| 7th Circuit Criticizes But
Follows Brulotte |
6/17. The U.S.
Court of Appeals (7thCir) issued its opinion
[PDF] in Scheiber
v. Dolby Laboratories, a case involving
enforcement of a patent licensing agreement that provides for
royalty payments beyond the expiration of a patent term. The
District Court declined to enforce the agreement. The Appeals
Court reluctantly affirmed, citing the Supreme Court's
decision in Brulotte v. Thys. However, Judge
Richard Posner thoroughly criticized the Brulotte case.
Brulotte and Patent Misuse. The Supreme Court held in
Brulotte v. Thys Co., 379 U.S. 29 (1964) that a patent
holder's attempt to collect royalties beyond the term of the
patent constituted misuse of the patent. Judge Posner, writing
for a three judge panel, stated that "we have no authority to
overrule a Supreme Court decision no matter how dubious its
reasoning strikes us, or even how out of touch with the
Supreme Court's current thinking the decision seems."
While applying the Brulotte decision in this case, he went on
to explain at length why Brulotte is such an awful precedent.
Background. Scheiber is a musician turned inventor who
held U.S. and Canadian patents on the audio system known as
"surround sound". The last of these patents expired
in 1993 and 1995. Dolby
Laboratories makes audio equipment. These parties reached
a settlement to a 1983 patent infringement suit that included
a patent license agreement that provided for the payment of
royalties beyond the expiration of a patent term. Following
expiration of the patent, Dolby refused to make further
payments.
District Court. Scheiber filed a complaint in U.S.
District Court (SDInd) against Dolby for enforcement of
the licensing agreement. Dolby relied upon Brulotte. The
District Court granted summary judgment to Dolby. Scheiber
appealed.
Appeals Court. The Appeals Court noted that the facts
in Brulotte were "just like this case; the two cases are
indistinguishable." Hence, the Appeals Court affirmed.
"The decision has, it is true, been severely, and as it
seems to us, with all due respect, justly, criticized,
beginning with Justice Harlan's dissent", wrote Posner.
"The Supreme Court’s majority opinion reasoned that by
extracting a promise to continue paying royalties after
expiration of the patent, the patentee extends the patent
beyond the term fixed in the patent statute and therefore in
violation of the law. That is not true. After the patent
expires, anyone can make the patented process or product
without being guilty of patent infringement. The patent can no
longer be used to exclude anybody from such production.
Expiration thus accomplishes what it is supposed to
accomplish."
And because of this, Posner elaborated that if the parties
negotiate an agreement that provides that royalties will be
paid beyond the term of the patent, then amount of the royalty
payment will reflect this fact, and the payment will be lower.
He wrote that "charging royalties beyond the term of the
patent does not lengthen the patentee's monopoly; it merely
alters the timing of royalty payments. This would be obvious
if the license agreement between Scheiber and Dolby had become
effective a month before the last patent expired. The parties
could have agreed that Dolby would pay royalties for the next
100 years, but obviously the royalty rate would be minuscule
because of the imminence of the patent’s expiration."
Federal Circuit. The U.S.
Court of Appeals (FedCir), which has jurisdiction over
appeals from patent cases, has also stated that it views the
misuse doctrine with disfavor, and will apply it only in clear
cases, such those matching the facts of Brulotte.
In contrast, some academics have argued for an expansion of
the reasoning of Brulotte, by analogy, to copyright law. For
example, Brulotte could be the basis of a court imposed
limitation upon the anti circumvention rights created by the
Digital Millennium Copright Act (DMCA), 17
U.S.C. § 1201.
7th Circuit Jurisdiction. This case was heard by the
Seventh Circuit, rather than the Federal Circuit. Judge Posner
noted that "Federal jurisdiction over the suit is based
on diversity of citizenship, because a suit to enforce a
patent licensing agreement does not arise under federal patent
law." |
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| Supreme Court News |
6/17. The Supreme
Court returned from recess, and issued several non
technology related opinions. The Court also announced
decisions on numerous petitions for writ of certiorari. The
Court then recessed until Thursday, June 20.
The Supreme Court denied certiorari in Satellite
Broadcasting and Communications Association v. FCC, No.
