The International Trade Commission has instituted a section 337 patent-based investigation of certain wind and solar-powered light posts and street lamps.
On September 15, 2010, the House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on China’s exchange rate policy and the options available to address it.
U.S. Trade Representative Kirk announced on September 15, 2010 that the U.S. has filed two cases against China at the World Trade Organization.
On September 14, 2010, the Bureau of Industry and Security’s Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee met to discuss a variety of export-related issues, including:
The International Trade Commission has instituted a section 337 patent-based investigation of certain flash memory chips and products containing the same, pursuant to a filed complaint.
On September 9, 2010, the United Steelworkers (USW) union filed a comprehensive trade case under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 identifying a broad array of Chinese green technology policies and practices that USW believes violate world trade rules and threaten the U.S. alternative and renewable energy sector.
SEATTLE -- The future of game distribution online could be imperiled if the Supreme Court reverses the tide of court decisions slapping down state laws restricting the sale of videogames to minors, speakers said at the Penny Arcade Expo over the weekend. It’s “a bit unsettling” that the nation’s highest court will hear EMA v. Schwarzenegger, a challenge to California’s videogame law, with no “circuit split” that would justify intervention, said attorney Tom Buscaglia, who’s writing a friend-of-the-court brief for the International Game Developers Association in support of the Entertainment Merchants Association.
SEATTLE -- The future of game distribution online could be imperiled if the Supreme Court reverses the tide of court decisions slapping down state laws restricting the sale of videogames to minors, speakers said at the Penny Arcade Expo over the weekend. It’s “a bit unsettling” that the nation’s highest court will hear EMA v. Schwarzenegger, a challenge to California’s videogame law, with no “circuit split” that would justify intervention, said attorney Tom Buscaglia, who’s writing a friend-of-the-court brief for the International Game Developers Association in support of the Entertainment Merchants Association.
The U.S. may have dropped its demand that ISPs bear some liability for online infringement, but key provisions in the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) remain controversial after last month’s negotiations in Washington, said a professor monitoring the talks. The latest ACTA draft was supposed to be kept confidential but leaked over the weekend. Fears persist of a “back-door” requirement of a graduated response to Internet piracy, overly restrictive anti-circumvention provisions, and criminal sanctions, said Michael Geist, University of Ottawa research chair of Internet and e-commerce law, and others watching the talks.
The U.S. may have dropped its demand that ISPs bear some liability for online infringement, but key provisions in the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) remain controversial after last month’s negotiations in Washington, said a professor monitoring the talks. The latest ACTA draft was supposed to be kept confidential but leaked over the weekend. Fears persist of a “back-door” requirement of a graduated response to Internet piracy, overly restrictive anti-circumvention provisions, and criminal sanctions, said Michael Geist, University of Ottawa Canada research chair of Internet and e-commerce law, and others watching the talks.