Congressional Research Service - 2009 CRS Reports Index

2009 (PDFs)

Title Date Order
Patent Evergreening: Issues in Innovation and Competition

 

November 13, 2009 R40917
Advertising Industry in the Digital Age

 

November 9, 2009 R40908
Access to Broadband Networks: The Net Neutrality Debate

 

October 29, 2009 R40616
Internet Domain Names: Background and Policy Issues

 

October 28, 2009 97-868
Expanding the Scope of the Public Performance Right for Sound Recordings: A Legal Analysis of the Performance Rights Act (H.R. 848 and S. 379)

 

October 28, 2009 RL34411
The Federal Communications Commission: Current Structure and Its Role in the Changing Telecommunications Landscape

 

October 27, 2009 RL32589
Public Safety Communications and Spectrum Resources: Policy Issues for Congress

 

October 27, 2009 R40859
Intellectual Property Rights Protection and Enforcement: Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930

 

October 26, 2009 RS22880
Text and Multimedia Messaging: Emerging Issues for Congress

 

October 22, 2009 RL34632
Intellectual Property Rights and International Trade

 

October 21, 2009 RL34292
Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act and Its Implementing Regulations

 

October 19, 2009 RS22749
Protection of Children Online: Federal and State Laws Addressing Cyberstalking, Cyberharassment, and Cyberbullying

 

October 19, 2009 RL34651
Reauthorizing the Satellite Home Viewing Provisions in the Communications Act and the Copyright Act: Issues for Congress

 

October 9, 2009 R40624
Obscenity, Child Pornography, and Indecency: Brief Background and Recent Developments

 

October 6, 2009 98-670
Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide: Federal Assistance Programs

 

October 6, 2009 RL30719
Obscenity, Child Pornography, and Indecency: Brief Background and Recent Developments

 

October 6, 2009 98-670
Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide: Federal Assistance Programs

 

October 6, 2009 RL30719
Broadband Loan and Grant Programs in the USDA’s Rural Utilities Service

 

October 6, 2009 RL33816
Cybersecurity: Current Legislation, Executive Branch Initiatives, and Options for Congress

 

September 30, 2009 R40836
The Google Library Project: Is Digitization for Purposes of Online Indexing Fair Use Under Copyright Law?

 

September 25, 2009 R40194
Spectrum Policy: Public Safety and Wireless Communications Interference

 

September 22, 2009 RL32408
Spectrum Policy in the Age of Broadband: Issues for Congress

 

September 22, 2009 R40674
Net Neutrality: The Federal Communications Commission’s Authority to Enforce Its Network Management Principles

 

September 21, 2009 R40234
Social Networking and Constituent Communication: Member Use of Twitter During a Two-Week Period in the 111th Congress

 

September 21, 2009 R40823
Broadband Infrastructure Programs in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

 

September 16, 2009 R40436
Statutory Royalty Rates for Digital Performance of Sound Recordings: Decision of the Copyright Royalty Board

 

August 27, 2009 RL34020
Internet Domain Names: Background and Policy Issues

 

August 10, 2009 97-868
Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide: Federal Assistance Programs

 

August 4, 2009 RL30719
Access to Broadband Networks: The Net Neutrality Debate

 

August 3, 2009 R40616
Follow-On Biologics: Intellectual Property and Innovation Issues

 

August 3, 2009 RL33901
Reauthorizing the Satellite Home Viewing Provisions in the Communications Act and the Copyright Act: Issues for Congress

 

July 30, 2009 R40624
Broadband Loan and Grant Programs in the USDA’s Rural Utilities Service

 

July 13, 2009 RL33816
Spectrum Policy in the Age of Broadband: Issues for Congress

 

July 13, 2009 R40674
Broadband Infrastructure Programs in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

 

July 8, 2009 R40436
Cartoon Network LP v. CSC Holdings, Inc.: Remote-Storage Digital Video Recorders and Copyright Law

 

July 6, 2009 RL34719
The Google Library Project: Is Digitization for Purposes of Online Indexing Fair Use Under Copyright Law?

 

July 6, 2009 R40194
Internet Domain Names: Background and Policy Issues

 

June 8, 2009 97-868
Reauthorizing the Satellite Home Viewing Provisions in the Communications Act and the Copyright Act: Issues for Congress

 

June 5, 2009 R40624
Intellectual Property Rights and International Trade

 

June 3, 2009 RL34292
Access to Broadband Networks: The Net Neutrality Debate

 

June 1, 2009 R40616
Copyright Protection for Fashion Design: A Legal Analysis of the Design Piracy Prohibition Act (H.R. 2196)

 

June 1, 2009 RS22685
Intellectualy Property Rights and Access to Medicines: International Trade Issues

 

May 28, 2009 R40607
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Appropriations Process: A Brief Explanation

 

May 27, 2009 RS20906
Statutory Royalty Rates for Digital Performance of Sound Recordings: Decision of the Copyright Royalty Board

 

May 27, 2009 RL34020
Expanding the Scope of the Public Performance Right for Sound Recordings: A Legal Analysis of the Performance Rights Act (H.R. 848 and S. 379)

 

May 20, 2009 RL34411
Spyware: Background and Policy Issues for Congress

 

May 19, 2009 RL32706
The Google Library Project: Is Digitization for Purposes of Online Indexing Fair Use Under Copyright Law?