01-1332. See, Order
List [PDF] at page 4. This case pertains to the FCC's
carry one, carry all rule for satellite broadcasters. This is
a petition for writ of certiorari to the U.S.
Court of Appeals (4thCir), No. 01-1818, et seq.
The Supreme Court denied certiorari in Celtronix Telemetry,
Inc. v. FCC, No. 01-1504. See, Order
List [PDF] at page 4. This is a petition for writ of
certiorari to the U.S. Court of Appeals (DCCir),
Nos. 00-1400 and 00-1401, pertaining to FCC Interactive Video
and Data Service licenses. See, opinion
of the Court of Appeals. |
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| NTIA Releases Rule on
Spectrum Reallocation Costs |
6/17. The National
Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
published a notice
in the Federal Register containing a final rule regarding
reimbursement of costs for federal to commercial spectrum
reallocation.
The notice states that the NTIA has adopted rules
"governing reimbursement to Federal entities by the
private sector as a result of reallocation of frequency
spectrum. This rule implements provisions of the Strom
Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
1999 (NDAA 99) which authorized Federal entities to accept
compensation payments when they relocate or modify their
frequency use to accommodate non- Federal users of the
spectrum. By this action, spectrum that has been identified
for reallocation can be provided to the private sector for
future commercial wireless service, and the Federal Government
will be compensated for the costs incurred in making that
reallocated spectrum available."
These rules are effective June 17, 2002. See, Federal
Register, June 17, 2002, Vol. 67, No. 116, at Pages 41182 -
41196. See also, NTIA
release. |
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| RIAA Settles with
AudioGalaxy |
6/17. The Recording Industry
Association of America (RIAA) announced that a settlement
has been reached in Zomba Records v. Audiogalaxy.com and
Michael Merhej. Last month the RIAA and the National Music Publishers'
Association (NMPA) filed a complaint
[78 pages in PDF] in U.S. District Court (SDNY)
against Audiogalaxy.com
on behalf of members of the RIAA and NMPA. The complaint
alleges vicarious and contributory copyright infringement in
connection with the operation of a Napster like peer to peer
music copying service.
The RIAA stated in a release
that the settlement "would allow Audiogalaxy to operate a
``filter-in´´ system, which requires that for any music
available, the songwriter, music publisher, and/or recording
company must first consent to the use and sharing of the work.
The other key provision of the agreement is for Audiogalaxy to
pay the music publishers and recording industry a substantial
sum based on Audiogalaxy's assets and interest in resolving
this case quickly." |
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| SEC's Pitt Speaks to
Financial Writers |
6/13. Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) Chairman Harvey
Pitt gave a speech
in New York City to the New
York Financial Writers Association. He stated that "I
hadn't realized this when I took the job, but there really are
a lot of critics and skeptics out there, shooting at us! And
rulemaking doesn't make for the sexiest news stories. But,
bear with us. We are constrained by rules dating back to the
days of manual typewriters and carbon paper, while you and the
rest of the world are on computers, cell phones and
BlackBerrys!"
He added that "I am grateful to the financial reporters
who ``invest´´ the time to understand that the rules we
propose -- the faster disclosure rules we proposed yesterday,
the new accounting regulatory regime we will propose a week
from today, and the myriad of additional rules we have been
churning out at a breakneck pace -- are all aimed at stopping
the abuses that festered over the past five or ten years.
Reporting on the rules, even if unglamorous, is an important
way investor confidence legitimately can be raised." |
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| More News |
6/17. The Interior Department's National Indian Gaming
Commission published a notice
in the Federal Register announcing the adoption of a final
rule that includes changes in the definitions of
"electronic, computer or other technologic aid" and
"electronic or electromechanical facsimile." See,
Federal Register, June 17, 2002, Vol. 67, No. 116, at Pages
41166 - 41174.
6/17. XO Communications filed
a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court (SNDY).
See, XO release. |
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| FCC Receives Comments on
Classification and Regulation of Cable Modem Services |
6/17. June 17 was the deadline to submit comments to the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) regarding its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)
regarding the consequences of the FCC's classification of
cable modem service as an information service. The FCC
received, and published in its web site, numerous comments
that it received.
