Tag: FTC
FTC Streamlines Patent Troll Study
Yesterday the FTC announced that it has updated its proposed study on patent trolls and is sending the proposed study to OMB for approval.
Not surprisingly the public overwhelmingly supported the stu...
MPHJ Aims at FTC, Shoots Foot?
MPHJ is probably the most notorious bottom feeder troll, threatening thousands of small businesses who might own scanners that scan documents and email them. It’s been so active that it’s drawn fi...
Time To Put A Spotlight On Patent Trolls
One of the key authors of the FTC Act, Louis Brandeis, wrote a century ago: “sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman.” There are probably fe...
Roundup of This Week’s Patent News: August 2 Edition
Good morning! Here’s some patent news from this week. On Tuesday, a whole bunch of prominent companies (many in non-tech industries, like retail and food) sent a letter to Congress encouraging t...
Is the FTC Study on Patent Trolls Going to Happen?
As we’ve noted, the FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez recently proposed doing a 6(b) study on the patent assertion entity business model. The proposed study has the potential to get us information about ...
An Analysis of the Final FTC-Motorola Settlement
Today, the FTC released its Final Order in its settlement with Motorola on the company’s use of standard essential patents (SEPs). Although there isn’t much “here” here, as the Commission i...
Roundup of This Week’s Patent News: July 19 Edition
Hi there! Support for patent reform continues to build. In case you missed it, on Wednesday 50 groups sent a letter to leadership in the House and Senate urging for them to #fixpatents. CCIA and...
Roundup of This Week’s Patent News: June 21 Edition
Welcome, new readers who are joining us after yesterday’s event and big announcement! Yesterday at an event co-sponsored by CCIA (which hosts this blog) and AAI (the American Antitrust Institute),...
The FTC Chairwoman Calls Out Patent Assertion Entities
Another day and another volley fired against patent assertion entities (PAEs). Today, it’s the FTC joining the fray.
At an event co-sponsored by CCIA, FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez announced that she...