• Imports of chipsets and the products that contain them; protection of intellectual property Monitor anti-competitive activities in the EU regarding American corporations. Federal funding of broadband build-out.
• Imports of chipsets and the products that contain them; protection of intellectual property. Monitor patent reform legislation. Monitor intellectual property reform legislation.
• Monitor anti-competitive activities in the European Union regarding American corporations.
• Federal funding of broadband build-out. P.L. 111-5, American Recovery Reinvestment Act of 2009.
• Tax issues affecting U.S. & Multinational Corporations

Duration: October 2, 2006 to May 31, 2009

General Issues: Telecommunications, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Foreign Relations, Budget/Appropriations, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

Spending: about $510,000 (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 2006: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate,, U.S. Senate, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR),, Treasury - Dept of, Y Y Executive Office of the President Department of Treasury US Trade Representative Department of Justice Department of Homeland Security Department of Commerce, Y Y Executive Office of the President Department of Defense US Trade Representatives Department of Justice Department of Homeland Security Department of Treasury, Y Y Executive Office of the President Department of Defense US Trade Representative Department of Justice Department of Homeland Security Department of Treasury, Y Y