 

May 14, 2009 R40194
The Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program: Funding Issues and Activities

 

May 14, 2009 RL33586
Obscenity and Indecency: Constitutional Principals and Federal Statutes

 

April 28, 2009 95-804
Obscenity, Child Pornography and Indecency: Brief background and Recent Developments

 

April 28, 2009 98-670
Broadband Infrastructure Programs in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

 

April 24, 2009 R40436
Broadband Loan and Grant Programs in the USDA’s Rural Utilities Service

 

March 27, 2009 RL33816
An Overview of Recent U.S. Supreme Court Jurisprudence in Patent Law

 

March 26, 2009 RL33923
Patent Reform in the 111th Congress: Innovation Issues

 

March 24, 2009 R40481
Statutory Royalty Rates for Digital Performance of Sound Recordings: Decision of the Copyright Royalty Board

 

March 23, 2009 RL34020
Follow-On Biologics: Intellectual Property and Innovation Issues

 

March 20, 2009 RL33901
Broadband Infrastructure Programs in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

 

March 20, 2009 R40436
The American's with Disability Act: Application to the Internet

 

March 19, 2009 R40462
Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide: Federal Assistance Programs

 

March 19, 2009 RL30719
Net Neutrality: Background and Issues

 

March 19, 2009 RS22444
Broadband Infrastructure Programs in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

 

March 12, 2009 R40436
Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative: Legal Authorities and Policy Considerations

 

March 10, 2009 R40427
The Design and Implementation of Patent Revocation Proceedings: Innovation Issues

 

February 27, 2009 R40378
Broadband Loan and Grant Programs in the USDA's Rural Utilities Service

 

February 20, 2009 RL33816
Privacy Law and Online Advertising: Legal Analysis of data Gathering By Online Advertisers Such As Double Click and NebuAd

 

February 20, 2009 RL34693
Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide: Federal Assistance Programs

 

February 20, 2009 RL30719
The Evolving Braodband Infrastructure: Expansion, Applications and Regulation

 

February 19, 2009 R40230
Patents on Tax Strategies: Issues in Intellectual Property and Innovation

 

February 13, 2009 RL34221
Expanding the Scope of the Public Performance Right for Sound Recordings: A Legal Analysis of the Performance Rights Act (H.R. 848 and S.379)

 

February 13, 2009 RL34411
Intellectual Property in Industrial Designs: Issues in Innovation and Competition

 

February 13, 2009 RL34559
U.S. patent and Trademark office Reforms: Regulatory Impacts Upon Innovation and Competition

 

February 10, 2009 RL34422
Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide: Federal Assistance Program

 

February 10, 2009 RL30719
Intellectual property Rights and International Trade

 

February 5, 2009 RL34292
The Bayh-Dole Act: Selected Issues In Patent Policy and the Commercialization of Technology

 

February 3, 2009 RL32076
Broadband Loans and Grant Programs in the USDA's Rural Utilities Service

 

February 3, 2009 RL33816
Follow-on Biologics: Intellectual Property and Innovation issues

 

February 2, 2009 RL33901
Cartoon Network LP vs. CSC Holdings, Inc.: Remote-Storage Video Recorders and Copyright Laws

 

January 30, 2009 RL34719
Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act and its Implementing Regulations

 

January 29, 2009 RS22749
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Treaty on the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations

 

January 27, 2009 R40174
Statutory Royalty Rates for Digital Performance of Sound Recordings: Decision of the Copyright Royalty Board

 

January 27, 2009 RL34020
Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights and State Soverign Immunity

 

January 26, 2009 RL34593
Campaign Finance: Regulating Political Communications on the Internet

 

January 26, 2009 RS22272
"Orphan Works" in Copyright Law

 

January 23, 2009 RS33392
Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide: Federal Assistance Programs

 

January 23, 2009 RL30719
Expanding the Scope of the Public Performance Right for Sound Recordings: A Legal Analysis of the Performance Rights Act of 2007 (H.R. 4789 and S.2500)

 

January 23, 2009 RS34411
Wireless Technology and Spectrum Demand: Advanced Wireless Service

 

January 22, 2009 RS20933
Obscenity and Indecency: Constitutional Principles and Federal Statutes

 

January 21, 2009 95-804
Obscenity, Child Pornography and Indecency: Brief Background and Recent Developments

 

January 21, 2009 98-670
Copyright Protection for Fashion Design: A Legal Analysis of the Design Piracy Prohibition Act (H.R. 2033 and S. 1957)

 

January 16, 2009 RS22685
Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide: Federal Assistance Programs

 

January 15, 2009 RL30719

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