2/3. Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) and others introduced HR 801 [LOC | WW], the "Fair Copyright in Research Works Act", a bill to protect the copyright interests and incentives of authors and publishers of research works when the government provides funding for that research.

Rep. Conyers introduced a substantially identical bill late in the 110th Congress, HR 6845 [LOC | WW], also titled the "Fair Copyright in Research Works Act".

Rep. Conyers is the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee (HJC). The original cosponsors of the bill are Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Rep. Rob Wexler (D-FL), Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ), and Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN). All are members of the HJC.

This bill would add a new subsection 201(f) to 17 U.S.C. § 201, which pertains to ownership of copyright.

The bill provides that "No Federal agency may, in connection with a funding agreement ... impose or cause the imposition of any term or condition that ... requires the transfer or license to or for a Federal agency of" certain exclusive rights of copyright enumerated in 17 U.S.C. § 106.

The introduction of this bill follows adoption of a policy by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) titled "Public Access Policy". An appropriations bill mandated this policy.

The NIH provides research funding. It now ties that funding to loss exclusive rights of copyright. It provides public access to peer reviewed NIH funded articles in a NIH internet accessible database. See, NIH release of January 2008.

An NIH spokesman told TLJ on February 6, 2009, that the "NIH's Public Access Policy is in place and has remained in effect from its start date in April 2008".

Allan Adler of the American Association of Publishers (AAP) stated in a release that "While the Government may fund the research, not-for-profit and commercial publishers together invest hundreds of millions of dollars each year conducting peer review, editing, publishing, disseminating, and archiving scientific and scholarly journal articles to inform the research community and the general public about the results of such research.'

Adler added that "This legislation would enable the government to disseminate research funded by the government while ensuring copyright protection and preserving the incentives for the private-sector investments in the journal publishing community."

Patrick Ross, head of the Copyright Alliance, explained in a release the background and purpose of this bill.

He wrote that "Federal copyright law and years of precedent grant copyright owners control of the right of reproduction, distribution, and public performance and display. But in a troubling reversal of this incentivizing precedent, Congress -- without consultation of members with expertise in copyright law -- has given the federal government control over the reproduction and distribution of certain research works without regard to the rights of publishers."

HR 2764 [LOC | WW] (110th Congress), the "Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008", which was signed into law on December 26, 2007, and is now Public Law No. 110-161, provides that "The Director of the National Institutes of Health shall require that all investigators funded by the NIH submit or have submitted for them to the National Library of Medicine's PubMed Central an electronic version of their final, peer-reviewed manuscripts upon acceptance for publication, to be made publicly available no later than 12 months after the official date of publication: Provided, That the NIH shall implement the public access policy in a manner consistent with copyright law."

Ross wrote that "The mere fact that a scientist accepts as part of her funding a federal grant should not enable the federal government to commandeer the resulting peer-reviewed research paper and treat it as a public domain work."

He added that "Grants are provided to pay for the research and resulting data, which is generally freely and immediately available. But taking the scientist's copyrighted interpretation of the data is not fair to other funders, and it violates the rights of the publisher."

Ross also wrote to TLJ regarding the NIH's approach. First, he stated that NIH funded researchers have all along provided their data and conclusions to the NIH. NIH has "that information long before any paper is written and can do with it what they like. Why aren't they more aggressive at getting that information out?"

Second, Ross wrote that "the NIH isn't asking for all papers produced as a result of NIH grants. No, they only want the peer-reviewed ones. The vast majority of papers are not accepted for publication by major journals and thus do not enjoy that peer review process. NIH could apply a quality filter to the data it pays for and collects, but instead it outsources without compensation the quality filtering to journal publishers."

Ross concluded, "One would have to assume that if this remains unchanged other federal agencies will contact their appropriators for the same deal."

2/5. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it filed, and settled, an administrative action against Genica Corporation and Compgeeks.com, also doing business as Computer Geeks Discount Outlet and geeks.com, in connection with their having lost sensitive customer information to hackers. See, complaint [3 pages in PDF], settlement agreement [8 pages in PDF], FTC analysis [PDF] and release.

The complaint alleges violation of Section 5(a) of the FTC Act, which is codified at 15 U.S.C. § 45. It provides, in part, that "Unfair methods of competition in or affecting commerce, and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce, are hereby declared unlawful."

There is no general data security statute under which the FTC has enforcement authority.

The FTC's analysis states that Genica and the other respondents "sell computer systems, peripherals, and consumer electronics to consumers over the internet". These respondents "routinely collect sensitive information from consumers to obtain authorization for credit card purchases, including a first and last name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, credit card number, credit card expiration date, and credit card security code".

The FTC alleges that they "represented that they implemented reasonable and appropriate security measures to protect the privacy and confidentiality of personal information", but that their representations were "false because respondents engaged in a number of practices that, taken together, failed to provide reasonable and appropriate security for sensitive personal information stored on their network".

For example, the respondents "(1) stored personal information in clear, readable text; (2) did not adequately assess the vulnerability of their web application and network to commonly known or reasonably foreseeable attacks", such as SQL injection attacks, "(3) did not implement simple, free or low-cost, and readily available defenses to such attacks; (4) did not use readily available security measures to monitor and control connections between computers on the network and from the network to the internet; and (5) failed to employ reasonable measures to detect and prevent unauthorized access to personal information, such as by logging or employing an intrusion detection system."

Moreover, the FTC stated that "hackers repeatedly exploited these vulnerabilities by using SQL injection attacks" on the respondents, stealing "information of hundreds of customers".

The settlement requires the respondents to improve their information security, submit to periodic third party security audits, and preserve records for future FTC monitoring. The settlement imposes no fine.

David Clanton of the Washington DC office of the law firm of Baker & McKenzie served as outside counsel to the respondents.

2/5. Privacy International (PI) announced in a release that Google's phone tracking technology, Latitude, contains "what appears to be a fundamental design problem that could substantially endanger user privacy".

Google states in its web site that "With Google Latitude, you can ... See where your friends are and what they are up to".

Google adds that "Google Latitude gives you control over how much or how little location info you want to share with whomever you choose. Before someone can view your location, you must either send the person a location request by adding them as a friend or accept their location request and choose to share back your location. You can sign out of and turn off Google Latitude to stop sharing your location with friends at any time from the privacy menu."

PI stated that it "has determined that the Google system lacks adequate safeguards to protect users from covert opt-in to Latitude's tracking technology. While it is clear that Google has made at least some effort to embed privacy protections, Latitude appears to present an immediate privacy threat."

PI elaborated that "Latitude is based on a reciprocal opt-in system. That is, before a person can be tracked, a sharing arrangement must be agreed with a requesting party. After this process has been executed, location data is made available on a time-to-time or continuous basis. On the face of it, this arrangement might seem an adequate protection. However this safeguard is largely useless if Latitude could be enabled by a second party without a user’s knowledge or consent."

That is, "the danger arises when a second party can gain physical access to a user’s phone and enables Latitude without the owner’s knowledge. At present we are unaware of a way this could be achieved remotely."

PI lists five possible scenarios. For example: "An employer provides staff with Latitude-enabled phones on which a reciprocal sharing agreement has been enabled, but does not inform staff of this action or that their movements will be tracked."

2/5. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a public notice [9 pages in PDF] regarding procedures that full power television broadcast stations must follow if they want to terminate analog broadcasts on February 17, 2009.

February 17 was the statutorily fixed date for terminating such service, until the Congress enacted S 352 [LOC | WW], the "DTV Delay Act".

This act extends the date to June 12, 2009. See, story titled "House Passes DTV Delay Act" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,891, February 4, 2009.

The FCC also held an event titled "Open Meeting" on February 5 at which this matter was discussed.

FCC Chairman Michael Copps summarized this public notice in his statement [PDF]: "it requires stations that wish to turn off their analog signals on February 17 to notify the FCC by next Monday -- February 9 -- of their intent to do so."

