SIIA Hosts Education Technology Policy Forum This Week
We are excited to be kicking off our one-of-a-kind annual conference on education technology policy this week. Strong public policy support for the shift from print-to-digital and myriad state initiatives are combining to fundamentally reshape education. SIIA’s forum will bring together education publishers and technology providers to discuss these policies affecting the rapid change in the teaching and learning experience, and what it means for companies in this space. It’s not too late to register!
Lots of IP Policy Buzz in DC, Ranging from Targeted to Broad Reform
Leading up to the spring recess in DC, there was another flurry of intellectual property policy activity in Washington last month. Ranging from the call for broad copyright reform offered by U.S. Register of Copyrights Maria Pallante, to a range of IP legislation from patents, to trade and counterfeited goods. In general, patent reform and targeted measures are likely to receive a lot of attention in the weeks and months ahead, while the themes of broad copyright reform continue to be pondered, both politically and practically. For more information on the recent developments, check out SIIA’s latest IP Policy Update.
House Intel Committee to Consider CISPA This Week
With the upcoming Intelligence Committee markup of CISPA this week, the House is looking to take another step closer to “cyber week,” on the floor later this month. In advance of the hearing, SIIA sent a letter in support of the bipartisan information sharing measure. If there is one thing that Congress can and should do in the near term, it’s enact legislation that creates a legal framework to enable enhanced cyber threat information sharing. Read more on SIIA’s Digital Discourse Blog.
SIIA Urges Members to Register with ICANN Trademark Clearinghouse
SIIA is still reaching out to urge all members to register with the ICANN Trademark Clearinghouse that is about to open as part of the process of expanding the number of top-level Internet domains (TLDs). The Clearinghouse, which recently launced, offers all trademark owners the opportunity to register their brand names in order to protect them from being claimed by others as domain names. The good news is that is that the process of registering is easy, and once done, offers significant protection for the trademark owner. We recommend that, once the Clearinghouse opens, companies move quickly to register their marks. For more information, check out SIIA’s Digital Discourse Blog.
David LeDuc is Senior Director, Public Policy at SIIA. He focuses on e-commerce, privacy, cyber security, cloud computing, open standards, e-government and information policy. Follow the SIIA public policy team on Twitter at @SIIAPubPolicy.