The International Trade Commission announces that a section 337 patent-based complaint has been filed regarding certain electric fireplaces, components thereof, certain processes for manufacturing or relating to same and certain products containing same.
The International Trade Commission announces that a section 337 patent-based complaint has been filed regarding certain coenzyme Q10 products and method of making same.
The International Trade Commission announces that a section 337 patent-based complaint has been filed regarding certain digital televisions and components thereof.
None of the charges lobbed at AT&T by opponents of its buy of T-Mobile are surprising or beyond what the company expected before announcing the deal in March, AT&T General Counsel Wayne Watts said Tuesday. Watts met with reporters the day after the final filing deadline in the AT&T/T-Mobile merger docket. The carrier answered critics more formally June 10 in a filing at the commission (CD June 13 p1).
Financial institutions aren’t acting quickly enough to notify consumers about data breaches, Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., said at a Senate Banking Committee hearing Tuesday. Witnesses representing financial entities, law enforcement and privacy groups said the accelerating number of data breaches necessitates a federal law. But some cautioned Congress to consider existing laws when writing legislation.
The International Trade Commission announces that a section 337 patent-based complaint has been filed regarding certain motion-sensitive sound devices and image display devices and components and products containing the same.
The International Trade Commission announces that a section 337 patent-based complaint has been filed regarding certain universal serial BUS (USB) portable storage devices, including USB flash drives and components thereof.
The FCC shouldn’t require those lobbying it to disclose their ownership as the agency seeks to further update ex parte filing rules, said the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, NAB and the Fixed Wireless Communications Coalition (FWCC). They sought exclusions if there are new rules for associations and coalitions, so such entities don’t need to list every member that participated in an issue. The Chamber was among those also raising constitutional concerns about more disclosure. Free Press and the Media Access Project backed additional ownership details. A rulemaking notice sought ways to collect additional information in ex parte filings, without overly burdening those making them (CD Feb 4 p2).
The Director of a nonprofit organization project1 has released a study on the U.S. tariff system, which states that although overall U.S. tariff rates are low (averaging 1.3%), tariffs on home goods average about 13% and rise to peaks of 32% for polyester shirts, and 48% for cheap sneakers.
Dish Network was chosen to provide the stalking horse bid for bankrupt TerreStar, setting the minimum bid price for the S-band licensee at $1.375 billion, court documents filed Wednesday said. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York must still approve the bid. Charlie Ergen, chairman of Dish and EchoStar, had appeared to be the front-runner to win the TerreStar assets (CD April 15 p3) despite saying during an earnings call this year that EchoStar, which has some ownership in TerreStar, would not bid on the company.