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Town Meetings on Patent System Reform

The FTC, the National Academies' Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP), and the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) co-sponsored a nationwide series of Town...

Cephalon, Inc., and CIMA Labs, Inc.

The consent order settled charges that Cephalon's proposed acquisition of Cima Labs, Inc. would allow Cephalon to continue its monopoly in the United States market for drugs that eliminate or reduce the spikes of severe pain that chronic cancer patients experience. The consent order required Cephalon to grant Barr Laboratories, Inc. a fully paid, irrevocable license to make and sell a generic version of Cephalon's breakthrough cancer pain drug, Actiq, in the United States.

Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
0410025

Announced Action for December 28, 2004

Date
Commission approval of petition to reopen and modify final order: The Commission has approved a petition from Liberty Media Corporation (Liberty) requesting that the FTC reopen and modify the final...

Announced Actions for September 3, 2004

Date
Petition to reopen and modify final order: The Commission has received an application from Liberty Media Corporation (Liberty) requesting that the FTC reopen and modify the final order in the matter...

Itron, Inc., and Schlumberger Electricity, Inc., In the Matter of

The consent order, designed to preserve competition in the market for the manufacture and sale of mobile radio frequency automatic meter reading technologies for electric utilities in the United States, permitted Itron's $255 million acquisition of Schlumberger Electricity, Inc. The consent order requires Itron to grant a royalty-free, perpetual, and irrevocable license to Hunt Technologies, Inc., creating an effective competitor in this market that allows utility companies and others to gather electric consumption data automatically and remotely from electricity meters.

Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
0310201