Last week, Sarah Davis, founder of Fashionphile, shared her stories of exporting to Brazil with the Internet Retailer. In the article, Davis explained that for a long time, she had made a business decision to not export any of her high-end designer handbags to Brazil. She said that the few times she did export her items to Brazil, the customers never received their packages, which was a financial loss to her company.

David London, eBay Inc.’s Sr. Director of U.S. State Government Relations, participated in a panel discussion entitled “Cybersecurity and Technology: Public and Private Sector Opportunities in a Changing Landscape” during the 2014 Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference. Hosted by Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, Congressman Bennie Thompson (D-MS), the discussion focused on the lack of diversity in technology related careers.

Last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee led by Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT), held a hearing to discuss the future of the Open Internet.  The hearing, entitled “Why Net Neutrality Matters: Protecting Consumers and Competition Through Meaningful Open Internet Rules”, included witnesses representing a number of stakeholders, including business, consumers and academia.  Witnesses included former FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell, actress Ruth Livier, and Nuala O'Connor, President & CEO of the Center for Democracy and Technology.

Last week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that it had received over 3 million comments regarding their Open Internet proceedings. This figure is double what the FCC reported it had received in early July during the first round of comments were received. Businesses, consumers, public interest groups and academics all filed comments with the FCC expressing their opinion on the future of the Internet and how the FCC should proceed. The Internet Association, of which eBay Inc.

Last week, eBay Inc., along with the Internet Association and other Internet companies, hosted Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Mark Doms to discuss the Commerce Department’s Data Strategic Plan. The Data Strategic Plan, released earlier this year by Commerce Secretary Pritzker, pledges to “improve

Last week, Virginia small business owner,  Jonathan Gonzales, wrote a letter to the editor of the Roanoke Times expressing his concern and frustration with the Senate passed Marketplace Fairness Act.  If enacted into law, the Marketplace Fairness Act would require hundreds of thousands of small tech-enabled businesses, like Gonzales’, to collect and remit sales taxes for taxing jurisdictions across the country.&

Last week, Congressman Blake Farenthold (R-TX) introduced legislation that would protect the first sale doctrine for electronic devices and the software on those devices. The legislation, titled You Own Devices Act (YODA), simply states that if you want to sell, lease, or give away your device, the software that enables it to work is transferred along with it, and that any right you have to security and bug fixing of that software is transferred as well.