Copps (at right) added that "We reserve the right to deny those requests if we find that it would not serve the public interest or if it would frustrate Congress’ goal of giving consumers adequate time to prepare. For instance, if all or most stations in a market are planning to terminate analog service on February 17, that will merit our close scrutiny, and we may require the stations to file additional information to demonstrate whether they really have a compelling case. After February 17, we revert to the standards set forth in our rules for the termination of analog signals."

This public notice waives the requirements stated in the FCC's Third DTV Periodic Report and Order for termination of analog service on February 17, provided that certain conditions set forth in this public notice are satisfied.

This public notice states that the FCC "finds it appropriate to announce immediately through this Public Notice the procedures that stations must follow if they wish to terminate their analog service on February 17, 2009, notwithstanding extension of the nationwide DTV transition deadline to June 12."

It states that "The DTV Delay Act expressly permits television stations to terminate their analog service prior to the new deadline, ``so long as such prior termination is conducted in accordance with the Federal Communications Commission’s requirements in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, including the flexible procedures established´´" in the FCC's Third DTV Periodic Report and Order.

This is a reference to the Report and Order [157 pages in PDF], adopted on December 22, 2007 and released on December 31, 2007. It is FCC 07-228 in MB Docket No. 07-91.

Thus, under the DTV Delay Act, "stations that wish to terminate analog service on February 17, 2009 will be subject to the Third DTV Periodic Report and Order’s requirement for prior FCC approval and the 60-day viewer notification requirement, as the Act’s language allows termination prior to the new June 12, 2009 transition date in accordance with the Third DTV Periodic Report and Order's procedures, and the new transition date will be more than 90 days away." (Footnote omitted.)

However, the FCC concluded in this public notice that "partial waiver of these requirements is justified for stations already planning to terminate analog service on February 17, 2009." Thus, the FCC wrote that "we waive in part the Third DTV Periodic Report and Order requirements of prior Commission approval, 60 days of viewer notification and 90-day advance notification to the Commission for stations that want to terminate analog service on February 17, 2009".

It added that "this Public Notice will operate as a waiver" and "No express grant of the waiver is required".

The FCC added that it might reconsider, for example, if it finds "that all or most of the stations in a market will terminate their analog service on February 17".

The FCC also set several preconditions for terminating analog service on February 17. These include providing "notice to the Commission" by 11:59 PM EST on February 9, as well as notice to "the public, and their viewers" in the manner set out in the public notice.

The public notice also addresses broadcasters' notice to Multichannel Video Programming Distributors (MVPD).

The public notice also states that "Going forward, after February 17, 2009, stations that wish to terminate analog service before 11:59:59 pm on June 12, 2009 -- the new DTV transition deadline date that will be established by the DTV Delay Act -- must comply with the requirements in the Third DTV Periodic Report and Order."

This item is titled a "Public Notice". However, it states that it is an "Action taken by the Commission on February 5, 2009: Chairman Michael J. Copps and Commissioners Jonathan S. Adelstein and Robert M. McDowell." It is assigned the number FCC 09-6.

FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell wrote in his statement [PDF] that "this transition will be messy regardless of when it happens".

FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein wrote in his statement [PDF] that "I'm pleased that major networks have indicated that they will not transition early. It is unclear, however, what other stations will do."

See also, FCC web page with hyperlinks to the prepared statements of witnesses who testified at the FCC's event on February 5.

2/5. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report [PDF] titled "Broadcasting to Cuba: Actions Are Needed to Improve Strategy and Operations".

2/5. The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) released, and requested comments on, its Video Player-Ad Interface Definitions Guidelines (VPAID). See, VPAID [31 pages in PDF], comments page, and IAB release. Comments are due by March 5, 2009.

