The Evolving IP Marketplace


 


Patent Report

On March 7, 2011, the Federal Trade Commission released a report entitled The Evolving IP Marketplace: Aligning Patent Notice and Remedies with Competition.   That report recommends improvements to policies affecting patent notice and remedies for patent infringement. It continues the Commission’s policy engagement with the patent system, begun with its 2003 report, To Promote Innovation: The Proper Balance of Competition and Patent Law and Policy. The 2011 report is based on the hearings, public comments, and selected panels of the May 26, 2010 workshop, for which information is posted below.

 

MAY 26, 2010 WORKSHOP

The Intersection of Competition Policy and Patent Policy: Implications for Promoting Innovation Sponsored by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission

 

MAY 4th-5th HEARING IN BERKELEY, CA

(Co-sponsored by The Berkeley Center for Law & Technology and The Berkeley Competition Policy Center)

 

APRIL 17th HEARING

 

MARCH 18th - 19th HEARING

FEBRUARY 11th - 12th HEARING

DECEMBER 5th HEARING

FILING A COMMENT

The Commission invites interested persons to submit written comments on issues related to this workshop. All comments in response to the Federal Register Notice or to inform discussion at the workshop must be received by May 15, 2009.

Comments should be captioned “Evolving IP Marketplace – Comment, Project No. P093900” and submitted according to the instructions below.

To File Electronically:

Follow the instructions and fill out the form at https://secure.commentworks.com/ftc-ipmarketplace

To File in Paper Form:

A comment filed in paper form should include the reference to “Evolving IP Marketplace – Comment, Project No. P093900” in both the text and on the envelope, and should be mailed or delivered to the following address:

Federal Trade Commission
Office of the Secretary
600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Room H-135 (Annex I)
Washington, DC 20580

Because postal mail in the Washington area and at the Commission is subject to delay, please consider submitting your comments in electronic form, as described above. The FTC requests that you send any comment by courier or overnight service, if possible.

To Request Confidential Treatment:

To request confidential treatment, you must file in paper form and clearly label the first page of the document with “Confidential” and comply with Commission Rule 4.9(c). 15 C.F.R. § 4.9(c).

FTC PRIVACY POLICY

Under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) or other laws, we may be required to disclose to outside organizations the information you provide when you pre-register. The Commission will consider all timely and responsive public comments, whether filed in paper or electronic form, and as a matter of discretion, we make every effort to remove home contact information for individuals from the public comments before posting them on the FTC website.

The FTC Act and other laws we administer permit the collection of your pre-registration contact information and the comments you file to consider and use in this proceeding as appropriate. For additional information, including routine uses permitted by the Privacy Act, see the Commission’s comprehensive Privacy Policy.