Providers of cable modem services generally supported the
FCC's declaratory ruling that cable modem service is an
information service, rather than a cable or telecommunications
service. They also opposed the imposition of forced access
requirements. In contrast, state and local entities generally
opposed the information service classification, and advocated
the right of local governmental entities to impose open access
requirements, collect fees from cable modem service providers,
and regulate cable modem service.
This is CS Docket No. 02-52. See, FCC
release [PDF] and notice
in Federal Register, April 17, 2002, Vol. 67, No. 74, at Pages
18848 - 18854.
The National Cable
Telecommunications Association (NCTA) submitted a comment
[59 pages in PDF] in which it stated that the FCC's
"determination that cable modem service is an interstate
information service provides a sound basis for allowing
marketplace forces to propel the continued investment in and
deployment of affordable broadband Internet access service
throughout the nation. The Communications Act neither requires
nor authorizes the Commission to impose a mandatory multiple
ISP access requirement on cable modem service. Such a
requirement would impose substantial costs and burdens on the
Commission, on cable operators, and -- most importantly -- on
consumers without providing any countervailing benefits."
The NCTA continued that "state and local governments have
no basis -- in Title VI of the Act or anywhere else -- for
imposing access requirements or otherwise regulating the
provision of this interstate service. Cable operators have
already been granted the right to use public rights of way
within their cable franchise areas. No additional franchise or
permission is necessary -- nor may any such permission be
required -- for the provision of cable modem service over the
same rights of way. Moreover, the Act precludes state and
local governments from imposing fees attributable to the
provision of services that, like cable modem service, are not
a ``cable service.´´"
The NCTA concluded that "This is as it should be. There
is, as Congress has recognized, a vibrantly competitive
marketplace for Internet services -- including broadband
Internet access. The public interest is best served, as
Congress also recognized, when that competitive marketplace is
allowed to develop ``unfettered by Federal or state
regulation.´´ The Commission should, in this proceeding,
make clear that this is precisely what follows from its
determination that cable modem service is neither a cable
service nor a telecommunications service but an interstate
information service."
AT&T submitted a comment
[58 pages in PDF] in which it stated that "the Commission
should again decline to impose cable forced access regulation
but should affirmatively preempt state and local regulation of
cable Internet services".
AT&T wrote that the FCC should "affirmatively choose
not to regulate ISP access to cable facilities on the basis
that market forces will far better guarantee efficient,
customer friendly arrangements between cable operators and
ISPs (and, indeed, are already doing so). Moreover, the
Commission can, and should, declare that state and local
authorities cannot impose various forms of arbitrary and
anticompetitive assessments and regulations that threaten the
continued growth and development of interstate cable Internet
services."
AT&T elaborated that "Regulation of cable Internet
services is unwarranted because cable operators have clear
incentives to maximize usage of broadband services and to
reach commercially reasonable deals with any ISPs that might
improve the customer experience. By contrast, continued
regulation of wireline broadband services is necessary because
the Bells have substantial market power and are strongly
influenced by the reality that broadband services compete with
their legacy monopolies."
AT&T also argued that "At least four categories of
state and local laws and regulations are inconsistent with
Title VI and thus should be declared to be preempted and
superseded: (1) franchising authority regulations imposing
open access requirements on cable Internet access; (2) state
and local laws assessing franchise fees on cable modem
service; (3) local franchising authorities. regulation of the
terms and conditions for cable Internet services; and (4)
state and local laws restricting a cable provider's right to
collect or disclose its customers. personally identifiable
information to market its services."
BellSouth provides DSL
service, not cable modem service. However, it submitted a comment
[12 page in PDF] anyway. It wants deregulation of DSL service.
It wrote that "The action that the Commission takes
regarding broadband services must focus not only on the
appropriate regulatory treatment of cable modem services, but
on the appropriate regulatory treatment of the entire market
for broadband services that provide access to the Internet.
This market includes both broadband Internet services provided
by cable modem as well as broadband services that utilize
other technologies and network architectures, e.g., wireline
facilities utilized by ILECs to provide service. The
regulatory treatment of the entire market must be not only
consistent, it must be identical. Any other approach will
result in asymmetric regulation that will have an
anticompetitive effect, distort the market and impede
competition."
