The International Trade Commission announces that a Section 337 patent-based complaint has been filed regarding certain electronic devices with communication capabilities components thereof, and related software.
The Court of International Trade has ruled that an importer whose identity is alleged to have been stolen and used by another to enter goods that never came into the importer's possession, may not sue for a refund of liquidated damages as the importer failed to seek timely relief under 28 USC 1581(a) by protesting CBP's Notice of Redelivery. CIT stated that had the importer protested the Notice, it could have raised the exact issues raised in this suit.
Despite the increase in major cyberattacks, Congress’ approach to cybersecurity lacks intensity and clarity, according to private sector security professionals. A deeply partisan Congress and a lack of direction from the government could hamper the effort to secure the nation’s critical assets, policy stakeholders said.
Building a national wireless broadband network for public safety is the top telecom priority this fall for the Senate Commerce Committee, committee aides said. House Democratic and Republican staff, meanwhile, have continued discussions on spectrum legislation through the August recess, House officials said. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., also is closely watching the FCC as it attempts to overhaul the Universal Service Fund and the committee may have a hearing on the AT&T/T-Mobile deal, his spokeswoman said. Senate Republicans, meanwhile, are poised to move their Congressional Review Act rebuke of the FCC’s net neutrality order.
The International Trade Commission announces that a Section 337 patent-based complaint has been filed regarding certain digital televisions containing integrated circuit devices and components thereof.
USTelecom and Sprint Nextel separately asked the FCC Wireline Bureau to clarify that carriers shouldn’t have to reimburse the Universal Service Administrative Co. when Rural Health Care (RHC) applicants don’t comply with USAC audit procedures. AT&T asked the commission to reverse a decision by USAC that the service provider must foot the bill when one of its customers violates a USAC rule. The amount of money in question in the case appealed by AT&T is small: $1,860. The industry commenters said the issue presented is much larger.
Verizon and Google disagreed sharply on whether the FCC should give tw telecom the declaratory ruling it asked for. Tw seeks a ruling that VoIP is a telecom service under Title II, giving the company the right “to establish direct IP-to-IP interconnections.” Google, as well as NCTA and a number of cable operators, supported the company’s arguments. Verizon and USTelecom said any such ruling would be premature.
The International Trade Commission announces that a Section 337 patent-based complaint has been filed regarding certain devices for improving uniformity used in a backlight module and products containing the same.
The focal point of new media ownership rules is wholly back on the FCC, since all pending litigation challenging the agency’s last review of the limits has ended. Industry executives and lawyers, FCC officials and nonprofit representatives who oppose further consolidation agreed in interviews last week that the ball’s in the commission’s court. The regulator had been waiting for a ruling, which came in July from a Philadelphia appeals court, on how to proceed on diversity issues (CD July 8 p3). Another court Wednesday (CD Aug 11 p13) denied a licensing challenge on the 2008 order.
Two popular cable channels with lots of live shows are exempt from needing to orally describe action scenes with little dialogue on multichannel video programming distributors, under a draft Media Bureau order implementing video description legislation. FCC and industry officials said Thursday the bureau wants the order voted on later this month, so the rules can take effect soon as required by the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act. MVPDs and their associations as well as advocates for the disabled have been visiting the commission to lobby on the item, officials said and filings in docket 11-43 show (http://xrl.us/bk8c2o).