• Issues related to intellectual property; patent litigation reform (including the Innnovation Act HR9 and related patent litigation reform in the Senate including S.632, the STRONG Patents Act of 2015, the VENUE Act), ITC Reform.
• Issues related to data protection, data breach notification, general privacy, FTC reform and encryption
• Issues related to the Internet of Things, virtual reality, an cell-phone unlocking - S1076 Smartphone Theft Prevention Act of 2015; HR 1587 Unlocking Technology Act of 2015; Issues related to geolocation data privacy - HR 656 - Online Communications and Geolocation Protection Act, HR 491 - Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act. Issues related to device security - implementation of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act. Issues related to E-waste. Issues related to health/wellness IT.
• Issues related to med-tech, including connected health and fitness devices, health internet of things
• Issues related to encryption including the Digital Security Commission Act of 2016, HR 4651 and S.2604

Duration: February 16, 2015 to December 31, 2016

General Issues: Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Telecommunications, Health Issues, Intelligence and Surveillance, Science/Technology

Spending: about $70,000 (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 2015: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives

Related Foreign Entities: HTC Corporation (Taoyuan City, TRE); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%