FTC looks at merger's antitrust effects on R&D; agency alleges that a merger would reduce competition to develop future drug products

Article Abstract:

Parties in industries relying heavily on intellectual property rights as well as research and development should heed the Ciba-Geigy case when considering future mergers and acquisitions or licenses. In this case, the FTC targeted the anti-competitive nature of products not yet existing. The action focused on the merger's alleged decrease of the companies' commitment to R&D and therefore a slowing in the introduction of new products. The consent order the FTC entered into in this case is one of the best examples of the antitrust enforcement agencies' reliance on their 1995 Guidelines for the Licensing and Acquisition of Intellectual Property.

Cases, Pharmaceutical industry, Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Acquisitions and mergers, Industrial research, Unfair competition (Commerce), Unfair competition, Patents

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FTC regulates online ads to ensure truthfulness; Commission's new guidelines descruube how existing law applies to advertising on Net

Article Abstract:

FTC advertising standards in electronic commerce are discussed and truth-in-advertising and other general principles of advertising law apply also to this arena. Many of the nearly 300 news releases issued by the FTC in 2000 regarded its Internet-regulatory activities.

United States, Advertising, Electronic commerce, E-commerce

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