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Timestamp: 2019-04-20 10:17:56+00:00

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TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,657, October 18, 2007.
October 18, 2007, Alert No. 1,657.
10/2. The U.S. District Court (NDCal) issued a Memorandum and Order [33 pages in PDF] in National Federation of the Blind v. Target, a class action alleging that Target's web site violates federal and state laws banning discrimination against disabled people.
The District Court certified the plaintiff class, and made other determinations regarding class composition and representation.
The District Court also denied Target's motion for summary judgment. Target argued in this motion that the class plaintiff suffered no legally cognizable injury, that he failed to meet the nexus requirement for the purposes of his ADA claim. The District Court ruled that the class plaintiff had not suffered a legally cognizable injury, but allowed the substitution of another class plaintiff who did.
See also, the District Court's September 5, 2006, Memorandum and Order [26 pages in PDF] denying Target's motion to dismiss.
And see, story titled "Commentary: Extending ADA Public Accommodations Treatment to Online Activities" and story titled "DOJ Applies ADA Public Accommodations Status to Online Educational Service" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,649, October 2, 2007.
This case is National Federation of the Blind, et al. v. Target Corporation, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, D.C. No. C 06-1802 MHP, Judge Marilyn Patel presiding.
10/10. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) published a notice announcing the renewal of the North American Numbering Council's (NANC) charter through September 27, 2009. See, notice in the Federal Register, October 10, 2007, Vol. 72, No. 195, at Pages 57573-57574.
10/10. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a notice in the Federal Register that announces, describes, sets the effective date (October 10, 2007) and recites its "Examination Guidelines for Determining Obviousness Under 35 U.S.C. 103 in View of the Supreme Court Decision in KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc." The USPTO also wrote that "These guidelines do not constitute substantive rule making", "do not have the force and effect of law" and are "neither appealable nor petitionable." See, Federal Register, October 10, 2007, Vol. 72, No. 195, at Pages 57526-57535. See also, April 30, 2007, opinion [31 pages in PDF] of the Supreme Court, and story titled "Supreme Court Rules on Patent Obviousness in KSR v. Teleflex" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,576, May 7, 2007.
The House will meet at 10:00 AM for legislative business. It will vote on overriding President Bush's veto of HR 976 [LOC | WW], the "Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007". Majority Leader Hoyer's schedule for Thursday predicts that the last vote will be at 12:30 PM.
The Senate will meet at 9:30 AM. It will resume consideration of HR 3043 [LOC | WW], the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education appropriations bill.
Day one of a three day conference of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA). At 9:00 AM - 12:00 NOON, there will be a series of presentations titled "Has the Supreme Court Signaled a Major Overhaul of the Subject Matter Eligibility Standard for Patent Protection?" The speakers will include Judge Paul Michel, representatives of the USPTO, and practicing attorneys. See, conference web site. Location: Marriott Wardman Park, 2660 Woodley Road, NW.
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM. Day two of a three day conference of the International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition. At 8:45 AM, Sen. George Voinovich (R-OH) will give the keynote address. At 9:45 - 11:00 AM, Pat Ross (Copyright Alliance) and Michelle Moore (Paul Werth and Associates) will give a presentation titled "Use Public Relations and Education Campaigns Effectively to Build Allies in Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy". At 11:15 AM - 12:30 PM, Luann Ensminger, Chief of the DHS's Commercial Fraud and IPR Investigations Unit, will give a presentation titled "Right Through the Front Door! How Counterfeiters Exploit and Abuse Importation Rules and Strategies for Slamming the Door Shut". At 2:00 - 3:15 PM, there will be a presentation titled "Guarding the Henhouse -- Best Practices for Aggressively Protecting and Securing Your Internal Supply Chain". At 3:15 - 4:30 PM, there will be two presentations, one titled "State of the Net -- A Cyberview of Internet Enforcement", and the other titled "Challenges of International Criminal Law Enforcement". See, agenda [6 pages in PDF]. Location: Mayflower Renaissance Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Ave., NW.
9:30 AM. The House Judiciary Committee's (HJC) Antitrust Task Force will hold a hearing titled "Impact of our Antitrust Laws on Community Pharmacies and their Patients". The witnesses will include David Wales (Deputy Director of the FTC's Bureau of Competition). See, notice. Location Room 2141, Rayburn Building.
