The State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls has posted guidance and a frequently asked questions document to assist industry in the preparation and submission of an agreement "rebaseline."
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued an ABI CSMS message announcing that it will be conducting two ACE ABI CATAIR Technical Seminars for trade software developers only.
The Trade Support Network's Leadership Council and its Entry and Transition Committees ("TSN") have sent a letter to U.S. Customs and Border Protection expressing its continuing concerns regarding CBP's plans to reduce the number of validations currently found in ACS when the ACE ESAR A2.2 drop is developed.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an updated version of its "ACE on the Road" event schedule, which includes the following:
Seeking to avoid a turf war between a new intellectual- property enforcement coordinator and federal agencies with IP duties, the House Judiciary Committee passed the PRO-IP Act (HR-4279) Wednesday with a manager’s amendment limiting the coordinator’s role. But a dissenting lawmaker said the bill could aid an RIAA campaign of “extortion” against people it accuses of illegally downloading music.
Seeking to avoid a turf war between a new intellectual- property enforcement coordinator and federal agencies with IP duties, the House Judiciary Committee passed the PRO-IP Act (HR-4279) Wednesday with a manager’s amendment limiting the coordinator’s role. But a dissenting lawmaker said the bill could aid an RIAA campaign of “extortion” against people it accuses of illegally downloading music. PRO-IP goes to the full House for a vote. It was approved earlier by the IP Subcommittee after legislators stripped it of broad forfeiture provisions and language creating violations for each work on “compilations” (WID March 7 p3).
The International Trade Commission has instituted a section 337 patent-based investigation of certain composite wear components and products containing the same pursuant to a complaint.
The Supreme Court will hear the case on whether antidumping duties can be imposed on a French supplier of low-enriched uranium (LEU) during its October 2008 term.
On April 17, 2008, Representatives Manzullo and Smith introduced the "Securing Exports Through Coordination and Technology Act" (H.R. 5828), which would require the federal government to enhance the Automated Export System, allow for the licensing of AES filers, etc.
The Supreme Court’s so-called Miller test for obscenity is the target of a porn producer arraigned Monday on obscenity charges in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The filing indicted John Stagliano, widely deemed the originator of plotless “gonzo” porn, John Stagliano Inc. and his Evil Angel Productions on six charges of distributing two obscene films across state lines through online sales. Another count accuses the defendants of showing an obscene trailer for a third movie on EvilAngel.com.