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	Federal Trade Commision
		Thus, FTC antitrust actions can arise in cases of vertical restraints, entailing agreements between companies and their suppliers that might harm competition, and in cases of horizontal restraints, where direct competitors enter into a competition-limiting agreement.
		This means that the FTC may intervene in situations intentionally designed to reduce competition, such as mergers and buy-outs, or in circumstances where competition may be unintentionally affected, as where a professional association adopts a "code of ethics" agreement.
		Under that new definition, the FTC will find a practice deceptive if (1) there is a representation, omission or practice that (2) is likely to mislead consumers acting reasonably under the circumstances, and (3) it is likely to affect the consumer's choice of, or conduct regarding, a product.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/F/htmlF/federaltrade/federaltrade.htm (1140 words)

	Forest tent caterpillars - Tree care: Minnesota DNR
		The forest tent caterpillar (FTC), Malacosome disstria, is a native defoliator of a wide variety of hardwood trees and shrubs.
		Widespread outbreaks of FTC occur at intervals of ten to twenty years and are three to five years in duration.
		The FTC is a native insect and has evolved in the forest ecosystem for thousands of years.
	www.dnr.state.mn.us /treecare/forest_health/ftc/index.html (1676 words)

	TAG: Position Paper on FTC (emtricitabine) brand name Emtriva®
		FTC is also in Phase III clinical studies for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B. FTC has been developed quite slowly.
		FTC is a reverse transcriptase inhibitor, and is active in vitro both on HIV-1 and HBV.
		This was an endpoint requested by the FDA in one of the earlier FTC protocols and was used as a protocol defined secondary endpoint in FTC study 301.
	www.aidsinfonyc.org /tag/tx/ftcpp.html (3431 words)

	Frequently Asked Advertising Questions:A Guide for Small Business
		The FTC concentrates on cases that could affect consumers' health or safety (for example, deceptive health claims for foods or over-the-counter drugs) or cases that result in widespread economic injury.
		The FTC is authorized to act when it appears that a company's advertising is deceptive and when FTC action is in the public interest.
		Basically, the FTC strongly encourages companies to implement four fair information practices: giving consumers notice of a website's information practices; offering consumers choice as to how their personally identifying information is used; providing consumers with access to the information collected about them; and ensuring the security of the information collected.
	www.ftc.gov /bcp/conline/pubs/buspubs/ad-faqs.shtm (7340 words)

	Office Of Consumer Litigation
		The FTC may thus use all of the procedural, investigative, and enforcement powers available to it under the FTC Act as if they were part of the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
		The FTC is responsible for administrative enforcement of compliance with the FDCPA, except to the extent that enforcement responsibility is specifically committed to another agency under 15 U.S.C. A violation of the FDCPA is treated as an unfair or deceptive act or practice in violation of the FTC Act.
		In order to bring such an action, the FTC is authorized to request that the Attorney General appoint an FTC attorney to be a Special Assistant United States Attorney to prosecute the case, and the Attorney General must act on that request within 45 days of receipt.
	www.usdoj.gov /civil/ocl/monograph/other_ftc.htm (2164 words)

	CallRex VoIP Recording & the FTC
		FTC has aggressively enforced the GLB Act, and has recently pursued mortgage companies in violation of the Safeguards Rule (see http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2004/11/ns.htm).
		Additional FTC regulation relevant to call and computer monitoring/recording includes Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914, which covers the enforcement of privacy promises.
		The FTC ensures companies keep the privacy promises made to consumers, particularly with respect to the precautions taken to secure consumers' personal information.
	www.telrex.com /cr_ftc_financial.htm (379 words)

	Is the FTC on its way to dismantling JEDEC?
		According to the FTC’s interpretation of JEDEC disclosure duty, members such as Rambus are required to disclose their patent applications, as well as their intentions to apply for patents that may relate to a standard being discussed.
		In the FTC's complaint against Rambus, the disclosure duty includes patent applications and intentions to file patents, and members would be required to disclose their intentions "at the earliest time possible," as the Complaint Counsel states.
		The FTC argues that Rambus had a duty to disclose their DDR patent interests before the company resigned from JEDEC, because the general technologies in question were discussed in meetings before Rambus departed.
	www.theinquirer.net /?article=9224 (1552 words)