10:00 AM. The House Judiciary Committee's (HJC) Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property (SCIIP) will hold a hearing titled "International Piracy: The Challenges of Protecting Intellectual Property in the 21st Century". The witnesses will be Victoria Espinel (Office of the U.S. Trade Representative), Eric Smith (International Intellectual Property Alliance), Loren Yager (Government Accountability Office), and Mark MacCarthy (Visa). See, notice. Location: Room 2237, Rayburn Building.
10:00 AM. The Senate Finance Committee (SFC) will hold a hearing titled "Growing Trade, Growing Vigilance: Import Health and Safety Today and Tomorrow". See, notice. Location: Room 215, Dirksen Building.
12:00 NOON - 1:00 PM. The National School Boards Association (NSBA) will host a webcast speech by Tim Hutton (NSBA attorney) titled "Navigating the Legal Landmines Around New Technologies". See, NSBA webcasts page.
2:00 PM. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's (HOGRC) and Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement will hold a hearing titled "Technology for Secure Identity Documents". Location: Room 2247, Rayburn Building.
2:30 PM. The Senate Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Innovation will hold a hearing titled "Science Parks: Bolstering U.S. Competitiveness". See, notice. Location: Room 253, Russell Building.
Day one of a two day conference hosted by the University of Maryland School of Law (UMSL) titled "The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Five Years Later: Assessing Its Impact, Charting Its Future". For more information, contact Lisa Fairfax at 410-706-2724. Location: UMSL, Baltimore, MD.
Deadline to submit applications to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to participate in its Attorney Honors Program for 2008. See, FCC notice [PDF].
Day two of a three day conference of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA). At 8:45 - 11:45 AM, there will be a series of presentations titled "Fraud & Inequitable Conduct at the USPTO: Trademark & Patent Perspectives". The speakers will include Judge Paul Michel, representatives of the USPTO, and practicing attorneys. Also at 8:45 - 11:45 AM, there will be a series of presentations titled "Can You Do That? Fair v. Unfair Uses of IP". Also at 8:45 - 11:45 AM, there will be a series of presentations titled "Inherent Anticipation and Declaratory Judgment Actions". At 12:15 - 1:45 PM, Judge Randall Rader will give the luncheon address. See, conference web site. Location: Marriott Wardman Park, 2660 Woodley Road, NW.
8:45 AM - 2:45 PM. Day three of a three day conference of the International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition (IACC). At 9:30 - 10:45 AM, there will be a panel presentation titled "Navigating the Sea of Foreign Privacy Laws to Successfully Steer Counterfeiting Case". The speakers will be Mark Bohannon (SIIA), Kristina Rosette (Covington & Burling), and Steve Metalitz (Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp). At 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM, there will be a panel presentation titled "Demystifying the 301 Process -- From The Collection to Presentation The Steps We Take to Prepare a Meaningful Report." The speakers will be Nils Montan (IACC), Jennifer Groves (OUSTR), and Michael Schlesinger (IIPA). See, agenda [6 pages in PDF]. Location: Mayflower Renaissance Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Ave., NW.
9:00 AM - 1:30 PM. The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) will host a forum titled "Building the Broadband Economy and Society". The speakers will be Robert Atkinson (ITIF), Ev Ehrlich (a former Undersecretary of Commerce), John Mayo (McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University), Steve Weber (UC Berkeley), Mark Lloyd (Center for American Progress), William Lehr (MIT). See, agenda. Location: Thornton Room, 11th Floor, Hyatt Regency Washington, 400 New Jersey Ave., NW.
Day two of a two day conference hosted by the University of Maryland School of Law (UMSL) titled "The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Five Years Later: Assessing Its Impact, Charting Its Future". Linda Thomsen (Director of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Enforcement) will speak. For more information, contact Lisa Fairfax at 410-706-2724. Location: UMSL, Baltimore, MD.
Deadline to submit to the Office of the United States Trade Representative (OUSTR) post-hearing briefs for the GSP Subcommittee Public Hearing (on October 3-4, 2007) in connection with the 2007 Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Annual Review. See, notice in the Federal Register, September 6, 2007, Vol. 72, No. 172, at Pages 51264-51266.
Deadline to submit to the Office of the United States Trade Representative (OUSTR) applications for nominations by the US to WTO dispute settlement panels. This is for nomination to the indicative list of non-governmental potential panelists provided for in Article 8.4 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes (DSU) and in the Decision on Certain Dispute Settlement Procedures for the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) of the World Trade Organization (WTO). See, notice in the Federal Register, September 17, 2007, Vol. 72, No. 179, at Pages 52942-52944.
Day three of a three day conference of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA). See, conference web site. Location: Marriott Wardman Park, 2660 Woodley Road, NW.
12:00 NOON - 2:00 PM. The DC Bar Association will host a program titled "XM-SIRIUS: An Out of This World Monopolist or Just Another Down-to-Earth Competitor?". The speakers will be Lawrence Walke (National Association of Broadcasters), Andrew Schwartzman (Media Access Project), and Ryan Wallach (Willkie Farr & Gallagher). The price to attend ranges from $15 to $30. For more information, call 202-626-3463. See, notice. Location: DC Bar Conference Center, B-1 Level, 1250 H St., NW.
Extended deadline to submit initial comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding ten studies related to government regulation of media ownership. See, FCC Public Notice [4 pages in PDF], which is DA 07-3470 in MB Docket Nos. 06-121 and 02-277, and MM Docket Nos. 01-235, 01-317, and 00-244, and notice in the Federal Register, August 8, 2007, Vol. 72, No. 152, at Pages 44539-44540. See also, Public Notice [2 pages in PDF] (DA 07-4097) extending deadlines.
9:00 AM - 2:30 PM. The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) will host an event titled "Asia 2012: Security Challenges and Opportunities for Development". The speakers at a 9:00 AM on security will include Brigadier Arun Sahgal (United Service Institution of India), Lanxin Xiang (Graduate Institute of International Studies), Masafumi Ishii (Embassy of Japan), and Michael Auslin (AEI). The speakers at a 10:30 AM panel titled "Is Growth Sustainable? Fault Lines in Asia’s Economic Future" will include Richard Katz (Oriental Economist), Philip Levy (AEI), BethAnne Wilson (Federal Reserve Board of Governors), and Kent Calder (Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies). The 12:00 NOON lunch speaker will be John Negroponte (Department of State). The speakers at a 1:00 PM panel titled "Transnational Challenges and Regionalist Responses" will include Richard Cronin (Henry Stimson Center), Keiichi Hori (Asian Forum Japan), Da Wei (China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations), and Christopher Griffin (AEI).See, notice. Location: AEI, 12th floor, 1150 17th St., NW.
9:30 AM. The U.S. Court of Appeals (DC) will hear oral argument in American Radio Relay League v. FCC, App. Ct. No. 06-1343. This is a petition for review of a final order of the FCC pertaining to broadband over power line (BPL). See also, FCC brief [79 pages in PDF] and story titled "FCC Files Brief in Amateur Radio Operators' Challenge to BPL Rules" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,634, September 5, 2007. Location: Prettyman Courthouse, 333 Constitution Ave., NW.
10:00 AM. The House Commerce Committee's (HCC) Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection will hold a hearing titled "Enhancing FTC Consumer Protection in Financial Dealings, with Telemarketers, and on the Internet". This hearing will address HR 3526 [LOC | WW], a bill to place all banking agencies within the existing regulatory authority under the Federal Trade Commission Act with respect to depository institutions, HR 2601 [LOC | WW], a bill to extend until 2012 the authority of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to collect fees to administer and enforce Do Not Call Registry, and HR 3461 [LOC | WW], the "Safeguarding America's Families by Enhancing and Reorganizing New and Efficient Technologies Act of 2007" or "SAFER NET Act", a bill to create an internet safety public education campaign at the FTC. Location: Room 2123, Rayburn Building.
12:00 NOON - 1:00 PM. The Association for Competitive Technology (ACT) will host a panel discussion titled "__". For more information, contact the ACT at 202-331-2130. Location: Room B-340, Rayburn Building.
12:00 NOON - 2:00 PM. The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Enforcement Bureau (EB) will hold a closed meeting with regulated entities and others. The speakers will be FCC/EB front office managers and division chiefs. For more information, contact FCC/EB at 202-418-7450. The Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA) asserts in its web site that this is an FCBA meeting. The FCBA also asserts unilaterally that this meeting is "off the record". Location: Wilmer Hale, 1875 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.
12:00 NOON - 2:00 PM. The DC Bar Association will host a program titled "Beyond Borders: International Copyright Enforcement in the Digital Era". The speakers will be Stanford McCoy (Chief Negotiator for Intellectual Property Enforcement at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative) and Eric Schwartz (Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp). The price to attend ranges from $10 to $20. For more information, call 202-626-3463. See, notice. Location: DC Bar Conference Center, B-1 Level, 1250 H St., NW.

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