Posts Tagged: Maureen Ohlhausen
Order of the New Day: IP Rights in Dynamic Competition
Missing for a while at the U.S. competition agencies has been an appreciation for how competition works in the real world — in particular, discounting the vital …
Do you have Technology to block Robocalls? The FTC & FCC Want You!
The Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission want you — at least if you are an innovator with a solution for preventing illegal Robocalls. On April 23, …
President Trump nominates FTC’s Maureen Ohlhausen to Court of Federal Claims
President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate a tenth wave of judicial nominees. Among those nominated today for positions on the federal judiciary were Acting FTC …
The New Era of Antitrust Law and Policy in Standards: Embracing Evidence Based Policy-making
On November 10, 2017, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) new top antitrust enforcer, Assistant Attorney General (AAG) Makan Delrahim, delivered a powerful speech on antitrust law and …
Qualcomm’s Antitrust War and The Patent Licensing Issues
Even at ground level, where American courts in San Diego and San Jose are now being called on to apply the law laid out in prior court …
Make Ohlhausen the FTC Chairman
One of the most straightforward steps President Trump can take to steer the ship of state on its new course is to put good people in place …
FTC acting chair Ohlhausen tells ABA IP conference agency revised IP guidelines are ‘modest’, give FTC flexibility
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will not be radically changing the analysis used to address antitrust issues presented by patent law issues. The news stems …
Governments’ Thumb on the Scales
These government agencies target successful, inventive U.S. firms. They politicize their processes and disregard the exclusivity that rightfully belongs to patent owners. They take away private …
Benefit of the Secondary Patent Market to Startups
The validity of secondary markets for a variety of goods and services is never questioned. Securities are sold and resold many times after their initial offering, homes …
Appellate court upholds net neutrality rules that will hurt U.S. consumer, stagnate Internet innovation
The reason why net neutrality came up in the American political discourse in late 2014 has much to do with paid prioritization. Paid prioritization is an agreement in …
FTC charges Endo Pharmaceuticals with antitrust violations for pay for delay patent settlements
The FTC’s complaint alleges that Endo paid the first generic companies that filed for FDA approval – Impax Laboratories, Inc. and Watson Laboratories, Inc. – to eliminate the …
