Senate Judiciary
Senate Opens Debate on Patent Reform
WASHINGTON, March 1, 2011 – The Senate moved a step closer to the first major overhaul to the patent system in nearly 60 years when it introduced a bill to the floor on Monday.
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Congress
Reps. Barton, Markey Keep Watchful Eye On Facebook Privacy Settings
WASHINGTON, February 28, 2011 – Reps. Joe Barton (R-TX) and Edward Markey (D-MA), Co-Chairmen of the House Bipartisan Privacy Caucus, shared Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s response to a letter they wrote to him on February 2, 2011, questioning a particular privacy feature on Facebook that would pote
Broadband's Impact
Analysis: Despite New Entrants, Netflix-CBS Deal Secures Spot At The Top
WASHINGTON, February 25, 2011 – Amazon’s new movie streaming service represents a first step into the market but it will be a while before it – or any other new entrant to the sector – challenges Nexflix at the top of the heap. This week through its Prime subscription service, Amazon offered free s
Broadband's Impact
Netflix To Begin Streaming CBS Shows
WASHINGTON, February 24, 2011 – The online video service, Netflix, and television network, CBS, announced a deal Tuesday that will bring selected CBS shows to Netflix’ online video library by April of this year.
Broadband Mapping and Data
Broadband Map Tops 150 Million Hits In First Day
WASHINGTON February 23, 2011 – The Federal Communications Commission’s national broadband map website received more than 150 million hits and more than 1,000 requests per second in its first day live, according to usage data released Friday by the agency.
Big Tech
Court Orders Internet Rebroadcaster ivi To Halt Service
WASHINGTON, February 23, 2011 – A federal judge ordered Internet video provider ivi TV to cease rebroadcasting by on Monday, after concluding the provider did not fall under the protection of the Copyright Act.
Infrastructure
How Abraham Lincoln’s Belief in Equal Opportunity Animated a Passion for Infrastructure Improvements
SPRINGFIELD, February 21, 2011 – President Abraham Lincoln began his political career here with a passionate interest in infrastructure improvements. America knows President Lincoln today because his belief in equal opportunity. What connects that which we know about Lincoln and that which brought
Broadband Live
Broadband Breakfast Club Discusses How To Bring More Handsets to More Wireless Carriers
WASHINGTON, February 22, 2011 – After Apple recently broke its exclusivity agreement with AT&T and brought the iPhone to Verizon, our panel discusses whether consumers suffer from a lack of choice in handsets between carriers what effects that may have on the wireless marketplace. Additionally, the
Ninth Circuit
Motion Picture Association Tries To “Unfriend” Google In Court Fight Over Digital Copyright Law
SAN FRANCISCO, February 21, 2011 — Movie industry lawyers told an appeals court late last week that it should ignore an attempt by Google to get involved in an appeal of a case that they won — even if Google is ostensibly on their side.
House Judiciary
House IP Chairman on COICA: “We Don’t Want To Be Egypt.”
WASHINGTON, February 20, 2011 — The lead lawmaker in the U.S. House of Representatives regarding intellectual property issues says that he and his colleagues need to be extremely wary of giving the federal government too much unfettered power when it comes to seizing the domain names of web sites th
Intellectual Property
USPTO Names Teresa Stanek Rea As Deputy Director
WASHINGTON, February 18, 2010 — U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke on Thursday appointed biotech and pharma lawyer Teresa Stanek Rea as deputy director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
FCC
MetroPCS Joins Rural Cellular Association
WASHINGTON, February 18, 2011 – The Rural Cellular Association (RCA) announced Friday that wireless provider MetroPCS had joined the association.
Innovation
Obama Follows Up State Of The Union Speech with Silicon Valley Powwow
[https://broadbandbreakfast.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DinneratDoerrs.jpg]https://broadbandbreakfast.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DinneratDoerrs.jpg SAN FRANCISCO, February 17, 2011 — President Obama checked in with the U.S.’ titans of tech on Thursday in a brief swing through Silicon Valley b
Broadband Mapping and Data
NTIA, FCC Release National Broadband Map and Digital Nation Report
WASHINGTON February 17, 2011- The National Telecommunications and Information Administration in conjunction with the Federal Communications Commission unveiled the National Broadband Map along with an update to the Digital Nation report this morning. The map is available at http://www.broadbandmap.g
Expert Opinion
Broadband Illinois Launches New Web Site Promoting Tools, Research and Opportunity
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, February 17, 2011 – Illinois residents can now discover who offers high-speed internet service in their neighborhood with a single mouse click or touch on a smart phone. They do this by visiting http://broadbandillinois.org [http://www.broadbandillinois.org/], a new site laun
Julius Genachowski
House Subcommittee Puts FCC, Net Neutrality On Firing Line
WASHINGTON, February 17, 2011 – Members of the House subcommittee on Communications and Technology took the opportunity during a hearing on Wednesday to grill the five FCC commissioners on the Commission’s recent Open Internet Order in a marathon session.
