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Invention Is Not Innovation and Intellectual Property Is Not Just Like Any Other Form of Property: Competition Themes from the FTC's March 2011 Patent Report

Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Henry Su (FTC) discusses Invention Is Not Innovation and Intellectual Property Is Not Just Like Any Other Form of Property: Competition Themes from the FTC's March 2011 Patent Report. Read more detail on Recent Antitrust … Continue reading

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UNDERSTANDING MARS – A Webinar on the FTC's Final Rule – With Compliance Attorney, Julie Greenfield

Announcing a Mandelman Matters Webinar… Understanding MARS The FTC'S Final Rule for Mortgage Assistance Relief Providers WHEN: TUESDAY, JANUARY 18th, 2011 TIME: 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM (Including time for Q&A.) Formally, it's called Title 16 – Code of Federal … Continue reading

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The FTC's Do Not Track List: Do Not Call Redux or…

The FTC last week released a long-expected preliminary staff report entitled, "Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change." Developments since the privacy roundtables Although staff likely had in mind how quickly changes in technology impact consumers' privacy, an … Continue reading

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FTC's Revised Endorsement Guides: No Plans to Monitor Bloggers, But Will Focus on Advertisers

The FTC recently issued "FTC Facts for Business," answering frequently asked questions about the FTC's revised endorsement guides, which we have previously blogged about here and here. The FTC Staff took considerable heat for its revised Guides, including critiques that … Continue reading

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Schwarzenegger Throws Out Ban on "Biodegradable" Claims, Makes FTC's Green Guides the Rule for Compostable Plastic Bags

As we previously reported, on August 25, the California legislature passed S.B. 1454, a bill that would have prohibited labeling any plastic product sold in California as "biodegradable," "degradable," or "decomposable," based on the theory that such claims were inherently … Continue reading

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