• Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., has introduced S. 2029, the “Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade Act” or the “OPEN Act”, as an alternative to SOPA in the House and the Protect IP bill in the Senate. The OPEN Act retains the authorization of FTC action against foreign entities that infringe U.S. trademarks online but does not include the broad take-down provisions in SOPA that have drawn so much criticism. It has been referred to the Senate Finance Committee for consideration. AOL, eBay, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Mozilla, Twitter, Yahoo, and Zynga have expressed support for S. 2029. To read the bill, click here.