Issues lobbied + lobbyists
CPT — Copyright/Patent/Trademark
S. 708/H.R. 1574 (RESTORE Patent Rights Act) Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA) Comment on the World Intellectual Property Organization Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge (Docket No. PTO-C-2024-0048) Advancing Americas Interest Act to disadvantageously change U.S. innovator firms access to and treatment before the U.S. International Trade Commission when seeking Section 337 remedies blocking importation of U.S. patent-infringing goods Candidates and nominations for Patent & Trademark Office leadership positions America First Trade Policy section (3)(e) China intellectual property policies Abuse of section 1498 as drug price controls to expropriate patent rights
Lobbyists: mr JAMES R EDWARDS jr (covered position: LD, Rep. Ed Bryant; LA/Press Secretary, Rep. John Duncan; Special Assistant, Senate Judiciary Committee)
Government entities lobbied: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); SENATE
HCR — Health Issues
S. 832/H.R. 1492 (Ensuring Pathways to Innovative Cures (EPIC) Act) Pharmacy benefits management reform Inflation Reduction Act drug price negotiation timing Nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Health and Human Services secretary
Lobbyists: mr JAMES R EDWARDS jr (covered position: LD, Rep. Ed Bryant; LA/Press Secretary, Rep. John Duncan; Special Assistant, Senate Judiciary Committee)
Government entities lobbied: Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE
LBR — Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
H.R. 384 (One Agency Act) Nomination of Lori Chavez-DeRemer for Labor secretary
Lobbyists: mr JAMES R EDWARDS jr (covered position: LD, Rep. Ed Bryant; LA/Press Secretary, Rep. John Duncan; Special Assistant, Senate Judiciary Committee)
Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE
TAX — Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
S. 587/H.R. 1301 (Death Tax Repeal Act) Reauthorization and updating of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) tax policy Corporate tax rate
Lobbyists: mr JAMES R EDWARDS jr (covered position: LD, Rep. Ed Bryant; LA/Press Secretary, Rep. John Duncan; Special Assistant, Senate Judiciary Committee)
Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE
GOV — Government Issues
House majority leadership candidates Speaker Mike Johnson, Majority Leader Steve Scalise, Majority Whip Tom Emmer Executive Order 14192, Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation
Lobbyists: mr JAMES R EDWARDS jr (covered position: LD, Rep. Ed Bryant; LA/Press Secretary, Rep. John Duncan; Special Assistant, Senate Judiciary Committee)
Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE
TRD — Trade (domestic/foreign)
Special 301 Report - bolstering U.S. advocacy abroad for respecting intellectual property rights
Lobbyists: mr JAMES R EDWARDS jr (covered position: LD, Rep. Ed Bryant; LA/Press Secretary, Rep. John Duncan; Special Assistant, Senate Judiciary Committee)
Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE