Issue No. 11-25 For the week of June 20, 2011
COMMISSION MEETINGS (Meetings and agendas are subject to change)
Nothing Scheduled HEARINGS/TESTIMONY BEFORE CONGRESS (Dates and times are subject to change by Congress)
Nothing Scheduled WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES Tues., June 21 9:30 am - 4:20 pm | IP Rights in Standard Setting. The Federal Trade Commission is engaged in a policy project to examine the legal and policy issues surrounding the problem of potential patent "hold-up" when patented technologies are included in collaborative standards. As part of the project, the Commission will conduct a workshop and seeks views of consumers and the legal, academic, and business communities on the issues to be explored in this project. FTC Conference Center, 601 NJ Avenue, NW, Washington, DC |
SPEECHES Tues. June 21 9:30 am | FTC Commissioner Edith Ramirez will deliver the welcome and opening remarks at the FTC's Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights in Standard Setting. FTC Conference Center, 601 NJ Avenue, NW, Washington, DC | Tues., June 21- Wed., June 22 | FTC Commissioner Brill will address several sessions at the Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD) 12th Annual Meeting and Conference on Financial Services. Brussels, Belgium. | Wed., June 22-Thur., June 23 | FTC Commissioner Brill will provide remarks at the "Online Tracking Protection Workshop" sponsored by the Institute for Information Law for the University of Amsterdam and Berkeley Center for Law & Technology of the University of California School of Law. Brussels, Belgium. |
HEARINGS BEFORE ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES Mon., June 20 - Thur., June 23 9:30 am | Hearing in the matter of Docket 9346 ProMedica Health System, before Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell. FTC Headquarters, 600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Room 532, Washington, DC |
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