BellSouth added that it "supports the decision of the
Commission to categorize cable modem service as an information
service. BellSouth also supports the tentative conclusion
that, as an information service, cable modem service should
not be subject to Title II, and to the attendant obligations
and requirements. This same approach must be applied to
wireline broadband services for precisely the same reasons
that support the above referenced conclusions. The
restrictions on the provision of broadband Internet services
by ILECs must be removed in this and related dockets, so that
there will be appropriately consistent treatment of all
services offered in this competitive market."
However, BellSouth added the caveat that if the FCC does not
deregulate its DSL services, "then there is only one way
to ensure regulatory symmetry and avoid anti- competitive
consequences: Title II obligations must, in that event, be
imposed upon the providers of cable modem service."
The state of California and the California Public Utilities
Commission submitted a comment
[43 pages in PDF] in which they urged the FCC "to adopt
an open access regime for cable modem service. California
further urges the FCC not to forbear from regulating the
transport component of cable modem service as common carriage
under Title II of the Act. The adoption of an open access
regime and the regulation of cable modem transport under Title
II are essential to meet the core policies of the 1996 Act --
enhanced consumer choice of services at lower prices, and the
offering of services on just, reasonable, and
nondiscriminatory terms."
The state of Texas submitted a comment
[6 pages in PDF] also. It first questioned the FCC's
conclusion that cable modem services are information services.
It wrote that "We agree that while this may arguably be
one conclusion, it is not a complete conclusion and does not
fully address other important issues which are relevant to
meeting the Commission's previously and widely stated goal of
advancing high speed access to the internet regardless of the
platform used."
Texas elaborated that "The categorization of services as
either telecommunications services, cable services, or
information services are not mutually exclusive, contrary to
the statement in ¶41 of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.
A cable modem service provider could easily be selling its
regular cable programming, an information service through an
ISP, and also providing voice over IP telephony and/or local
exchange services, which are arguably telecommunications
services. It would be fundamentally unfair to allow cable
modem service providers to offer telecommunications services
to customers without also obligating them to meet the
regulatory requirements applicable to other providers of the
identical services, the most important of these requirements
being open access."
It added that "Cable modem service is fundamentally both
an information service, the ISP element, AND a high speed
transport for the data which is the source of the information.
This is seen most obviously by the fact that ISP services are
offered through dial-up, wireline broadband and cable modem.
The internet service remains the same and this is the
``information service´´ component focused upon by the
Commission in its tentative conclusion. These services are
therefore not easily or correctly categorized as one type, but
a hybrid of all three."
Texas concluded that "Cable modem services are not in and
of themselves information services as they are really just a
means of providing high speed transport of the ISP information
to the customer. Because of the inherent duality of the nature
of these services it is incumbent upon the Commission to
proceed cautiously and to avoid an absolute reclassification
of these services as purely information services to which few
common carrier or consumer protection obligations
attach."
Texas also argued that "The following current
telecommunications service provider requirements must apply to
cable modem service providers: 1.Open access requirements; and
2.Consumer protection requirements."
The ACLU also submitted a comment
[PDF] in which it urged the FCC to adopt open access
requirements. It also argued that the FCC "was mistaken
when it classified cable modem service as an information
service". |
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| Tuesday, June 18 |
The House will meet at 10:30 PM for morning hour, and at
12:00 NOON for legislative business.
The Senate will meet at 9:30 AM. It will resume consideration
of S 2600,
the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002.
The Supreme Court is on recess until June 20.
8:30 - 10:00 AM. The American
Enterprise Institute (AEI) will host a press breakfast
titled "Telecommunications and Media Issues" with
former FCC Commissioner Harold Furchtgott Roth and other AEI
scholars. RSVP to Veronique Rodman at telephone 202 862-4871
or vrodman @aei.org.
Location: AEI, 1150 17th Street, NW, 11th Floor Conference
Room.
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM. The Global
Internet Project (GIP) will host a conference titled Spam:
Can It Be Stopped? FTC Commissioner Orson
Swindle will give the opening keynote address at 9:20 AM. See,
agenda.
Location: Crystal Gateway Marriott, Arlington, VA.
