The Internet World Storms Washington

This Congress’s high-profile debate on legislation aimed at combating online piracy unleashed a flood of lobbying spending and maneuvering that brought to light the powerful forces of the Internet world. Google, Yahoo, Wired.com and many other Internet-related businesses achieved what some considered a hard earned — and high priced — coup against the powerful entertainment […]

First Street Report: Lobbying The America Invents Act

This morning, First Street hosted a roundtable discussion on intellectual property, patent reform and the American Invents Act.  The two panelists leading the discussion were Professors F. Scott Kieff and  John R. Thomas of George Washington and Georgetown University Law Schools, respectively.  In attendance were leading professionals from the intellectual property world, members of the […]

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