IP Drone Hearing Thursday to Examine Potential Effect on IP, Privacy, Safety

The House IP Subcommittee plans a hearing Thursday at 3 p.m. on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and their public policy implications, said a Judiciary Committee news release Wednesday. Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., said the hearing will be on “policy and legislative implications for this new area of technology and the potential effects on issues including privacy, safety and intellectual property." "An expanded use of UAV technology requires that the public and private sectors work together to ensure consumers’ safety and privacy are fully protected,” said IP Subcommittee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif. Witnesses include Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International CEO Brian Wynne; Center for Democracy & Technology Vice President-Policy Chris Calabrese; National Association of Realtors President Chris Polychron; and National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies General Counsel-Federal Tom Karol. The hearing will be in 2141 Rayburn.