…Although Thomson Reuters did not agree with the Commission’s analysis, it offered commitments to address the Commission’s concerns, and the Decision made these commitments binding without formally finding an infringement…
…media for” hotel websites and global electronic reservation systems used by online travel agencies such as Expedia and Orbitz. According to the complaint by its competitor, Pro Search Plus, VFM…
…the right to co-market, but, again, solely with the licensee. The PNO’s thinking is that, despite the retention of those limited rights, the licensor essentially is transferring “all commercially significant…
…most transactions which require notification to the European Commission but do not raise competition law issues. What is the simplified procedure? A simplified procedure was introduced by the European Commission…
…FTC Act to attack “unfair trade practices” and “unfair methods of competition.” On December 3, the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold an FTC oversight hearing and some may…
Protecting data security is the most important consumer protection issue for the economy. Each year the Federal Trade Commission receives a flood of identity fraud complaints. Efforts to diminish the…
…law for over 20 years in the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission and private practice. This post originally appeared on The Hill website. …
…Compliance Programs Robust,” http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1648948 3. US Department of Justice and US Securities and Exchange Commission, FCPA: A Resource Guide to the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (Nov. 14, 2012), http://www.sec.gov/spotlight/fcpa/fcpa-resource-guide.pdf…
…that – from a reputational angle if nothing else – a company wouldn’t want to been seen as screwing the disabled for a second time. The second example of bad…
…information to examine how PAEs—sometimes called “patent trolls”—do business and develop a better understanding of how they impact innovation and competition. After considering the public comments, the FTC will submit…