	ScienceDaily: FTC Reaches New Year's Resolutions With Four Major Weight-Control Pill Marketers
		Science Daily — The FTC has filed complaints in four separate cases alleging that weight-loss and weight-control claims were not supported by competent and reliable scientific evidence.
		The FTC's complaint alleged that advertising claims about CortiSlim's ability to cause rapid, substantial, and permanent weight loss in all users were false or unsubstantiated, as were claims about CortiStress's ability to reduce the risk of osteoporosis, obesity, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, cancer, and cardiovascular disease.
		The FTC requests that any comment filed in paper form be sent by courier or overnight service, if possible, because U.S. postal mail in the Washington area and at the Commission is subject to delay due to heightened security precautions.
	www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2007/01/070105085137.htm (1882 words)

	USATODAY.com - Agency toughens stance against consumer fraud (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In the mid-1990s, the FTC began tracking everyone who had settled FTC charges, to see if they were abiding by their settlements.
		The FTC has recovered or frozen assets of Taves totaling $22 million; nearly $9 million of that is the subject of litigation overseas.
		The FTC charged in 1991 that Hoffecker's company, UniVest, charged consumers more than it said it would for investments in precious metals; claimed that these investments were low-risk even though many customers "lost all or a substantial part of their investment"; bought metals without consumers' permission; and failed to sell quickly when requested.
	www.usatoday.com /money/companies/regulation/2005-07-05-ftc-fraud_x.htm (1831 words)

	Stories Tagged 'ftc' » Netscape.com
		FTC no fan of DVD biz and its R-rated kids
		Movies – The DVD industry could be a new target of the FTC, getting its first real attention in an update of the feds' ongoing study of entertainment industry marketing of dicey materials to youngsters.
		FTC Begins Consideration of Industry Input on Rambus Remedies
	www.netscape.com /tag/ftc (898 words)

	Rambus and FTC clash in court
		For the FTC, the case is largely centered on Rambus' alleged violation of the "good faith disclosure rules" that applied at JEDEC, which means Rambus didn't disclose enough information about their patent applications and intentions to file patents, while JEDEC members were formulating the standards.
		In the coming weeks, the FTC will try to prove that the industry would have avoided Rambus' technologies had they known Rambus was going to seek patents on the various concepts discussed in meetings.
		In the FTC's opinion, Rambus failed to listen to the advice of their lawyers, who warned Rambus executives while they were members of JEDEC that they were at risk of collateral estoppel if they did not follow the JEDEC patent policy.
	www.theinquirer.net /?article=9261 (779 words)

	CNN - Intel claims FTC found no evidence of harm - March 2, 1999
		The FTC filed its own pretrial brief last week -- which wasn't immediately made available -- in which it no doubt puts a different spin on the evidence it has gathered.
		Experts said the FTC's case rests on whether Intel's dominance of the PC chip industry is so great that antitrust law should take precedence over the intellectual property laws that Intel says should govern its behavior.
		Intel doesn't dispute the actions described by the FTC but says its hardball tactics were protected by intellectual property law and didn't pose a threat to competition.
	www.cnn.com /TECH/computing/9903/02/ftcintel.idg/index.html (555 words)

	FTC Challenge
		From 1975 to 1979, the FTC and Amway were engaged in litigation, climaxing with a historic loss of the FTC in 1979.
		One former FTC official, involved in the JewelWay prosecution, noted that the FTC was concerned by the fact that JewelWay sales after several years had seemed to go flat and, therefore, the FTC was concerned that JewelWay had saturated its market, and this was evidence of a pyramid scheme.
		Look for analysis in upcoming FTC cases to challenge the profitability of the MLM model for average distributors, and perhaps to add this piece of evidence as an accusation that the direct selling mode is illegal rather than legitimate.
	www.mlmlegal.com /ftcchallenge.html (1939 words)

	CNN.com - Technology - FTC official: Net privacy violators not immune - April 10, 2000
		The FTC has been "very active" in pursuing companies which violate consumers' privacy under the U.S. model of self-regulation, said Mozelle Thompson, a commissioner with the FTC.
		In fact, the FTC has brought 120 actions against people or companies for fraud and deception over the last two and a half years alone, he said.
		For the past three years, the FTC has been involved with surveying how well the self-regulation model is protecting people's privacy.
	edition.cnn.com /2000/TECH/computing/04/10/ftc.privacy.idg/index.html (712 words)

