• Advocacy in support of protection of intellectual property rights in consensus based standards adopted or referenced by the government.

Duration: October 15, 2011 to June 30, 2013

General Issues: Science/Technology, Government Issues, Copyright/Patent/Trademark

Spending: about $290,000 (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 2011: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate,, U.S. Senate, Labor - Dept of (DOL), Energy - Dept of, Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP),, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Small Business Adminstration (SBA),, Energy - Dept of,, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Small Business Adminstration (SBA)

Affiliated organizations: Amer. Soc. of Mechanical Engineers; ASTM International; National Fire Protection Association