Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet
February 26, 2015
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and members of the House Judiciary Committee today sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman (FCC) Tom Wheeler expressing deep concern with the FCC’s approval of net neutrality rules that regulate Internet service providers under Title II of the Communications Act.
February 20, 2015
Washington, D.C. – On Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 1:30 p.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the resources and functions of the Copyright Office. Currently, the Copyright Office is located within the Library of Congress and the Register of Copyrights reports to the Librarian of Congress. This hearing, which is part of the House Judiciary Committee’s ongoing review of U.S. copyright law, will also examine the merits of this dependent structure.
Witnesses for Thursday’s hearing are below.
Witnesses for Thursday’s hearing are below.
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Location:
2141 RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING
February 9, 2015
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced the following hearings for next week. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1110:30 a.m. Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations
Hearing on: Federal Asset Forfeiture: Uses and Reforms
Witnesses:
· Mr. Kenneth A.
February 5, 2015
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today was joined by Representative Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), Science, Space and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas), Representative Zoe Logren (D-Calif.), and Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Ranking Member Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) in introducing a bill to addres
January 9, 2015
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.), Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Chairman Tom Marino (R-Pa.), Congressman Steve Chabot (R-Ohio), and Congressman Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) introduced H.R. 235, the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act (PITFA). Last Congress, the House of Representatives passed PITFA by voice vote.
January 8, 2015
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today announced subcommittee assignments for the Committee’s Republican members for the 114th Congress.