	America's Top Cybercop
		In 1995, a new chairman of the FTC was appointed: Robert Pitofsky.
		The FTC and its counter- parts pick a date and a time, then drop whatever they're doing and spend three or four hours surfing the Web.
		The FTC also works to keep the marketplace fair by enforcing antitrust rules and cracking down on sellers who swindle buyers in the offline world.
	www.fastcompany.com /online/39/topcybercop.html (3217 words)

	FTC Talks About GTA - Kotaku (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Although no official announcement has come, by law the Federal Trade Commission is not allowed to comment on an ongoing investigation, according to a spokeswoman for the FTC that I spoke to this morning.
		FTC spokeswoman Claudia Bourne Farrell said an investigation would only be made public after its conclusion and only then if a law enforcement action were taken.
		She added that the FTC would be able to confirm any statements made by Take-Two to the SEC about an investigation.
	www.kotaku.com /gaming/breaking-news/ftc-talks-about-gta-114297.php (231 words)

	Federal Trade Commission - Home
		The FTC pursues vigorous and effective law enforcement; advances consumers’ interests by sharing its expertise with federal and state legislatures and U.S. and international government agencies; develops policy and research tools through hearings, workshops, and conferences; and creates practical and plain-language educational programs for consumers and businesses in a global marketplace with constantly changing technologies.
		FTC To Host Workshop To Explore Methods To Reduce Identity Theft“Proof Positive: New Directions in ID Authentication,” a workshop to explore methods to reduce identity theft through enhanced authentication.
		For Release: April 18, 2007 FTC To Host “Spam Summit: The Next Generation of Threats and Solutions” The Federal Trade Commission will host a two-day public event, “Spam Summit: The Next Generation of Threats and Solutions,” in Washington, DC on July 11 and 12, 2007.
	www.ftc.gov (615 words)

	The Cover Pages: FTC Report on Balancing Competition with Patent Law and Policy
		The FTC's recommended legislative change would allow firms to read patents to learn about new innovations and to survey the patent landscape to assess potential infringement issues, yet would retain a viable willfulness doctrine that protects both wronged patentees and competition.
		The FTC also outlines in the report several steps it will take to increase communication between the antitrust enforcement agencies such as the FTC and the PTO.
		Urge the creation of a Liaison Panel between the FTC, the DOJ, and the PTO to permit the exchange of policy views on important issues as they arise.
	xml.coverpages.org /FTC-PatentReport.html (663 words)

	PC World - Spam Law Feedback Sought
		The FTC has opened a public comment period on spam regulations under the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing (CAN-SPAM) law that activated on January 1.
		The FTC is seeking consumer opinions to help it judge which of its regulations to alter and whether additional rules are needed.
		The FTC is authorized to expand or modify these definitions and is looking for comment on whether to consider changes.
	www.pcworld.com /news/article/0,aid,115168,00.asp (972 words)

	Spammer’s Invitation to Date Lonely Housewives Halted by Court at FTC’s Request (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		According to the FTC, they route their spam messages through other people’s computers, falsify contact e-mail addresses, and obscure tools that would allow a recipient to stop or complain about the spam.
		The FTC alleges that the operation is actually U.S.-based and that the defendants are trying to conceal their identities from U.S. law enforcers.
		The FTC complaint was filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, in Chicago.
	i-newswire.com /pr22245.html (719 words)

	The FTC's Primer on Price Gouging
		Because the success or failure of this approach would fall on FTC, it is worthwhile to find out what FTC has to say on the subject.
		With regard to the hurricanes, the FTC believes that the price increases are due to supply disruptions, not market manipulation.
		FTC concludes that a price gouging law that doesn’t account for market forces would be counterproductive.
	www.heritage.org /Research/EnergyandEnvironment/wm1120.cfm (1031 words)

	Articles:Listing 23
		I write separately to emphasize that our decision today should not be construed as an invitation to every participant in a heavily regulated industry to claim that it, like Philip Morris, acts at the direction of a federal officer merely because it tests or markets its products in accord with federal regulations.
		Because the FTC passed the function of performing the testing to the cigarette companies while allowing them no independent control of the process whatsoever, this is a rare case in which federal officer jurisdiction is appropriate even in the absence of a contract, principal-agent relationship, or near-employee relationship with the government.
		It is reported that some consumers believe that their cigarette delivers exactly the amount of tar and nicotine from each cigarette that the test reports.
	www.tobacco.org /articles/org/23 (2496 words)

