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International Competition Network Advances Convergence Through Initiatives on Enforcement Cooperation and Investigative Process
Graco Inc., In the Matter of
Graco, Inc. settled FTC charges that it violated the antitrust laws by buying Gusmer Corp. (Gusmer) in 2005 and GlasCraft, Inc. (GCI) in 2008, its two closest competitors in the North American market for fast set equipment (FSE) used by contractors to apply polyurethane foams and polyurea coatings. The consent order settling the FTC’s charges is designed to restore competition to the FSE market that was lost as a result of Graco’s acquisitions. It incorporates a private litigation settlement between Graco and Polyurethane Machinery Corp. (Gama/PMC) that requires Graco to license certain technology to Gama/PMC. The consent order also contains provisions that provide Gama/PMC and other competitors easier access to distributors, so they can distribute competing FSE products effectively in the North American market.
Bosch (Robert Bosch GmbH)
The FTC approved an order settling charges that Robert Bosch GmbH’s acquisition of the SPX Service Solutions business of SPX Corporation would have given it a virtual monopoly in the market for air conditioning recycling, recovery, and recharge devices for vehicles. Under a settlement with the FTC, Bosch agreed to sell its automotive air conditioner repair equipment business, including RTI Technologies, Inc., to automotive equipment manufacturer, Mahle Clevite, Inc. Bosch also agreed to resolve allegations that, before its acquisition by Bosch, SPX harmed competition in the market for this equipment by reneging on a commitment to license key, standard-essential patents (SEPs) on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms. The FTC alleged that SPX reneged on its obligation to license on FRAND terms by seeking injunctions against willing licensees of those patents. Bosch has agreed to abandon these claims for injunctive relief.
Graco, Inc. Settles FTC Charges That Its Acquisitions Illegally Harmed Competition in the U.S. Market for Fast Set Equipment
FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez to Participate in International Competition Network Conference in Warsaw, Poland
Statement of the Commission - In the Matter of Graco, Inc.
FTC Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Enforcement of the Antitrust Laws to Promote Competition and Protect Consumers
FTC Chairwoman Releases 2012-2013 Annual Highlights
FTC Files Amended Complaint, Renewed Motions Seeking to Stop Integration of Phoebe Putney Health System and Former Palmyra Park Hospital in Albany, Ga.
FTC/DOJ ACO Working Group Issues Summary of Activities Since October 2011 Release of ACO Antitrust Enforcement Policy
Bosley, Inc. Settles FTC Charges That It Illegally Exchanged Competitively Sensitive Business Information With Rival Firm, Hair Club, Inc.
Charlotte Pipe and Foundry Settles Charges That Its 2010 Purchase of Star Pipe's Cast Iron Soil Pipe Business Was Anticompetitive
FTC Seeks Public Comment on Universal Health Services, Inc.'s Application to Divest the Peak Behavioral Health Assets to Strategic Behavioral Health, LLC
FTC Staff: Connecticut Should Consider Expanding Advance Practice Registered Nurses' Role in Patient Care
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