• Support for USTR's identification of foreign countries that fail to provide effective protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights, or which deny fair market access to U.S. intellectual property rights owners, pursuant to its annual Special 301 process. Support for U.S. Customs and Border Protection's development of the 21st Century Customs Framework. Support for exploring the application of "know your customer" and "seller transparency" rules in connection with the operation of e-commerce platforms as a means to reducing the trafficking of counterfeit goods online; support for S. 2934 (SHOP SAFE Act).

Duration: January 15, 2008 to present

General Issues: Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Disaster Planning/Emergencies

Spending: about $600,000 (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 2008: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), State - Dept of (DOS), Treasury - Dept of, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Federal Maritime Commission, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), White House Office, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), White House Office,