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Google Agrees to Change Its Business Practices to Resolve FTC Competition Concerns ….

Categories: Antitrust/Monopoly,Headlines,Laws/Regulations,Telecommunications/Internet

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2013/01/google.shtm

Agency press release on the outcome of an investigation into possible unfair trade practices by Google in favoring its own products in search results.  From the Federal Trade Commission

 

Follow-On Biologics: The Law and Intellectual Property Issues

Categories: Antitrust/Monopoly,Copyright/Patents,Health/Medical,Laws/Regulations,Property Rights

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41483.pdf

Examines the market for medical preparations derived from living organisms, the lack of competition from generic drugs, the reasons for different treatment of biologics, and the legislative attempts to promote competition.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

 

Antitrust: European Commission Opens Proceedings Against Microsoft to Investigate Possible Non-Compliance with Browser Choice Commitments

Categories: Antitrust/Monopoly,Business/Economics,European Union,Science/Technology

http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/12/800&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

Accuses Microsoft of failing to live up to 2009 commitments to offer customers a choice of browsers when purchasing computers with Microsoft operating systems.  Provides links to past documents in the litigation between Microsoft and the European Union agency.  From the European Commission

 

Cybersecurity: Selected Legal Issues

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42409.pdf

This report discusses selected legal issues related to recent legislation about vulnerabilities of critical infrastructure to cyber threats and proposals to share cyber threat information among private sector and government entities.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

 

Spectrum Policy in the Age of Broadband: Issues for Congress

Categories: Antitrust/Monopoly,Laws/Regulations,Science/Technology,Telecommunications/Internet

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40674.pdf

The convergence of wireless telecommunications technology with the Internet is fostering new demands for service and new technologies.  This report discusses key spectrum policy provisions in current Congressional bills relating to spectrum auctions, competition,  and the development of new technologies.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

 

Applications of AT&T Inc, and Deutsche Telekom AG for Consent to Assign or Transfer Control of Licenses and Authorizations

Categories: Antitrust/Monopoly,Business/Economics,Laws/Regulations,Telecommunications/Internet

http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2011/db1129/DA-11-1955A1.pdf

Finding of the Federal Communications Commission that the proposed $39 billion merger of AT&T and T-Mobile would substantially lessen competition in the wireless industry and harm consumer price and service benefits.  From the FCC

 

Agreements Filed with the Federal Trade Commission under the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003

Categories: Antitrust/Monopoly,Health/Medical,Manufacturing,Statistics

http://www.ftc.gov/os/2011/10/1110mmaagree.pdf

Provide statistics on the number and type of so-called pay-for-delay agreements between prescription drug manufacturers and makers of generic drugs.  From the Federal Trade Commission

 

Local Information Programming and the Structure of Television Markets

Categories: Advertising/Marketing,Antitrust/Monopoly,Property Rights,Telecommunications/Internet

http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2011/db0721/DOC-308508A1.pdf

Examines how the ownership structure in a television market impacts the quantity of local news and public affairs programming provided by television stations.  From the Federal Communications Commission

 

 

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