• 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"; CBP policy regarding disclosure of counterfeit semiconductor photographs; federal policy regarding use of counterfeit semiconductors in military hardware, rail, automotive, and electronic components industries;Enforcement of U.S. trade laws, including issues related to customs fraud. Implementation of H.R.1540 (Public Law 112-081) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, provisions related to counterfeit semiconductors. Legislation to require or authorize U.S. Customs and Border Protection to share information regarding detained suspect counterfeit products with rights holders, including H.R. 22 (Poe) and related legislation.

Duration: July 17, 2009 to January 31, 2013

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

Spending: about $520,000 (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, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, White House Office, Navy - Dept of, Defense Logistics Agency, Defense - Dept of (DOD), White House Office,, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Treasury - Dept of, Army - Dept of (Other) , U.S. Copyright Office, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), U.S. Senate,, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS),

Affiliated organizations: Dow Lohnes PLLC

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