ACT Member Peter Carnes Storms the House!

CT member Peter Carnes (CEO of Traffax, Inc.) testified before of the House Committee on Small Business today about “The Impact of Intellectual Property on Entrepreneurship and Job Creation”. Peter shared the stage with a really diverse group of IP owners – from ABRO, which has problems protecting its trademarks, [...]

By |2016-12-21T00:14:49-05:00July 22nd, 2010|Blog, Innovation and IP, Patents, Tech Regulation, Uncategorized|

Senator Hatch Grills FTC’s Leibowitz on Antitrust Power Grab

As we’ve discussed before, the FTC recently decided to dust off its Section 5 authority to go after “unfair methods of competition” in lieu of using its tradition antitrust authority (Section 2) to pursue some of its tougher cases. This has many antitrust experts concerned, most notably, Bob Litan, former Clinton administration. Apparently, Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) is also concerned by the FTC’s use of Section 2.

By |2016-12-21T00:14:49-05:00June 14th, 2010|Blog, Tech Regulation, Uncategorized|

This Week in Antitrust

Yes, gentle reader, it's that time again! Today's the day you've been looking forward to all week: ACT Online's "This Week in Antitrust" Friday feature covering antitrust-related news highlights with a special focus on the microchip industry.  Figuring prominently in this most recent selection of relevant and topical articles is [...]

By |2016-12-21T00:14:49-05:00March 19th, 2010|Blog, Uncategorized|
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