Lobbying Relationship

Client

Rambus, Inc.

Provides patented inventions for leading chip & system companies More records

Lobbying firm

Cassidy & Associates, Inc. (formerly known as Cassidy & Associates)

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  • Monitored patent reform legislation (H.R.243)
  • Monitoring of miscellaneous trade issues
  • Monitored LED lighting issues

Duration: to

General Issues: Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Energy/Nuclear

Spending: about $1,250,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

Bills mentioned

H.R.243: Patent Lawsuit Reform Act of 2011

Sponsor: Robert E. Latta (R-Ohio)

S.515: A bill to rescind amounts made available for water treatment...

Sponsor: Jon Tester (D-Mont.)

H.R.1260: Support for Survivors Act

Sponsor: Bruce Braley (D-Iowa)

S.515: Patent Reform Act of 2009

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

H.R.1260: Patent Reform Act of 2009

Sponsor: John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.)

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Lobbyists

Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
Johanna Polsenberg Sr. Legis. Asst. Congr. Tom Udall; Legis. Fellow Congr. Farr
Janie Wise Leg Aff- Dept of Energy; H Comm on Sci & Tech
Kai Anderson Deputy Chief of Staff to Majority Leader Reid
Arthur Mason n/a
Jack Quinn n/a
Thomas Dennis n/a
Laura Neal n/a
Todd Boulanger n/a
John Boylan n/a
Amos Hochstein n/a
Michael Galloway n/a
Tom Dennis n/a
Marty Russo n/a
Arran Haynes n/a
Jessica Myers n/a

Disclosures Filed

Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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