2/4. Comsearch, Dell, Google, HP, Microsoft, Motorola, and NeuStar announced the "creation and operation of a white spaces database to govern use of the vacant television broadband spectrum, commonly known as TV white spaces". They added that they intend "to establish data formats and protocols that are open and non-proprietary and will advocate that database administration be open and non-exclusive". See, Google release. The FCC adopted its white space order on November 4, 2008, and released the text [130 pages in PDF] on November 14, 2008. It is FCC 08-260 in ET Docket No. 04-186. See also, stories titled "FCC Releases White Space Report" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,844, October 17, 2008, and "FCC Adopts White Space Order" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,852, November 4, 2008.

2/3. Rambus announced in a release that the U.S. District Court (NDCal) "stayed the coordinated cases involving memory manufacturers Hynix, Micron, Nanya, and Samsung, in view of a recent ruling from the Delaware District Court. In the Delaware case, the Court ruled that Rambus cannot enforce the patents in suit against Micron due to document spoliation. In an earlier case against Hynix (Hynix I), the California Court found that Rambus had not spoliated any evidence. Due to the conflicting opinions of these two courts, the California Court decided to stay further proceedings except for Hynix I. To prevent inconsistent outcomes, the Court will ``expeditiously enter judgment in the Hynix I action so that the Federal Circuit can undertake a consolidated review of the spoliation question and bring some finality to the issue.´´"

This issue contains the following items:
 • Conyers Reintroduces Fair Copyright in Research Works Act
 • FTC Brings and Settles Administrative Action Against Hacked Online Retailers
 • Privacy International Asserts Google's Phone Tracking Threatens Privacy
 • FCC Announces Procedures for Terminating Analog Broadcast Service Prior to June 12

The House will not meet. See, Rep. Hoyer's schedule for week of February 2.

The Senate will meet at 10:00 AM. It will resume consideration of HR 1 [LOC | WW], a huge spending bill, titled the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009".

Day two of a three day meeting of House Democrats titled "Democratic Issues Conference".

12:00 NOON - 1:00 PM. The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) will host an event titled "Crafting an Effective Broadband Stimulus Package". The speakers will be Rob Atkinson (ITIF) and Debbie Goldman (Communications Workers of America). See, notice and registration page. Location: Room HC-6, Capitol Building.

12:15 - 1:30 PM. The Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA) will host a brown bag lunch titled "Broadband Investment in 2009". The speakers will be Craig Moffett (Sanford C. Bernstein & Co.) and Jessica Zufolo (Medley Global Advisors). See, registration page. Location: Harris Wiltshire & Grannis, 1200 18th St., NW.

Day three of a three day meeting of House Democrats titled "Democratic Issues Conference".

The House will meet at 2:00 PM for legislative business. Votes will be postponed until 6:30 PM.

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM. Day one of a five day meeting of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) RTCA Special Committee 159: Global Positioning System. See, notice in the Federal Register, January 28, 2009, Vol. 74, No. 17, at Page 5024. Location: RTCA, Inc., Suite 805, 1828 L St., NW.

11:00 AM. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC), will give a speech titled "Restoring Trust in the Justice System: The Senate Judiciary Committee's Agenda in the 111th Congress". A SJC notice states that "Reporters interested in attending the symposium must RSVP to Rachel Pugh" at 202-687-4328 or rmp47 at georgetown dot edu. Location: Georgetown University, Bunn Intercultural Center Auditorium, 37th & O Streets, NW.

11:00 AM - 12:00 NOON. The Heritage Foundation and the Border Trade Alliance will host an event titled "Facilitating Trade and Travel at America's Ports of Entry". The speakers will be Lurita Doan, Ron Reinas, and Ronald Utt (Heritage). See, notice. Location: Heritage, 214 Massachusetts Ave., NE.

12:00 NOON - 1:30 PM. The Federal Communications Bar Association's (FCBA) Annual Seminar Committee will host a brown bag lunch for planning purposes. Location: Wilkinson Barker Knauer, 2300 N St., NW.

12:15 PM. The Federal Communications Bar Association's (FCBA) Homeland Security / Emergency Communications Committee will host a brown bag lunch titled "Public Safety Issues to Watch in 2009". The speakers will be Brian Fontes (National Emergency Number Association) and Bob Gurss (Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International). RSVP to Marianne Trana at 202-419-2476 or marianne dot trana at hklaw dot com. Location: Holland & Knight, 2099 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.

