter reform Injunctive relief from willful infringement DOJ-DOC withdrawal of 2013 Policy Statement on Remedies for Standards-Essential Patents Subject to Voluntary F/RAND Commitments S. 1273/H.R. 2426 (Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement (CASE) Act) S. 1416 (Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act) Obviousness/No Combination Drug Patents Act H.R. 4398/H.R. 5133 (Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Promoting Competition Act) H.R. 3991 (Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Improvements to Patent Litigation Act) H.R. 5478 (Inventor Rights Act) Patent licensing/standards-essential patents/U.S. technological leadership in 5G and other technologies/economic and national security implications DOJ-PTO-NIST 2019 revised Joint Statement on Remedies for Standards-Essential Patents Subject to Voluntary F/RAND Commitments Efficient infringement Digital Millennium Copyright Act modernization Patent Trial & Appeal Board Covered Business Methods program PTAB Rules of Practice for Instituting on All Challenged Patent Claims and All Grounds and Eliminating the Presumption at Institution Favoring Petitioner as to Testimonial Evidence (Docket No. PTO-P-2019-0024) S. 3630 (Facilitating Innovation to Fight Coronavirus Act) Denial of rights of exclusivity for COVID-19-related innovations H.R. 7366 (Restoring Americas Leadership in Innovation Act)
Filing targets: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE
Reform of regulatory enforcement and adjudication to ensure fairness and due process (Docket No. OMB-2019-0006)
Cleaner Trucks Initiative (Docket ID #EPA-HQ-OAR-2019-0055) Promoting the Rule of Law Through Improved Agency Guidance Documents (Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OA-2020-0128)
Filing targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
S. 215/H.R. 218 (Death Tax Repeal Act) H.R. 3301 (Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act) Wealth tax Treasury Dept. Estate and Gift Taxes Regulation re Difference in the Basic Exclusion Amount H.R. 5377 (Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act) SALT deductibility cap repeal
S. 2082/H.R. 3666 (STRONGER Patents Act) Trade-related intellectual property policy/practices/encroachment by foreign countries/companies against U.S. competitiveness interests - China, Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States review of Chinese acquisitions and joint ventures, United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement IP chapter, International Trade Commission exclusion of U.S. patent-infringing imports, ITC baseband chip set patent infringement remedy, intellectual property exclusivity and protections in trade agreements Piracy of online and streaming copyrighted content Compulsory licensing - S. 377/H.R. 1046 (Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act), S. 102/H.R. 465 (Prescription Drug Price Relief Act), S. 977 (Transparent Drug Pricing Act) NIST Return on Investment Initiative for Unleashing American Innovation S. 344/H.R. 990 (Hatch-Waxman Integrity Act) FTC/patent licensing as exclusive property right Bayh-Dole Act/technology transfer, march-in rights Procedural and evidentiary standards used at Patent Trial and Appeal Board PTO patentable subject matter eligibility guidance Section 101 patentable subject matter reform Injunctive relief from willful infringement DOJ-DOC withdrawal of 2013 Policy Statement on Remedies for Standards-Essential Patents Subject to Voluntary F/RAND Commitments S. 1273/H.R. 2426 (Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement (CASE) Act) S. 1416 (Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act) Obviousness/No Combination Drug Patents Act H.R. 4398/H.R. 5133 (Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Promoting Competition Act) H.R. 3991 (Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Improvements to Patent Litigation Act) H.R. 5478 (Inventor Rights Act) Patent licensing/standards-essential patents/U.S. technological leadership in 5G and other technologies/economic and national security implications DOJ-PTO-NIST 2019 revised Joint Statement on Remedies for Standards-Essential Patents Subject to Voluntary F/RAND Commitments Efficient infringement Digital Millennium Copyright Act modernization
Filing targets: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Filing targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
Waters of the United States rule repeal - by regulatory reform of WOTUS, in appropriations S.Res. 59/H.Res. 109 (Green New Deal resolution calling for the socialistic federal takeover of private property of American citizens and organizations and extinction of any meaningful private property rights in the United States) Land management/acquisition Public access to federally owned lands for sports, recreation, mining, commercial use Social Costs of Carbon project termination EPA regulatory and permitting reform Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Pebble Mine Project H.R. 1373 (Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act) H.R. 2181 (Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act) H.R. 3405 (Uranium Classification Act) Methane Rule reform Regulatory fairness and due process
S. 2082/H.R. 3666 (STRONGER Patents Act) Trade-related intellectual property policy/practices/encroachment by foreign countries/companies against U.S. competitiveness interests - China, Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States review of Chinese acquisitions and joint ventures, United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement IP chapter, International Trade Commission exclusion of U.S. patent-infringing imports, ITC baseband chip set patent infringement remedy Piracy of online and streaming copyrighted content Compulsory licensing - S. 377/H.R. 1046 (Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act), S. 102/H.R. 465 (Prescription Drug Price Relief Act), S. 977 (Transparent Drug Pricing Act) NIST Return on Investment Initiative for Unleashing American Innovation S. 344/H.R. 990 (Hatch-Waxman Integrity Act) FTC/patent licensing as exclusive property right Bayh-Dole Act/technology transfer, march-in rights Procedural and evidentiary standards used at Patent Trial and Appeal Board PTO patentable subject matter eligibility guidance Section 101 patentable subject matter reform Injunctive relief from willful infringement DOJ-DOC withdrawal of 2013 Policy Statement on Remedies for Standards-Essential Patents Subject to Voluntary F/RAND Commitments S. 1273/H.R. 2426 (Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement (CASE) Act) S. 1416 (Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act) Obviousness/No Combination Drug Patents Act H.R. 4398/H.R. 5133 (Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Promoting Competition Act) H.R. 3991 (Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Improvements to Patent Litigation Act) H.R. 5478 (Inventor Rights Act) Patent licensing/standards-essential patents DOJ-PTO-NIST 2019 revised Joint Statement on Remedies for Standards-Essential Patents Subject to Voluntary F/RAND Commitments
