Message-ID: <20210903043446.6FCA372B@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2021 04:34:46 +0000 (UTC)
From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org>
Subject: USF Tracker - August 31, 2021
by Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
Recent News
General (Including Non-USF Programs)
* On August 20, the FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) issued a
Public Notice (DA 21-1027) seeking nominations for six board member
positions on Universal Service Administrative Company's (USAC) Board
of Directors. Nominations are due October 20, 2021.
* On August 20, the WCB and FCC's Office of Managing Director (OMD)
issued a Public Notice (DA 21-1018) clarifying that Emergency
Broadband Benefit Program (EBB Program) providers must apply the EBB
discount to a customer's account before claiming reimbursement in
order to comply with Commission rules designed to protect against
waste, fraud, and abuse in the EBB Program.
https://tinyurl.com/zppmeujj
Message-ID: <20210903043042.910B072B@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2021 04:30:42 +0000 (UTC)
From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org>
Subject: The Ninth And Seventh Circuits Revive Robocall Suits Under
The TCPA
By Lina Powell
Courts have seen a flurry of activity in the Telephone Consumer
Protection Act (TCPA) realm this year-and August was no exception. In
April 2021, the Supreme Court's Facebook v. Duguid, 141 S. Ct. 1163
(2021), settled the long-debated question of what constitutes an
automatic telephone dialing system under the TCPA, 47 U.S.C. § 227.
Many anticipated the Court's willingness to narrow the scope of claims
brought under the statute would narrow the number of lawsuits brought
under the TCPA. But TCPA cases continue to proliferate, and two
appellate courts recently revived claims based on the TCPA.
https://tinyurl.com/35abbc7c
Message-ID: <20210903041902.344E372B@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2021 04:19:02 +0000 (UTC)
From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org>
Subject: IPVal Initiates "5G IP" Campaign, Suing Samsung Over Former
FG Innovation Patents
As anticipated, Texas NPE 5G IP Holdings LLC, an entity associated
with monetization firm IPValuation Partners LLC (d/b/a IPVal), has
filed its first lawsuit over a portfolio of former FG Innovation
Company Ltd. (f/k/a FG IP Innovation Company Ltd.) (FGI) patents. The
NPE accuses Samsung (4:21-cv-00622) of infringing three of them,
pleading that the wireless communications patents have been declared
essential to the 5G Standard, the "promise" of which - "increased
bandwidth and lowered latency" - FGI's technology purportedly helped
to "deliver". The accused products are Samsung's smartphones and
tablets, the new complaint identifying a list of Galaxy-branded
products.
https://tinyurl.com/yvrhc4dr