11:59 PM. Deadline for broadcasters who want to terminate analog broadcasts on February 17, 2009, to submit notices to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). See, FCC public notice [9 pages in PDF] and story titled "FCC Announces Procedures for Terminating Analog Service Prior to June 12" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,893, February 6, 2009.

Deadline to submit reply comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its Second Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making (2ndFNPRM) regarding rules to protect AM stations from the potential effects of nearby tower construction. The FCC adopted this 2ndFNPRM on September 24, 2008, and released the text [28 pages in PDF] on September 26, 2008. It is FCC 08-228 in MM Docket No. 93-177. See, notice in the Federal Register, December 11, 2008, Vol. 73, No. 239, at Pages 75376-75381.

Deadline to submit comments to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in advance of its event titled "Town Hall", regarding "Digital Rights Management Technologies", to be held on March 25, 2009, in Seattle, Washington. See, notice and online comment form and event web site.

8:00 - 10:00 AM. The BroadbandCensus dot com [http colon slash slash broadbandcensus dot com] will host a breakfast event titled "The Role of Wireless Frequencies in Widespread Broadband Deployment" The speakers will be John Kneuer, John Muleta (M2Z Networks), Steve Sharkey (Motorola), and Don Brittingham (Verizon). For more information, contact Drew Clark at drew at broadbandcensus dot com or 202-580-8196. Breakfast begins at 8:00 AM. The program begins at 8:40 AM. The price to attend these monthly events is $45. These events are open to the public. Location: Old Ebbitt Grill, 675 15th St., NW.

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM. Day two of a five day meeting of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) RTCA Special Committee 159: Global Positioning System. See, notice in the Federal Register, January 28, 2009, Vol. 74, No. 17, at Page 5024. Location: RTCA, Inc., Suite 805, 1828 L St., NW.

10:00 AM. The Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC) will hold a hearing on the nominations of Elena Kagan to be Solicitor General, and Thomas Perrelli to be Associate Attorney General. See, notice. Location: Room 226, Dirksen Building.

12:00 NOON. The Cato Institute will host a panel discussion titled "A Service to the Economy: The Importance of Free Trade in Services". The speakers will be Bob Vastine (U.S. Coalition of Services Industries), Christine Bliss (Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Services and Investment), Aaditya Mattoo (World Bank), and Sallie James (Cato). The Cato Institute will webcast this event. Lunch will be served after the program. This event is free and open to the public. See notice. Location: Cato, 1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW.

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM. The Federal Communications Bar Association's (FCBA) Mass Media Practice Committee will host a brown bag lunch titled "DTV Transition, Now or Later: Final Mechanics from Here to the End". See, notice and registration page. Location: National Association of Broadcasters, 1771 N St., NW.

2:30 - 4:30 PM. The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) will host a panel discussion titled "Broadband's Role in the Economy and the Stimulus Package". The speakers will be Robert Hahn (AEI), Robert Crandall (Brookings Institution), Michael Katz (New York University), Robert Shapiro (Sonecon), and Gigi Sohn (Public Knowledge). See, notice. Location: AEI, 12th floor, 1150 17th St., NW.

Day one of a two day conference hosted by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) titled "The Evolving IP Marketplace: Patent Remedies". See, release and agenda [PDF]. Location: FTC Conference Center, 601 New Jersey Ave., NW.

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM. Day three of a five day meeting of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) RTCA Special Committee 159: Global Positioning System. See, notice in the Federal Register, January 28, 2009, Vol. 74, No. 17, at Page 5024. Location: RTCA, Inc., Suite 805, 1828 L St., NW.

10:00 AM - 12:00 NOON. The House Science Committee (HSC) will hold a hearing titled "Electronic Waste: Investing in Research and Innovation to Reuse, Reduce, and Recycle". The witnesses will be Valerie Thomas (Georgia Institute of Technology), Jeff Omelchuck (Green Electronics Council), and Paul Anastas (Yale University). See, notice. For more information, contact 202-225-6375. The HSC will webcast this event. Location: Room 2318, Rayburn Building.

