Hearings
Statements for the Record:
Dear Colleague:
Over the past two decades, tensions between police and communities of color have grown as allegations of police brutality and racial profiling by law enforcement agents have increased in number and frequency. The tragic police-involved shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and the local police department's response to the protests are just the latest examples of the challenges faced in reforming police practices.
Collateral consequences impair opportunities for employment, housing, public benefits, educational loans, and family connections. Although studies show that there are over 45,000 state and federal collateral consequences of conviction, judges in the United States are not required to warn convicted individuals of all of these consequences. These collateral consequences make re-entry, transition, and success difficult, if not, impossible. They also disproportionately affect women and children, especially those of color.
Mr. Paul Misener, Viice President, Global Public Policy, Amazon.com
Mr. John S. McCoskey, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Motion Picture Association of America
Mr. Sebastian Holst, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, PreEmptive Solutions
Mr. David Sohn, General Counsel and Director of CDT's Project on Copyright and Technology, Center for Democracy and Technology
Opening Statements
Statement of Rep. John Conyers, Jr.
Hearing on H.R. "Innovation Act" (H.R. 3309)
October 29, 2013, 10 AM
2141 Rayburn Building
There are few economic issues that our committee or this Congress will face that are more important than whether and how to reform our patent laws. Intellectual property – principally patents – are responsible for nearly one third of all jobs in the U.S. economy. Our patent system, while not perfect, is the envy of the world and perhaps the most significant driver of growth in our economy.
Hearing Documentation
- 2/21/2012 - Democratic Judiciary Committee /sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/documents/EM_Report120221F.pdf">Interim Report on Michigan's Public Act 4
- 2/21/2012 - Democratic Staff /sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/documents/EM_ExecSum.pdf">Executive Summary of Public Act 4
- 2/24/2012 - /sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/documents/2011-PA-0004.pdf">Act No.
Mr. Danae Ringelmann, Founder & Chief Customer Officer, Indiegogo
Mr. Jim Fruchterman, President & CEO, Benetech
Mr. Nathan Seidle, CEO SparkFun Electronics, Inc.
Mr. Rakesh Agrawal, SnapStream Media
Mr. Van Lindgerg, VP, Intellectual Property, Rackspace
Opening Statements
Statement of Ranking Member Melvin L. Watt
House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet
for the Hearing on Innovation in America: The Role of Copyrights
July 25, 2013
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
And I want to again thank Chairman Goodlatte for launching this comprehensive review of U.S. copyright law and the challenges of the digital age.
I believe that this is a very important undertaking and that we have a unique opportunity to, not only advance the debate in this area, but to guide it in the right direction.