LexBlog IP

MAY 2, 2023

And the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been blogging fast and furiously – one could say obsessively – about the hot topic of generative artificial intelligence (AI). This is FTC 101, and companies are responsible for any claims that they are making about what their AI can or cannot do.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2023

Advertisers likely recall that back in 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) created quite the stir when it sent to more than 700 companies warning letters that threatened penalties if companies engaged in deceptive endorsement practices. And the breadth of this latest Notice is particularly noteworthy.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The rise of AI technology has prompted regulatory agencies to take action and protect consumers’ rights, as evidenced by the recent efforts of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA).

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 18, 2022

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has a long history of addressing issues involving cigarettes and tobacco, often in the advertising context. Indeed, one of us bloggers started at the FTC in 1998, and the first case he worked on was the agency’s litigation against R.J.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Nothing says Holiday Season like the final public Federal Trade Commission meeting of the very long year. So the big item on the agenda was the announcement that the FTC will review the “Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims,” affectionately known as the Green Guides.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 17, 2022

A recent federal court decision found that FleetCor, a company that sells fuel card services to businesses, and its CEO had violated the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) Act through a series of deceptive and unfair acts and practices. Background. The Decision.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

We know that romance scams are a bit off topic from what we usually write about, but we love this holiday, and knowing that so many people suffer real harm from romance scams brings us down. What is the FTC reporting this year on romance scams? billion, with a median harm of $4,400. Of course, none of this is true.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 8, 2022

In addition to federal legislation that was introduced in 2022, there has been quite a lot of recent state legislative activity. And we have seen a lot more Federal Trade Commission (FTC) activity on the issue lately. And in case you were wondering “Hey, why is the FTC not getting any money here?

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

To modest fanfare, last week the Federal Trade Commission announced the creation of a new Office of Technology (Office or OTech). What is an FTC Office? You might be familiar with the FTC’s Bureaus. ” Any details about the Office – size and budget – were left to our creative imaginations.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 16, 2022

We spend many of our working hours – and far too many of our nonworking hours – talking about Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) issues, and we can confidently state that no one has ever said to us, “I sure do wish the agency would issue yet another policy statement.”

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

After a surprise three-month hiatus, we are back in business with our Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) public and totally unscripted meetings. This also was the first Commission meeting since Commissioner Noah Phillips announced that he would be leaving the agency at an unspecified time in the fall.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

For some time now, dark patterns have been quite the trending topic for both marketers and privacy professionals. And outside this country, the European Data Protection Board issued some interesting guidelines on the topic. Back in April 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) conducted a workshop on dark patterns.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Having recovered from the exceedingly lackluster seventh Federal Trade Commission (FTC) meeting , the two-hour eighth meeting had actual votes and a bit of drama. These letters raised many identical issues, thus demonstrating further the Lina Khan FTC’s continued focus on issues involving “ workers.”

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 21, 2022

Yesterday’s sole topic for the monthly public Federal Trade Commission (FTC) meeting was identity theft. No policy statements, no votes, no repeal of carefully crafted bipartisan policy documents, just identity theft, statistics about identity theft and the FTC’s resources about identity theft.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 21, 2023

Earlier this month, prominent figures in the realm of college sports gathered on Capitol Hill to advocate for federal name, image, and likeness (NIL) legislation. Tommy Tuberville and Joe Manchin have drafted a bill that sheds light on the potential federal NIL rules. On the Senate side, Sens.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 2, 2023

Federal Government Initiatives Recently announced federal government initiatives seek to leverage collective authorities to monitor the development and use of AI and automated systems. As a result, many companies are developing corporate policies on employee use of AI. If you have not done so yet, now is a good time to get started.

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Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In 2023, Seyfarth’s Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Compete practice group presented a series of dynamic and insightful CLE webinars, addressing pivotal challenges confronting businesses head-on. The breadth of our discussions encompassed a spectrum of critical topics: FTC Proposes Rule Banning Use of Non-Competes.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In 2023, Seyfarth’s Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Compete practice group presented a series of dynamic and insightful CLE webinars, addressing pivotal challenges confronting businesses head-on. The breadth of our discussions encompassed a spectrum of critical topics: FTC Proposes Rule Banning Use of Non-Competes.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Last week we published 9 posts on topics such as our comments on the proposed Trademarks (1st Amendment) Rules, the Madras High Court’s decision with respect to patentability of business methods, and Union Minister of State for Commerce’s response on ability of the current IPR regime to cater concerns arising out of AI generated work.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 30, 2021

Earlier this month, I wrote a post about President Biden’s executive order directing the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to take action to curtail the abuse of non-competes and other employment agreements that could limit employee mobility.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Here they are: Noteworthy Defend Trade Secrets Act Cases, Federal Trade Secrets Opinions and Related Commentary: Who would have thought a case about broccoli seeds could sprout so many interesting legal issues? that is, to quote the jurist Robert Bork, a veritable “intellectual feast” of trade secret issues.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 13, 2023

Despite the various regulatory approaches, litigation is starting to emerge due to the inherent uncertainty of the topic. More in detail, the EU AI Act represents a prescriptive legislative framework based on the EU model for product safety legislation.

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Trading Secrets

JANUARY 12, 2023

As our colleagues have previously reported in this blog, on January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) concerning its unprecedented effort to ban all non-compete clauses with workers and to preempt state law on the issue. Dissenting Statement at 7 (internal punctuation omitted).).

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 12, 2023

As our colleagues have previously reported in this blog, on January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) concerning its unprecedented effort to ban all non-compete clauses with workers and to preempt state law on the issue. Dissenting Statement at 7 (internal punctuation omitted).).

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Trading Secrets

JANUARY 12, 2023

As our colleagues have previously reported in this blog, on January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) concerning its unprecedented effort to ban all non-compete clauses with workers and to preempt state law on the issue. Dissenting Statement at 7 (internal punctuation omitted).).

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 16, 2023

For those who haven’t been following Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) news too closely for the past few weeks, there has been lots of turmoil and drama. So we are safely predicting that this Commission meeting will be the last time we see the two of them on the same screen for quite some time.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 9, 2023

December was unusually busy and 2023 started with a bang courtesy of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) proposed rule banning noncompetes. If you don’t identify your trade secrets with particularity, you are not going to get an injunction. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 11, 2022

In February 2020, FDA and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a joint statement stating that “anti-competitive practices, such as making false or misleading statements comparing biological reference products and biosimilars, may be slowing progress and hampering uptake of these important therapies.”

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 12, 2022

Earlier this week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it was initiating a rulemaking to “crack down on harmful commercial surveillance and lax data security.” This rulemaking will be conducted pursuant to the FTC’s organic rulemaking process, which is known as Mag-Moss rulemaking.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) hosted a virtual workshop on December 6-7, 2021, bringing together agency representatives, lawyers, economists, academics, and other experts to discuss issues affecting competition in the labor market (“Workshop”). How We Got Here.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

The latest Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) public meeting was notable for what did not happen – there were no 3-2 votes taken over the strong objections of the Republican commissioners. So let’s dive into a relatively tame Commission meeting.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 22, 2023

It has been a while since we last gathered for one of the monthly public meetings of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission). The FTC has already engaged in some law enforcement involving how companies use biometric data. First up on the agenda was the biometric policy statement.

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