ftc
- n an independent agency of the United States federal government that maintains fair and free competition; enforces federal antitrust laws; educates the public about identity theft
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News & Articles
- FTC to Launch Broad Study of Patent Trolls
The FTC announcement comes as suits by patent assertion entities are estimated to account for more than 60 percent of all patent litigation,
June 21, 2013 - Law.com - FTC loses patience with patent trolls
The FTC is soon to take on firms that exist purely to buy and collect royalties on patents.
June 20, 2013 - ZDNet - NetAppVoice: Patent Trolls Blasted From All Sides: Now FTC Drops Bomb
FTC Chair, Edith Ramirez, to subpoena PAEs.
June 20, 2013 - Forbes
Quotes
- Charles Schumer in Forbes
Antitrust investigations into Intel are springing up everywhere except Washington,Schumer said Thursday. "The FTC needs to stop looking the other way on Intel and start getting serious about enforcing antitrust law." - Maria Cantwell in FOXNews
We've been waiting for the FTC to act,said Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., who has recently written the FTC to ask why the rule-making was being delayed. - Eric Schmidt in International Herald Tribune
Mountain View, California-based Google Inc. is "not concerned that the choice of the FTC brings in some new issue that we had not thought about," Schmidt said.