Filing targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
H.R. 2513 (Corporate Transparency Act) unfunded mandate on small businesses regarding certain sensitive information, shifting the mandate from big banks to small businesses and self-employed
Filing targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
S. 2082/H.R. 3666 (STRONGER Patents Act) Trade-related intellectual property policy/practices/encroachment by foreign countries/companies against U.S. competitiveness interests - China, Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States review of Chinese acquisitions and joint ventures, United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement IP chapter, International Trade Commission exclusion of U.S. patent-infringing imports, ITC baseband chip set patent infringement remedy Piracy of online and streaming copyrighted content Compulsory licensing - S. 377/H.R. 1046 (Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act), S. 102/H.R. 465 (Prescription Drug Price Relief Act), S. 977 (Transparent Drug Pricing Act) NIST Return on Investment Initiative for Unleashing American Innovation S. 344/H.R. 990 (Hatch-Waxman Integrity Act) FTC/patent licensing as exclusive property right Bayh-Dole Act/technology transfer Procedural and evidentiary standards used at Patent Trial and Appeal Board PTO patentable subject matter eligibility guidance Section 101 patentable subject matter reform Injunctive relief from willful infringement DOJ-DOC withdrawal of 2013 Policy Statement on Remedies for Standards-Essential Patents Subject to Voluntary F/RAND Commitments S. 1273/H.R. 2426 (Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement (CASE) Act) S. 1416/H.R.3991 (Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act) Obviousness/No Combination Drug Patents Act Patent licensing/standards-essential patents
S. 215/H.R. 218 (Death Tax Repeal Act) H.R. 3301 (Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act) Wealth tax
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Waters of the United States rule repeal - by regulatory reform of WOTUS, in appropriations S.Res. 59/H.Res. 109 (Green New Deal resolution calling for the socialistic federal takeover of effectively all private property of American citizens and organizations and extinction of any meaningful private property rights in the United States) Land management/acquisition Public access to federally owned lands for sports, recreation, mining, commercial use Social Costs of Carbon project termination EPA regulatory and permitting reform Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Pebble Mine Project
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Waters of the United States rule repeal - by regulatory reform of WOTUS, in appropriations S.Res. 59/H.Res. 109 (Green New Deal resolution calling for the socialistic federal takeover of effectively all private property of American citizens and organizations and extinction of any meaningful private property rights in the United States) Land management/acquisition Public access to federally owned lands for sports, recreation, mining, commercial use Social Costs of Carbon project termination EPA regulatory and permitting reform
Proposed International Pricing Index (IPI) payment model for drugs administered under Medicare Part B S. 377/H.R. 1046 (Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act)
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Waters of the United States rule repeal - amendment to H.R. 2, Agriculture and Nutrition Act (Farm Bill) and to H.R. 6147 (FY 2019 Interior Appropriations), regulatory reform of WOTUS H.R. 1689 (Private Property Rights Protection Act) H.R. 3905 (Minnesotas Economic Rights in the Superior National Forest (MINER) Act) H.R. 6087 (Removing Barriers to Energy Independence Act) H.R. 6088 (Streamlining Permitting Efficiencies in Energy Development (SPEED) Act) H.R. 6107 (Ending Duplicative Permitting Act)
Tax reform, death tax repeal H.R. 1 (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) H.R. 6760 (Protecting Family and Small Business Tax Cuts Act)
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Intl Trade Administration (ITA), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE
Proposed International Pricing Index (IPI) payment model for drugs administered under Medicare Part B - associated patent/IP devaluation Protecting Access to Medicare Act - establishing market-based rates for lab services
Tax reform, death tax repeal H.R. 1 (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) H.R. 6760 (Protecting Family and Small Business Tax Cuts Act)
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Intl Trade Administration (ITA), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE
Waters of the United States rule repeal - amendment to H.R. 2, Agriculture and Nutrition Act (Farm Bill) H.R. 1689 (Private Property Rights Protection Act) H.R. 3905 (Minnesotas Economic Rights in the Superior National Forest (MINER) Act) H.R. 6087 (Removing Barriers to Energy Independence Act) H.R. 6088 (Streamlining Permitting Efficiencies in Energy Development (SPEED) Act) H.R. 6107 (Ending Duplicative Permitting Act)
Filing targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE
Tax reform, death tax repeal H.R. 1 (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act)
Filing targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE