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Government needs to define and enforce patent property rights: Geoffrey Manne in The Daily Caller

May 23, 2014

The patent reform debate continues to rage on, with the US Senate now considering a bill targeting so-called “patent trolls.” TF’s Geoffrey Manne explains the...


Congress, not FCC, should Decide Future of Internet Regulation

May 15, 2014

Today, the Federal Communications Commission voted to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on new Net Neutrality rules to replace those struck down...


If Government Gets Out of the Way, Broadband Innovation Will Flow: Berin Szoka in WSJ

May 12, 2014

As the debate over FCC Chairman Wheeler’s Net neutrality proposal rages on, the Wall Street Journal asked two tech policy experts whether broadband should be...


Closer to common ground on net neutrality

May 1, 2014

We may still disagree in some particulars, but a recent Huffington Post oped by former FCC officials Kevin Werbach and Phil Weisner (supporters of net...


Existing laws sufficient to govern ISPs: Berin Szoka on Vox.com

April 30, 2014

Months after the Open Internet Order was largely struck down in court, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has proposed new regulations aiming to enforce the concept...


Wyndham Decision Unsurprising but Misses the Point

April 7, 2014

Today, a federal court denied Wyndham’s Motion to Dismiss the FTC’s charges that the hotel chain failed to provide “reasonable” security for customer data. The...