• Customs and Border Protection (CBP) efforts to stop importation of counterfeit semiconductors, including related policy of or efforts by the Departments of Treasury, Homeland Security, Defense, and Navy and definitions of "counterfeiting" and "gray market"; CPB policy regarding disclosure of counterfeit semiconductor photographs; federal policy regarding use of counterfeit semiconductors in military hardware, rail, automotive, and electronic components industries;S. 23/H.R. 1249, America Invents Act, provisions related to first to file, PTO user fee diversion, enforcement of business method patents, venue, and damages; Enforcement of U.S. trade laws, including issues related to customs fraud; S. 968, PROTECT IP Act of 2011, provisions related to CBP counterfeit semiconductor photograph redaction.

Duration: July 17, 2009 to September 30, 2011

General Issues: Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Computer Industry, Homeland Security, Foreign Relations

Spending: about $240,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2009: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Treasury - Dept of, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Justice - Dept of (DOJ), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR),, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), U.S. Senate,

Related Foreign Entities: STMicroelectronics, N.V. ( Plan-Les-Ouates, SUI); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%