10:00 AM. The House
Judiciary Committee has scheduled a meeting to mark up
several bills, including HR 3215,
the "Combatting Illegal Gambling Reform and Modernization
Act" and HR 4623,
the "Child Obscenity and Pormography Prevention Act of
2002". HR 3215 is Rep. Bob Goodlatte's
(R-VA) Internet gambling bill. See, amendment
in the nature of a substitute offered on June 13. Webcast.
Press contact: Jeff Lungren or Terry Shawn at 202 225-2492.
Location: Room 2141, Rayburn Building.
11:00 AM. James
Rogan (Director of the USPTO) will
announce the award of partnership contracts to five companies
for the electronic filing of patent applications as part of
its strategic plan. See, notice.
Press contact: Richard Maulsby at 703 305-8341or Richard.Maulsby@uspto.gov.
Location: USPTO, 2121 Crystal Drive, Room 911, Arlington, VA.
12:00 NOON. The FTC will host an event
titled Workshop on Merger Remedies. See, FTC release.
Location: Room 332, FTC, 600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.
2:30 - 4:30 PM. The Department
of State's (DOS) International Telecommunication Advisory
Committee (ITAC-D) will hold a meeting. This Committee advises
the Department on policy, technical and operational issues
with respect to the International
Telecom. Union (ITU). For more information, and security
restrictions, see notice
in Federal Register. Location: Room 1406, DOS.
Day one of a four day conference titled "INET 2002:
Internet Crossroads: Where Technology and Policy
Intersect". See, conference
information page. Location: Crystal Gateway Marriott,
Arlington, VA. |
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| Wednesday, June 19 |
The House will meet at 10:00 AM for legislative business.
The Supreme Court is on recess until June 20.
The FCC has
scheduled Auction
44, pertaining to spectrum in the 700 megahertz band. On
May 24, 2002, the FCC announced that Auction 31 is
postponed until January 14, 2003, but that Auction 44 will
proceed on June 19, 2002. See, FCC notice
of postponement.
10:00 AM. The Senate
Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Science, and
Transportation Communications will hold a hearing to examine
future sufficiency and stability of the Universal Service
Fund. Location: Room 253, Russell Building.
11:30 AM. The Congressional Wireless Caucus will hold a press
conference. The scheduled speakers include Sen. Sam Brownback
(R-KS), Sen. Byron Dorgan
(D-ND), Rep. Chip
Pickering (R-MS), and Rep.
Al Wynn (D-MD). Press contact: Kimberly Kuo at 202
736-3202 or Kkuo@ctia.org.
Location: Rayburn Building Foyer.
12:30 PM. The Association of
Federal Communications Consulting Engineers will hold a
luncheon meeting. For reservations or more information,
contact Noel Luddy at luddyen
@aol.com or 301 299-2270. The price to attend is $35.
Location: Wyndham City Center Hotel, 1143 New Hampshire Ave.,
NW.
1:45 PM. The Senate
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee will hold
a hearing on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the National Science Foundation,
focusing on math and science research, development, and
education. Location: Room 430, Dirksen Building.
6:00 - 8:00 PM. The FCBA will
host a Continuing Legal Education (CLE) program titled TELRIC
at the Crossroads: The Supreme Court Decision in Verizon v.
FCC. The scheduled panelists are Bradford Ramsay (General
Counsel of the NARUC),
Lawrence Sarjeant (SVP/GC of the USTA), and John
Windhausen (President of the ALTS).
Location: Capitol Hilton, 1001 16th St., NW.
7:00 - 8:00 PM. The National Press Club CyberCocktail Lecture
Series will host an panel discussion titled The State of
ePR. It will be followed by a cocktail reception at 8:00 -
9:30 PM. The participants will be Rod Kuckro (Bandwith), Lori
Barnes (Public Relations Society of America), Mike Fulton (Golin
Harris), Steve Ginsberg (Reuters), Mike McMearty (WTOP), Rick
Rudman (Vocus), and Danny Selnick (PR Newswire). The price to
attend for non members is $10. To make reservations, call 202
662-7501 or email lauraf @press.org.
Location: Ballroom, National
Press Club, 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor.
Day two of a four day conference titled "INET 2002:
Internet Crossroads: Where Technology and Policy
Intersect". See, conference
information page. Location: Crystal Gateway Marriott,
Arlington, VA. |
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| Thursday, June 20 |
The House will meet at 10:00 AM for legislative business.
