This week in Washington IP events, Tuesday kicks off with a House Space Subcommittee hearing on research and development into social distancing configurations in air travel seating, while the House IP Subcommittee holds a hearing on Thursday to explore innovation and technology used by the federal court system in their response to COVID-19. The Senate Commerce Committee will likely look at funding for rural broadband initiatives during a Wednesday hearing on Federal Communications Commission oversight. Among tech policy institutes, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation discusses the future of autonomous vehicle systems in goods transportation, while New America hosts several events this week on digital payment systems, meat produced without animal agriculture, Section 230 liability provisions for online service providers and broadband initiatives to aid American schoolchildren.
Recent Posts
- G+ Communications v. Samsung: The Perils of Being ‘Half-Committed’ to FRAND
- Four Factors to Consider When Deciding Whether to Use Trade Secrets
- The CRISPR Battle Through the Lens of International Patent Harmonization
- The Case for Using Filing Dates Instead of Expiration Dates to Determine Obviousness-Type Double Patenting (Part I)
- Other Barks and Bites for Friday, May 3: FTC Adds Ozempic and 300 Drugs to FDA’s Orange Book; Eight Major Newspapers Sue OpenAI, Microsoft for Copyright Infringement