U.S. House Judiciary Committee Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet subcommittee holds the first hearing at 10:00 a.m. ET on March 8 on Intellectual Property and strategic competition with China: ‘Intellectual Property and Strategic Competition with China: Part I.’ Founder and CEO of Evanina Goup, LLC, William Evanina; Partner of International Trade, King & Spalding,…

While fending off Chinese efforts to steal American technology remains top-of-mind, some lawmakers are excited about the recent scientific breakthrough involving fusion energy. “It feels like this is a moonshot moment for us,” U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) told fellow members of a congressional committee examining China’s technology threat. U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.), in an undated…

Commentary The threat from communist China is real. A quick look at The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission’s (USCC) annual report to Congress confirms this. The agency has identified various threats to the country, including the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) ever-evolving cyberwarfare and espionage campaigns. The report emphasizes the CCP’s desire to become a…

Four Republican senators introduced a bill that aims to provide greater scrutiny of visas for Chinese Communist Party (CCP) members on Nov. 17. According to a statement by Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), the primary sponsor of the bill, it will ban the issuance of nonimmigrant visas to the 93 million CCP members. This legislation will disincentivize…

Four Republican U.S. senators have introduced a proposal that aims to provide greater scrutiny of visas for Chinese Communist Party (CCP) members. It would ban the issuance of nonimmigrant visas to the 93 million CCP members, according to a Nov. 17 statement by Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), the bill’s primary sponsor. The legislation would disincentivize Chinese nationals…

After winning his case at the Supreme Court allowing the trademarking of a word that can be pronounced the same way as the past participle of a swear word, a designer found his application to trademark the actual swear word rejected by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). In a precedent-setting decision, the TTAB…

After winning his case at the Supreme Court allowing the trademarking of a word that can be pronounced the same way as the past participle of a swear word, a designer found his application to trademark the actual swear word rejected by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). In a precedent-setting decision, the TTAB…

Commentary The Supreme Court has been making a lot of controversial decisions lately, but one upcoming decision that could have a great impact on American innovation isn’t getting much press. The legal basis for U.S. intellectual property (IP) rights is found in Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. The Founding Fathers believed that…

Commentary President Joe Biden seems unwilling to help American trade and investment interests, at least as far as China is concerned.  U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Catherine Tai has demanded that Beijing live up to the promises it made in the Phase 1 trade agreement with the Trump administration. But at the same time, she has…

Did Russia lie to China about their friendship? Has China realized it’s being played? We outline how the rapid development in eastern Ukraine is shifting the Russia-China relationship. And I’m joined by Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-Mo.) to discuss her bill to ban Chinese communist officials’ children from attending American schools. How would this bill limit…