May 28th, 2009
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Consumer Groups Request FCC Investigate DTV Patent Licensing
A group of public interest and consumer groups — Public Knowledge, Consumers Union, Free Press, Media Access Project, and New America Foundation — have filed reply comments in the CUT FATT proceeding on digital TV licensing practices at the US Federal Communications Commission, asserting that the Commission should: “investigate allegations that existing licenses for patents [...]
“Public Standards Require Public Accountability”
I have filed reply comments in the CUT FATT proceeding (09-23). Excerpt from the executive summary: “The Commission’s request for comments has brought mostly highly critical opposing comments from patent holders, and mostly mild or ambivalent comments from standards groups and other interested parties. Only one commenter, Harris Corporation, themselves an acknowledged recipient of the [...]