The International Trade Commission announces that a section 337 patent-based complaint has been filed regarding certain starter motors and alternators.
Draft Cargoways India (Pvt.) Ltd., a non-vessel-operating common carrier based in India and licensed by the FMC, has filed an amended complaint with the Federal Maritime Commission, adding allegations that a U.S. NVOCC, Damco A/S, tried to invoice untariffed charges, etc. and adding two respondents to the proceedings.
A federal investigation of the Comcast-Level 3 dispute is necessary, the New America Foundation’s Open Technology Initiative, the Media Access Project and Free Press said in a letter to DOJ’s Antitrust Division and the FCC. Peering agreements are rarely transparent and an investigation is needed to reveal how peering agreements are negotiated and whether companies are acting anticompetitively, the letter said. The dispute raises three main concerns, the letter said: Whether and how last-mile providers might leverage their relationship with broadband consumers to act anticompetitively; whether last-mile providers can “leverage their market power to harm their competitors” in the market for Internet content, particularly in the light of the proposed Comcast-NBC Universal merger; and how disputes could lead to disruptive outages.
A commissioner from each party offered a divergent view on whether the agency can act on the net neutrality order set for a Dec. 21 vote. Speaking at a Practising Law Institute conference in Washington Thursday, Democratic Commissioner Mignon Clyburn said FCC action on net neutrality offers the speed and flexibility that a legislative solution simply can’t offer. GOP Commissioner Meredith Baker said the agency is “not empowered to regulate the Internet.” Baker’s views against the net neutrality draft that Chairman Julius Genachowski circulated last week have been well known, while Clyburn has been thought to be generally supportive of it (CD Dec 8 p1) but hadn’t said very much publicly in recent days on the issue.
The International Trade Commission has announced that a section 337 patent-based complaint has been filed regarding certain handbags, luggage, accessories, and packaging thereof.
Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., was formally picked by the Republican caucus to be House Commerce Committee chairman in the next Congress, his office confirmed Wednesday afternoon. About 24 hours earlier, he beat other challengers, including ex-Chairman Joe Barton of Texas, in a vote by the House Republican Steering Committee. Since contenders including Barton and Rep. John Shimkus of Illinois had agreed to support him in the caucus vote and not seek individual votes on their elections, Upton’s ascension was no surprise (WID Dec 8 p1).
Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., was formally picked by the Republican caucus to be House Commerce Committee chairman in the next Congress, his office confirmed Wednesday afternoon. About 24 hours earlier, he beat other challengers, including ex-Chairman Joe Barton of Texas, in a vote by the House Republican Steering Committee. Since contenders including Barton and Rep. John Shimkus of Illinois had agreed to support him in the caucus vote and not seek individual votes on their elections, Upton’s ascension was no surprise (CD Dec 8 p1) .
While it’s too soon to judge the impact of WikiLeak’s publication of thousands of diplomatic documents, the affair shows a healthy collaboration between new and traditional media, said Lucie Morillon, head of new media desk for Reporters Without Borders, in an interview Wednesday. RWB bashed the whistleblower website over the summer for posting information naming, and possibly endangering the lives of, Afghan civilians, but recently strongly denounced efforts to shutter it. European Digital Rights (EDRI), meanwhile, said the issue isn’t so much the leaks as whether the world wants the kind of Internet that makes WikiLeaks possible.
The Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program (i.e., A, A*, and A+) for most beneficiary countries, i.e., other than those listed as African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) beneficiary countries, will expire on December 31, 2010, unless a law extending it is enacted.
The International Trade Commission has announced that a section 337 patent-based complaint has been filed regarding certain semiconductor chips and products containing the same.