The International Trade Commission announces that a section 337 patent-based complaint has been filed regarding certain strollers and playards.
In a move that could delay the FCC’s inquiry about pay-TV set-top box rules, DirecTV asked the commission to clearly define what kinds of operations would be covered by the new rules. The definition of a multichannel video programming distributor (MVPD) has come up in two FCC program access complaints, both cited in the commission’s order approving the Comcast-NBC Universal transaction, and the time is ripe for the commission to give clear guidance on the issue, industry lawyers said. “DirecTV raised important questions that the Commission should be considering and the industry deserves to have reasonable guidance, which the commission has not been offering,” said Charles Naftalin, a Holland Knight lawyer who represents Sky Angel, a party in one of the cited complaints.
In a move that could delay the FCC’s inquiry about pay-TV set-top box rules, DirecTV asked the commission to clearly define what kinds of operations would be covered by the new rules.
The International Trade Commission announces that a section 337 patent-based complaint has been filed regarding certain set-top boxes, and hardware and software components thereof.
The International Trade Commission announces that a section 337 patent-based complaint has been filed regarding certain liquid crystal display devices, products containing same, and methods for using the same.
A delayed FCC proposal to let all pay-TV subscribers connect video devices, such as set-tops boxes and DVRs, bought from retailers or other third parties seems to have been slowed by concerns expressed by many multichannel video programming distributors and their content suppliers, said commission, industry and nonprofit officials on both sides of the issue. An AllVid rulemaking notice on a gateway device to connect consumer electronics to all MVPDs was supposed to have been voted on by commissioners last quarter, under the National Broadband Plan’s agenda. The item may not circulate until later this quarter or Q2, said officials inside and outside the commission watching development of the item.
A delayed FCC proposal to let all pay-TV subscribers connect video devices, such as set-tops boxes and DVRs, bought from retailers or other third parties seems to have been slowed by concerns expressed by many multichannel video programming distributors and their content suppliers, said commission, industry and nonprofit officials on both sides of the issue. An AllVid rulemaking notice on a gateway device to connect CE gear to all MVPDs was supposed to have been voted on by commissioners last quarter, under the National Broadband Plan’s agenda. The item may not circulate until later this quarter or Q2, said officials inside and outside the commission watching development of the item.
SAN FRANCISCO -- The vacuuming up of data from mobile devices raises grave problems far beyond the use of location information by providers that consumers can’t help being aware of, said central players from government, business and privacy advocacy. “There’s no perfect solution,” because of the value to companies, consumers and the economy of exploiting the information and the complexity of company roles in the system, said Jim Dempsey, the Center for Democracy & Technology’s public policy vice president. “There’s no single solution."
On January 24, 2011 in Xerox Corporation v. U.S., the Court of International Trade remanded back to U.S. Customs and Border Protection a government procurement final determination on certain recycled laser toner printer cartridges and ordered CBP to explicitly identify the country of origin or state why it cannot be determined.
SAN FRANCISCO -- The vacuuming up of data from mobile devices raises grave problems far beyond the possession of location information by providers that users can’t help being aware of, said central players from government, business and privacy advocacy. “There’s no perfect solution,” because of the value to companies, consumers and the economy of exploiting the information and the complexity of companies in the system, said Jim Dempsey, the Center for Democracy & Technology’s public policy vice president. “There’s no single solution."