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FTC Finds Patent Holder’s Refusal to Honor Licensing Agreements on Technology Adopted by Standard Setting Organization Unlawful
Businesses that participate in Standard Setting Organizations ("SSOs") and seek adoption of their technologies in standards now arguably face additional exposures. Extending a line of previous SSO patent "hold-up" cases,…
Chicago IP Litigation
Trudeau Held in Contempt for Claiming Diet was “Simple”
Federal Trade Comm. v. Trudeau, No. 03 C 3904, 2007 WL 4109607 (N.D. Ill. Nov. 16, 2007) (Gettleman, J.). Judge Gettleman held defendant Kevin Trudeau ("Trudeau") in contempt for violating…
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The Federal Trade Commission Splits On Whether It Could/Should Order Mandatory Licensing With Zero Royalties
On July 31, 2006, a unanimous Federal Trade Commission (“Commission” or “FTC”) ruled that Rambus Inc.’s “acts of deception constituted exclusionary conduct under Section 2 of the Sherman Act, and…
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Price Gouging – An Elusive Term House Pases H.R. 5253, Seeking To Create First Federal Gasoline Price Gouging Law
The House of Representatives, faced with pressures to take "action" on escalating gasoline prices, in the wake of the Katrina disaster, has enacted the Federal Energy Price Protection Act of…
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FTC Antitrust Highlights
On September 30, the Federal Trade Commission conditionally approved The Procter & Gamble Company's ("P&G") $57 billion acquisition of rival consumer products manufacturer The Gillette Company ("Gillette"), provided the companies…
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FTC Antitrust Highlights
On June 22, in a unanimous opinion, the Federal Trade Commission upheld a July 2004 initial decision by Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ") D. Michael Chappell, ruling that Kentucky Households Goods…
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FTC Antitrust Highlights
On March 29, the Commission received a petition to reopen and modify the final decision and order in the 2003 transaction concerning Nestlé Holdings Inc., File No. 021-0174, Docket No.…
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FTC Rules That Consummated Merger Is Anticompetitive
On January 6, the Commission ruled that Chicago Bridge & Iron Company ("CB&I") illegally acquired Pitt-Des Moines, Inc.'s ("PDM") Engineered Construction and Water Divisions. The FTC did not initially investigate…