10:00 AM. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Michael Copps will host an event titled "first news briefing with reporters covering the FCC". Location: FCC, 8th floor, conference room 1.

4:00 - 5:00 PM. The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) will host an event titled "The Korean Strategy for Green Technology Development and Role of IT". The speakers will be Suk Joon Kim, President of the Korean Science and Technology Policy Institute (STEPI), and Jung Hyup, Senior Research at the STEPI. See, notice. Location: ITIF, Suite 200, 1250 Eye St., NW.

200th anniversary of the birth of former President Abraham Lincoln. (This is not a federal holiday.)

Day two of a two day conference hosted by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) titled "The Evolving IP Marketplace: Patent Remedies". See, release and agenda [PDF]. Location: FTC Conference Center, 601 New Jersey Ave., NW.

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM. Day four of a five day meeting of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) RTCA Special Committee 159: Global Positioning System. See, notice in the Federal Register, January 28, 2009, Vol. 74, No. 17, at Page 5024. Location: RTCA, Inc., Suite 805, 1828 L St., NW.

9:00 AM - 12:30 PM. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will hold a roundtable on regarding whether or not to adopt some form of deferred examination for patent applications. See, notice in the Federal Register, January 28, 2009, Vol. 74, No. 17, at Pages 4946-4947. Location: USPTO, Madison Auditorium, Madison Building, 600 Dulany St., Alexandria, VA.

10:00 AM. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will hold a hearing titled "Structuring National Security and Homeland Security at the White House". See, notice. Location: Room 342, Dirksen Building.

11:00 AM. The House Judiciary Committee's (HJC) Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law will hold a hearing titled "Libel Tourism". See, stories titled "New York Senate Passes Libel Terrorism Protection Act" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,725, March 3, 2008, "Rep. King Introduces Free Speech Protection Act" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,756, April 29, 2009, and "Sens. Specter and Lieberman Introduce Bill Regarding Foreign Forum Shopping Libel Actions" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,765, May 13, 2008. See also, HR 5814 [LOC | WW] and S 2977 [LOC | WW], in the 110th Congress, both titled the "Free Speech Protection Act of 2008".The HJC will webcast this hearing. Location: Room 2141, Rayburn Building.

Deadline to submit comments to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in response to its "Interim final rules with request for comment" regarding its administrative adjudications. See, notice in the Federal Register, January 13, 2009, Vol. 74, No. 8, at Pages 1803-1836. See also, story titled "FTC Writes Rules to Bolster Power of Antitrust Regulators" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,882, January 13, 2008.

Deadline to submit initial comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) regarding application of the closed captioning rules to digital broadcasting, specifically to broadcasters that choose to use their digital allotment to multicast several streams of programming. The FCC adopted this item on November 3, 2008, and released the text [57 pages in PDF] on November 7, 2008. It is FCC 08-255 in CG Docket No. 05-231. See, notice in the Federal Register, January 13, 2009, Vol. 74, No. 8, at Pages 1654-1661.

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM. Day five of a five day meeting of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) RTCA Special Committee 159: Global Positioning System. See, notice in the Federal Register, January 28, 2009, Vol. 74, No. 17, at Page 5024. Location: RTCA, Inc., Suite 805, 1828 L St., NW.

2/5. Lenovo announced in a release that "Lenovo founder and board member, Liu Chuanzhi, has returned as chairman. Yang Yuanqing, the current chairman of the board, has returned to the role of CEO, a position he held from 2001 to 2004. Yang replaces William Amelio, who has come to the end of his three-year contract. Rory Read, Lenovo's senior vice president, operations, has been named to the newly created position of president and COO. These senior management changes are effective February 5, 2009. Amelio will remain with the Company in an advisory capacity until September."

1/23. Intel announced in a release that Craig Barrett "intends to retire from active management and his role as chairman and member of the board of directors in May at the company's annual stockholders' meeting".

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