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Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) released the following statement today following the passage of H.R. 3309, the Innovation Act, a bipartisan bill she is an original co-sponsor of that would curb abusive patent litigation from patent assertion entities often referred to as ‘Patent Trolls.' The bill was passed by a strong bipartisan vote of 325 to 91 in the U.S. House of Representatives today:
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) released a letter today to Mr.Kim Beazley, the Australian Ambassador to the United States, outlining her continued concerns over the troubling conduct of Francis Gurry, director-general of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Late last month, Rep. Lofgren and a group of senior bipartisan Congressional leaders signaled their alarm to the Obama Administration over the widening reports of scandal and misconduct during Gurry's tenure as WIPO leader, including a secret technology transfer to North Korea and Iran.
Following a GAO report released this week, a bipartisan group of Members of Congress today called on the Obama Administration to put strong regulations in place to prevent sexual abuse and assault against immigrants in federal custody. In a letter to President Barrack Obama, twelve bipartisan Members of Congress, including senior leaders on the House Judiciary Committee, called on the administration to issue the regulations "without further delay" in order to achieve the goals of the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) of 2003.
Senior bipartisan Congressional leaders signaled their alarm today to the Obama Administration over the widening expose of reports of scandal and misconduct by Francis Gurry, director-general of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). In a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry, the lawmakers warned "the interests of the United States and its large community of innovators cannot be served well with Mr. Gurry continuing as Director General of WIPO." The lawmakers urged the Obama administration "to identify and support an alternate candidate to lead WIPO."
The House Judiciary Committee today approved the Innovation Act (H.R. 3309) by an overwhelming vote of 33-5. This bipartisan bill takes steps to combat the ever increasing problem of abusive patent litigation. The legislation addresses abusive practices taking place in our courts.
In the aftermath of typhoon Haiyan's devastating impact on the Philippines, twenty-nine bipartisan Members of Congress are calling on the Obama Administration to grant Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Filipinos currently in the U.S. from being sent home when their visas expire. In a letter released today by Rep.
In the aftermath of typhoon Haiyan's devastating impact on the Philippines, twenty-nine bipartisan Members of Congress are calling on the Obama Administration to grant Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Filipinos currently in the U.S. from being sent home when their visas expire. In a letter released today by Rep.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren joined together today with Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Reps. Anna G. Eshoo (D-Palo Alto) and Mike Honda (D-San Jose) to celebrate the selection of San Jose's City Hall building as the permanent location for the Silicon Valley satellite patent office. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO) announcement comes after a search for a permanent office space was put on hold in July due to federal budget sequestration.
Twenty-four Members of the California Democratic Congressional Delegation (CDCD), Chaired by Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-19), the Chair of the delegation, released the following letter today to California Health and Human Services Secretary Diana Dooley and Covered California Executive Director Peter Lee urging them to implement President Obama's administrative fix that gives consumers the option to renew their 2013 health plans in 2014, without change. The following is the full text of the letter:
November 14, 2013
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose, Calif.) was awarded with a lifetime achievement award from the Silicon Valley Leadership Group (SVLG). The SVLG honored Rep. Lofgren and her colleague Rep. Anna G. Eshoo (D-Palo Alto) with the lifetime achievement award during the organization's largest public policy gathering in Silicon Valley. Dr. Ed Moses, who served for over fifteen years as the director of the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, introduced Rep. Lofgren who delivered the following remarks in accepting the award.