	FTC Rocket Construction
		FTC is made from polycarbonate plastic (as used in shatterproof safety goggles) and is intended as an “unbreakable” protection from shattering glass of fluorescent bulbs/tubes in settings such as restaurants—who wants bits of crunchy glass in their food?
		FTC comes in several diameters that correspond to the bulb diameters, which are measured in eighths of inches as expressed in “T” numbers: T8 (8/8 or 1 inch), T12(12/8 or 1.5 inches) are the two most common sizes, available in 4 foot or 8 foot lengths.
		Pull the nozzle form you have just made off of the copper coupling and PVC pipe and slide it on the other end, leaving a 1/4 to 1/2 inch gap between the shoulder of the copper coupling and the cut end of the nozzle form.
	www.orgsites.com /va/bristolwaterrockets/_pgg6.php3 (1356 words)

	FTC head sceptical about Net neutrality laws - ZDNet UK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Deborah Platt Majoras, the FTC's Republican chairman, said extensive Net neutrality legislation currently pending in the US Senate is unnecessary because there has been no demonstrated harm to consumers, that normal market forces would be likely to prevent any problems, and that new laws would cause more problems than they solve.
		Because the FTC shares enforcement authority with the Federal Communications Commission over certain types of deceptive practices by broadband providers, Majoras' remarks could nudge some senators who have been cautious supporters of Net neutrality to a more laissez faire position.
		FTC Chairman Majoras said on Monday that her agency would use its existing power to police Net neutrality violations.
	news.zdnet.co.uk /communications/0,1000000085,39281486,00.htm (841 words)

	Federal Trade Commission - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The remaining four Commissioners presently serving at the FTC are Pamela Jones Harbour, Jon Leibowitz, William Kovacic, and J. Thomas Rosch.
		However, while the FTC is responsible for civil enforcement of antitrust laws, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice has the power to bring both civil and criminal action in antitrust matters.
		FTC investigations may pertain to a single company or an entire industry.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission (1317 words)

	FTC Recommends Disclosure To Search Engines
		Indeed, as we shall see, the FTC is explicitly trying not to impose a "one size fits all" solution on the search engines, because they all have their own unique ways of presenting information.
		The FTC's letter has also been posted publicly on the FTC site, and it is applicable to anyone in the entire search engine industry, Forbes said.
		The FTC argues perhaps not -- instead, it may be a sign that the search engines need to do more investigation of how to reach out to their users.
	www.searchenginewatch.com /sereport/02/07-ftc.html (4346 words)

	SEA SILVER - TREK ALLIANCE FTC HITS AND SHUTDOWN FOR PYRAMID ACTIVITIES
		Why did the FTC jump on hitting Equinox, a case listed in their proposal? Because your editor and the old MLM Insider Magazine had Equinox featured as a scam on ABC's 20/20! It embarrassed the FTC, but it still took almost a year for the FTC to get off their buns to do anything.
		Let the FTC prove they can enforce the $500 limit before they drop it to zero and require that millions of pieces of paper be shuffled.
		The FTC also applied for and was granted a Temporary Restraining Order ("TRO"), which prohibits Sea Silver from selling or distributing its product without significant changes to the labeling and marketing materials.
	www.mlmwatchdog.com /RC_FTC_HITS.html (2125 words)

	FTC Moves to Unmask Word of Mouth Marketing — Commercial Alert
		What the FTC sought to do yesterday in its staff opinion was to note that such marketing could be deceptive if consumers were more likely to trust the product’s endorser “based on their assumed independence from the marketer.”
		The FTC said it would investigate cases where there is a relationship between the endorser of a product and the seller that is not disclosed and could affect the endorsement.
		A 2005 survey of 800 consumers by market research firm Intelliseek found that 29 percent of participants age 20 to 34 and 41 percent of those age 35 to 49 said they would be unlikely to trust a recommendation again from a friend whom they later learned was compensated for making the suggestion.
	www.commercialalert.org /news/featured-in/2006/12/ftc-moves-to-unmask-word-of-mouth-marketing (911 words)

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