The Supreme Court will return from recess.
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM. The NIST
will host an event titled NIST
Nanotechnology Open House. Location: NIST, Gaithersburg,
MD.
9:30 AM. The Senate
Governmental Affairs Committee will hold a hearing to
examine the President's proposal to create a Department of
Homeland Security.
1:00 PM. The FTC and others will hold
a press conference to announce more than 50 law enforcement
actions targeting business opportunity and work at home scams.
The scheduled participants include Howard Beales (Director of
the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection), Dale Cantone (Deputy
Securities Commissioner of the State of Maryland), and Laura
Flippin (Department of Justice). See, FTC release.
Location: FTC, Room 432, 600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.
2:00 PM. The House
Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet
and Intellectual Property will hold an oversight hearing
titled Patent Reexamination and Small Business Innovation.
Webcast. Press contact: Jeff Lungren or Terry Shawn at 202
225-2492. Location: Room 2141, Rayburn Building.
Day three of a four day conference titled "INET 2002:
Internet Crossroads: Where Technology and Policy
Intersect". See, conference
information page. Location: Crystal Gateway Marriott,
Arlington, VA.
The FCC's Technological Advisory
Council will hold a meeting. Location: FCC, 445 12th St.,
SW., Room TW-C305. |
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| Friday, June 21 |
The House will meet at 9:00 AM for legislative business.
8:30 - 9:30 AM. The U.S.
Chamber of Commerce will host a breakfast. The speaker
will be Nick Calio, Assistant to the President for
Legislative Affairs. Webcast. Location: 1615 H Street, NW.
9:00 AM. FTC Commissioner Mozelle
Thompson will be the keynote speaker at the National
Energy Marketers Association's Annual Membership Meeting.
Location: Marriott Metro Center, 775 12th Street, NW.
? 9:30 AM. The Senate
Judiciary Committee's Technology Subcommittee may hold a
hearing on identity theft. Press contact: Mimi Devlin at 202
224-9437. Location: Room 226, Dirksen Building.
1:00 PM. The FCC will hold a
meeting to receive input from industry and other affected
parties on proposals to reform the FCC's universal service
contribution methodology. See, notice
[PDF]. Location: FCC, Room TW-C305, 445 12th Street, SW.
1:30 - 3:30 PM. The U.S. International Telecommunication
Advisory Committee Telecommunication Advisory Committee
Radiocommunication Sector (ITAC-R) will hold a meeting. The
purpose of the Committee is to advise the Department of State
on policy and technical issues with respect to the
International Telecom. Union (ITU). This meeting will address
activities of the Study Groups of the ITAC-R, preparations for
the upcoming WRC-03 and guidelines for ITAC-R participation.
See, notice
in Federal Register. Location: Department of State, Room 1408.
Day four of a four day conference titled "INET 2002:
Internet Crossroads: Where Technology and Policy
Intersect". See, conference
information page. Location: Crystal Gateway Marriott,
Arlington, VA. |
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| Saturday, June 22 |
| 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM. The Electronic
Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and others will host an
event titled "The Public Voice in Internet Policy
Making". At 10:10, Paul Margie, Legal Advisor to FCC
Commissioner Michael
Copps will speak on "Privacy Challenges for Internet
Users in Europe". Following Margie, Erika Mann, a Member of
the European Parliament, will speak. See, agenda.
RSVP to publicvoice02
@epic.org. For more information contact Sarah Andrews at andrews @epic.org.
Location: Crystal
Gateway Marriott, 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington,
VA. |
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| Monday, June 24 |
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM. The FCC will hold
an en banc hearing on broadcast and cable equal employment
opportunity rules. Location: Room TW-C305, FCC, 445 12th
Street, SW.
Day one of a two day conference hosted by the Computer & Communications
Industry Association (CCIA)
titled "2002 Washington Caucus". The scheduled
speakers include Glenn Hubbard (Council of Economic Advisors),
Rep. Nancy Pelosi
(D-CA), Sen. Chuck Hagel
(R-NE), Mozelle Thompson (FTC), Bruce Mehlman (Technology Administration), Rep. Howard Berman
(D-CA), and Rep. Zoe
Lofgren (D-CA). See, CCIA notice.
Location: Willard Hotel. |
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