Utah v. Google is assigned to Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley and to the alternative dispute resolution multi-option program. The sides are scheduled to meet for a case management conference 1:30 p.m. PDT Oct. 7 in San Francisco for the state’s antitrust case (see 2107080063) against the company, per a U.S. District Court in San Francisco order in cv-05227 Tuesday.
TiVo licensed its viewership data to Horizon Media, said the licensor Tuesday.
A Laguna Hills, California, man was sentenced Friday to 24 months in federal prison for conspiring to smuggle counterfeit Apple, Samsung and Motorola smartphone parts from China for sale to U.S. consumers, generating tens of millions of dollars in revenue for him and his co-conspirators, said DOJ. U.S. District Judge Josephine Staton in Santa Ana also ordered Chan Hung Le, 46, to pay $250,000 in fines. Le pleaded guilty in November to conspiracy to defraud the U.S., to intentionally trafficking in counterfeit goods and to illegally bringing merchandise into the U.S. Efforts to reach his lawyers for comment Monday were unsuccessful.
Verizon settled two patent lawsuits filed by China’s Huawei. Last year, Huawei sued in Texas, alleging the carrier used its patents without authorization. Huawei noted it holds more than 100,000 active patents, including some 10,000 in the U.S. Verizon's Monday statement is here.
The 120-day initial national security review for iHeartMedia’s request for declaratory ruling on its level of foreign ownership began Thursday, said the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the U.S. Telecom Services Sector, in a letter to the FCC posted in docket 21-141 Friday. The FCC “will be notified promptly in the event of an extension of the 120-day initial review period or the need arises to conduct a 90-day secondary assessment,” the letter said. IHeart has been battling with investor Global Media & Entertainment Investments over how much the company’s allowed percentage of foreign ownership should be increased (see 2106090077).
The Mechanical Licensing Collective should maximize outreach and transparency to reduce incidence of unclaimed royalties, the Copyright Office recommended Thursday. CO's report responds to the Music Modernization Act (see 2102110040). It recommended publicity about the MMA, the MLC, the blanket license and the public musical works database. It said the database should be “simple, accessible and well-organized.” The data should be “complete, accurate, up-to-date and de-conflicted as possible,” the office said: The MLC “should adopt transparent, practical, and equitable policies, practices, and procedures, especially with respect to holding and distributing unclaimed royalties.”
TiVo renewed its patent license with Google, said parent Xperi Wednesday. The long-term renewal gives Google, a licensee since 2012, continued broad coverage under TiVo’s patent portfolios for technology that helps YouTube and Google TV viewers find and watch video content, Xperi said.
New application fee rates for the FCC Office of Engineering and Technology and Media Bureau take effect July 15, said Tuesday's Federal Register. The rates were adopted 3-2 at the agency's December meeting (see 2012300044).
The Copyright Office’s on-site services will reopen to the public by appointment starting July 8, the CO announced Thursday.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology wants comment by Aug. 5 on its effort to identify and manage AI bias. NIST plans several virtual events on its proposal. The agency seeks to develop "voluntary, consensus-based standards" for managing AI bias and reducing the risk of "harmful outcomes that it can cause,” it said.